Monthly jobs numbers and the Census Bureau might be the first—and only—things that come to mind for many Americans when they think about federal data. But government data undergirds many of the ...

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 ...

When federal researchers tried to build an AI model to detect fraud in disability claims, they ran into a roadblock: they couldn’t use real claimant data. The workaround wasn’t a weaker model — it was ...

Local privacy advocates are raising concerns about an obscure database managed by the San Diego Association of Governments ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the ...

The federal government is still shut down. And that means no federal economic data (still). But we do have a new set of economic indicators, courtesy of the private sector. The investment firm Carlyle ...

The government shutdown that began Wednesday will deprive policymakers and investors of economic data vital to their decision-making at a time of unusual uncertainty about the direction of the U.S.

“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 ...

You would think by now at least half my brain would get the message.” – Written by Graham Parker, sung by Dave Edmunds, 1979 We are crawling out of the wreckage of the 43-day government shutdown, ...

A new path on Capitol Hill to end the government shutdown could quickly reverse some of the economic pain from the 40-day stoppage, but the cutoff of government data could take longer to equalize. At ...

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced the launch of the Local Government Bond, Tax and Project Transparency Database on Monday. The online tool provides the public with transparent access ...