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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

“Flying blind amidst heavy fog is a dangerous proposition,” one economist said about the risks of a lapse in official statistics. By Ben Casselman The monthly jobs report on Friday is expected to ...

Two reporters spent over a month compiling and analyzing information about the reams of data the U.S. government collects about Americans. Credit...Mark Harris Supported by By Sarah Bahr Times Insider ...

It is the most anticipated global event every month. Thousands of analysts from around the world sit poised at their computers. Board meetings come to a halt. Government officials look at their phones ...

President Trump held a summit with CEOs focused on American values, but concerns rise about threats to freedom and liberty from government surveillance. Palantir, a technology company, has received ...

Ever since 9/11, the government has been collecting more data on all citizens, and I think the USA Patriot Act of 2001 had something to do with opening this door. Former National Security Agency ...