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 ...

In the flurry of executive orders and policy directives from President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE team, several sources of government data have disappeared — especially those related to race ...

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 ...

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 ...

The “Department of Government Efficiency” was greenlighted as a means to modernize information technology and slash federal ...

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 ...

Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) can be a significant tool for governments aiming to protect sensitive data, according to a new report from New America’s Open ...

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 ...

Tech giants hold troves of personal data, positioning themselves as de facto guardians of our privacy. However, this role comes with consequential challenges, especially when governments request ...

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 ...

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 ...