There are “virtuous” uses of government data — for example, comparing the information with provincial or municipal figures, Clement said.

The federal government's decision to cancel the long-form census has started to take a toll on Statistics Canada's data, the agency warned when it released its final tranche of the 2011 census ...

The government will also consult the public on creating a Minister's Task Force on Data. The insights gathered from the consultation and the Minister's Task Force will form the basis of a draft Data ...

Federal policy forbids the storage of sensitive government data on U.S. servers, to protect it from disclosure under the USA Patriot Act. But CBC News has obtained a document outlining federal ...

Take, for example, a new study from the Bank of Canada that looks at U.S. data on inflation and government spending. It found a rise in government expenditure can actually push down inflation.

The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive federal databases, including those of the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security ...

Moreover, temporary powers that allowed the federal government to compel some forms of data reporting during COVID-19 are now ending: Labs will no longer be required to report COVID-19 test ...

Data collected about those groups (for example, the college you attended if you had a student loan) may not be known by the government about everyone in America.