Trump Reshapes Federal Data Collection — SkimNews
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- Federal data agencies are increasingly being swept into the Trump administration's broader push to control every level of government, disrupting what the source calls a "nerdy, traditionally apolitical world."
- Across federal agencies, officials are changing how they collect and publicize information, with politics and ideology playing a growing role in those decisions.
Why it matters: Federal data underpins economic forecasts, public health decisions, and business planning — when political and ideological considerations begin reshaping what agencies collect and release, the reliability of that information for researchers, businesses, and policymakers becomes harder to trust.
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