A number of organizations, including Harvard University, have begun taking steps to preserve data files and other information as the Trump administration continues its sweeping purge of federal ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics remains without a permanent leader. President Donald Trump fired commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Aug. 1, and claimed that the monthly jobs numbers were “rigged” to make ...

Every month, the federal government serves up a steady diet of economic reports on everything from the price of groceries to the unemployment rate. These reports are closely followed: They can move ...

As AI becomes more common and decisions more data-driven, a new(ish) form of information is on the rise: synthetic data. And some proponents say it promises more privacy and other vital benefits. Data ...

Elon Musk’s team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts. By Emily Badger and Sheera Frenkel The federal government knows your mother’s maiden ...

To a certain brand of policy wonk, January 31, 2025, is a day that will live in infamy. It had been nearly two weeks since President Donald Trump took office for the second time—days that passed in a ...

Job postings and other data points are gleaned by alternative-data firms. It's no-jobs Friday, thanks to the federal government shutdown robbing investors of what's often the most closely watched ...

A federal executive order (EO) issued in March has created questions about the government’s right to access states’ data — especially in cases where that information was collected with a promise of ...

People rely on data from federal agencies every day – often without realizing it. Rural residents use groundwater level data from the U.S. geological survey’s National Water Information System to ...

In any stable democracy, trust in government data is critical. Without such freely shared and reliable information, it is impossible to assess the condition of the nation, what changes are necessary ...

Census data discrepancies prompt revisits by enumerators, raising concerns over government representation and accuracy of ...

Recent moves to disband advisory committees that suggested ways to improve economic data — as well as comments from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — have raised concerns about the reliability of ...