The Impact Map
The Impact Map provides timely data—as it becomes available—on policy, funding, and workforce changes and their localized effect. This tool is currently in beta and will continue evolving,
so you may find areas that need updating.
We are actively seeking peer reviewers to further improve the Map. Please reach out via [email protected] if you would like to support our work, share data, or provide feedback.
The Impact Map is best experienced on desktop.
- Rural Counties
- Indigenous Lands
- Majority Non-White
- Poverty Rate >= 20%
- 0 - 4,000
- 4,000 - 7,000
- 7,000 - 10,000
- 10,000 - 15,000
- 15,000 - 25,000
- 25,000 - 35,000
- 35,000 - 50,000
- >50,000
- 0 - 50
- 50 - 100
- 100 - 250
- 250 - 500
- 500 - 1,000
- 1,000 - 5,000
- 5,000 - 10,000
- >10,000
- Statewide Impact
- Location-Specific
Map Last Updated: 3/31/2025
How to Use the Map
- Dots: Each dot on the map represents an individual event. Clicking a dot reveals the direct and indirect effect of policy, funding, and workforce changes on communities, and source links. Importantly, we define events to include decisions that may have changed since initial reporting (e.g., a federal worker was fired then rehired; an office was closed and then reopened).
- Hover Details: Hovering over a county, congressional district, or state reveals an overview of federal workforce data.
- State Dashboards: Clicking a state provides a detailed view of federal workforce and program funding in that region. These dashboards will be expanded to include more data and analyses in the coming weeks.
- Filters: Users can filter by sector (e.g., infrastructure, economy, public health) and government action (e.g., firing, rehiring, funding freeze), and can toggle layers for additional insights (e.g., indigenous lands, rural counties, high-poverty areas).
- Zooming: You can zoom in or out using the +/- buttons in the upper right corner of the map.
- Testimonials: If you want to view with map without personal perspectives, select “no testimonials.”
- State v. Local impacts: The map displays statewide and localized impacts. Circles with white outlines are stories about local impacts and placed where the impact occurred. Circles with black outlines are stories about statewide impacts. Some local circles may also represent state-wide impacts.
Data is collected from diverse governmental and non-governmental sources.
We collect data from a wide range of government and non-government sources using rigorous methodologies to optimize for accuracy and clarity. While we verify information to the extent possible, the data available is incomplete and therefore will be constantly evolving. For example, stories included in the Impact Map reflect the situation at a given point in time; to increase transparency, a date of entry on the map is included to indicate when a story was collected. As a result, all of the Map’s data is provided ‘as-is,’ without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to accuracy, reliability, or fitness for any particular purpose.
Data Integrity & Transparency
- Methodology: Our approach to data collection and analysis is fully detailed on the Data Transparency page.
- Newspaper Articles & Government Databases: All data is collected using standardized methodologies from public sources.
- Testimonials: Impact Map testimonials come from two sources: (1) direct quotes from newspaper articles, and (2) responses to Google forms available through our Share a Story link.
These testimonials reflect the views of the submitter, not the Impact Project. To ensure transparency and data integrity, consistent with our contribution guidelines, testimonials appearing on the Map are not cherry picked and quotes are not edited (except to protect personally identifiable information). Personal stories are inherently biased. The map allows you to hide testimonials from view if you do not want to see data that includes these personal perspectives.
Key Definitions
- Probationary Employees: Federal workers within a probationary period of employment (~1-3 years in current position) who could be fired under OPM’s January 20 guidance.
- Contract Terminated for Convenience: A term used by the Federal Data Procurement System (fdps.gov) to refer to the “federal government’s authority to terminate procurement contracts when it is in the government’s best interest, without finding the government liable for breach of contract.” Identifies contracts terminated for convenience since February 1, 2025.
- Federal Worker Resigned: Refers to federal workers who have resigned since January 2025.
- Federal Workers Put on Leave/In Limbo: Federal workers put on administrative leave or otherwise in an uncertain employment status since January 2025.
- Funding Frozen/Paused/Cancelled: Federal funding (e.g., grants, contracts) that has undergone a change in status since January 2025.
- Judicial Order: Court orders related to federal actions taken since January 2025.
- Office Closed: Leases terminated and offices closed (federal or private) since January 2025.
- Program Paused/Under Review/Cancelled: Federal or federally funded program that has been paused, put under review, or cancelled since January 2025.
- Rehired/Possible Rehiring: Federal employees who either were fired and then rehired or may be rehired based on representations made by the administration.
The Impact Map will evolve with new data and expanded geographic coverage, enabling it to provide analysis of long-term impacts. Join us in building a clearer, more comprehensive understanding of how government decisions shape our world.