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 federal government is planning to let a rule regulating federal data center operations sunset in September with no replacement.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A battle is being waged in the quiet corners of government websites and data repositories. Essential public records are disappearing and, with them, Americans’ ability to hold those in power ...

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 ...

“If we don’t know what the quality of the data will be. Well, that’s uncertainty. That’s risky,” says Columbia finance professor Laura Veldkamp. There aren’t a whole lot of economic data releases on ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This week, America will get an off-brand clue of how the economy is faring as earnings season heats up ...

A data breach involving government-issued ID documents affects over three million people in Texas.