And for us, it’s our responsibility to wrestle with numbers that challenge our assumptions, whether we’re journalists, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When San Francisco launched its first open data portal more than a decade ago, it marked itself as a leader in the space. That portal even came with an executive order promoting open data from ...

The U.S. government for decades has been the world’s leading provider of reliable data. Many researchers wonder if that is still the case.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Data breaches hit every kind of business, from hospitals to tech firms to major retailers. Now a leading government contractor has joined that list. Conduent, which manages critical public services ...