City Journal

The Government Has Your Data—and That’s a Good Thing

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 ...
The New York Times

Finding 314 Things the Government Might Know About You

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 ...
Nextgov

Treasury is creating a database with pandemic aid recipients’ sensitive information

Critics say the scope established in the agency’s systems of record notice “is an astonishing and dramatic departure from prior Treasury practice.” Treasury Data Governance The Treasury Department is ...
Nextgov

Inside efforts to capture federal data after ‘the big takedown’

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, ...
The Conversation

Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it

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 ...