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  "path": "/2026/06/04/disappearing-demographic-data-hurts-efforts-to-track-laid-off-federal-workers/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T22:39:59.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
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    "Work & the Economy"
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  "textContent": "Some civil rights activists and Maryland lawmakers said the federal government’s removal of data tracking the race and gender of its workforce impedes efforts to identify exactly who has been impacted by last year’s mass layoffs.",
  "title": "Disappearing demographic data hurts efforts to track laid-off federal workers"
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