Dashboard Overview
This is a WORKING database, meaning the schema, documentation, and processes are not yet finalized. The implications field has been filled using AI. Please read them in full and verify any claims.
This dashboard provides an evolving analysis of government actions and institutional integrity based on court filings, press releases, and publicly available data. When a DOI and repository are available in our Dataverse, it will be added here.
While the methodology is still developing, clear trends are emerging. Court cases frequently involve financial disputes, particularly with the Department of Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management. USAID also appears often in filings, reflecting its central role in global supply chains and widespread program terminations.
The dashboard also tracks government attempts to control public discourse, defined as censorship when officials or agencies influence speech through coercion, mandates, or financial incentives. Common targets include scientific and health-related content, with agencies like the FDA, CDC, and DHHS instructed to modify public statements, alter data, and adjust official language.
To systematically assess government actions, we are developing a codebook that will eventually be public. It categorizes threats to political rights, civil liberties, corruption and transparency, and institutional integrity. Variables such as executive overreach, judicial independence, election security, media freedom, and misuse of public resources are coded as either present or absent based on available evidence.
This framework enables a structured evaluation of governance risks, helping identify patterns in how institutions operate, where potential overreach occurs, and how transparency is maintained or eroded over time.
Citation
@article{infoepi_lab2025,
author = {InfoEpi Lab},
publisher = {Information Epidemiology Lab},
title = {DATABASE: {State} of the {State}},
journal = {InfoEpi Lab},
date = {2025-02-09},
url = {https://infoepi.org/posts/2025/02/state-of-state.html},
langid = {en}
}