Advocates are simultaneously trying to rescue datasets and data programs while also envisioning something greater.

(THE CONVERSATION) The U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality among developed nations. Since 1987, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has administered the Pregnancy Risk ...

Building effective data pipelines is critical for organizations seeking to transform raw research data into actionable ...

The “Big Beautiful Bill” ends the $800 de minimis exemption, closing a major forced-labor loophole but demanding rapid CBP ...

By Kaunda IsmailIn today’s data-driven world, information is often hailed as the “new oil.” But unlike finite natural resources, data is renewable, dynamic, and grows exponentially.Its value, however, ...

The government plans to revise the Statistics Act (2006) in a Sh19.1 billion strategy to revamp how data is collected and ...

While residences remained the most common place guns were stolen from overall, the share of gun thefts occurring in parking ...

A US Department of Veterans Affairs dataset compiling veteran health-care use in 2021 was quietly amended on March 5, 2025. A column titled gender was renamed sex, and the words were also switched in ...

Hurricane forecasters will continue to use all available tools, including satellite, radar, weather balloon and dropsonde data, to monitor the tropics and issue hurricane forecasts. But the loss of ...

Varying approaches to waste definition and management have made it a challenge to track what happens to the waste we recycle.

The Metropolitan King County Council voted unanimously Tuesday to limit when and how it collects gender data from county residents. The legislation aims to strengthen privacy protections and to ...

It’s no secret that social media and mobile applications collect information about you. Meta’s business model depends on it. The company, which operates Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is worth US$1 ...