by Melanie Klein
Since January 20, 2025, new Presidential Actions, such as Executive Orders and Proclamations, have required federal agencies to subtly adjust what information they gather and how they ask for it. This is especially true when it comes to language about gender and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Federal data collections leave a digital trail on RegInfo.gov as they evolve, but some footprints are easier to spot than others.
Tracking ICR Activity
Between June 21 and June 27, 2025, 378 Information Collection Requests (ICRs) were submitted, 286 of which were “common forms.”
Of those that were not “common forms,” a total of 2 ICRs were identified as having been submitted with changes in response to Presidential Actions.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Commerce (DOC) each submitted 1 ICR with changes in response to Presidential Actions.
Presidential Actions Behind These Changes
Carefully reviewing each ICR from June 21 to June 27, 2025 allowed us to pinpoint exactly which Presidential Actions agencies used to justify their proposed changes:
1 ICR driven by EO 14168: Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, January 20, 2025
1 ICR driven by Proclamation 10908: Adjusting Imports of Automobiles and Automobile Parts Into the United States, March 26, 2025
Notable Changes
CDC Revised and Deleted 26 SOGI Data Elements from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
The CDC submitted a revision request on June 26, 2025, for the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). Citing EO 14168, the agency provided a table outlining 26 revisions and deletions of data elements across questions related to all conditions, hepatitis, human rabies, listeria, mpox, and non-congenital STDs. These changes include replacing terms like “gestational parent” with “gestational mother,” deleting questions about gender identity and sexual orientation, and eliminating all references to transgender individuals.
Additionally, the CDC proposed to retain the “birth sex” data element for non-congenital STDs, which is the same as sex assigned at birth. The CDC stated that this element offers greater specificity than “sex” and helps ensure consistency across various data sources, including electronic health records, which cannot be required to conform to the standardization of this data.
ITA Submitted a New Emergency Collection Related to Auto Part Tariffs and National Security
The International Trade Administration (ITA) submitted an emergency new collection request on June 27, 2025, addressing urgent national security concerns related to imports of automobile parts. Proclamation 10908 imposed tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on certain automobile and automobile parts imports, citing threats to national security. The proclamation sets a 25% tariff on specified automobiles and parts, effective in April and May 2025. It also directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish a process for including additional automobile parts subject to tariffs, based on submissions from domestic producers or industry associations demonstrating that increased imports threaten national security. While not yet publicly available on RegInfo.gov, an “Auto Parts Inclusion Application” should be released as part of this process.
How to Stay Informed
Our ICR tracker at dataindex.us is updated daily with newly scraped data to surface these changes as they are proposed. We review every ICR on a weekly basis so you don’t have to, and our weekly newsletter posts highlight the latest developments. These quiet shifts in the federal data landscape may seem small, but they deserve our attention.
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