Data disruptions could cause big issues in both the public and private sectors. What happens when one of the world's largest repositories of free information becomes unreliable? That dire situation ...

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 ...

Days after President Donald Trump took office again in January, thousands of government pages with critical data were taken down as agencies rushed to comply with executive orders targeting diversity, ...

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 ...

White House adviser Elon Musk at a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, is leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort that is trying ...

In a data-driven world, pauses in government economic reporting do more than inconvenient economists, they create dangerous blind spots for investors, policymakers, and business leaders. When ...

Elon Musk's team within the Trump administration has sought sweeping access to databases that store personal information on millions and millions of Americans. The data collected and maintained by the ...

Here’s an open secret: the U.S. government collects vast amounts of data on every person living in the country. If you bank, use transportation, walk outside your home, pay taxes, or do any regulated ...

Meteorological data collected by some weather balloons has been halted. Statistics for HIV among transgender people were scrubbed from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website. And ...

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced the launch of the Local Government Bond, Tax and Project Transparency ...

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 ...