Trump escalates war on federal data
Summary
The Trump administration is changing how federal agencies collect and share data, bringing more politics into decisions about government information. These changes affect areas like public health, the census, and workplace discrimination data, raising concerns about the reliability and objectivity of federal data.Key Facts
- Health and Human Services asked the CDC to remove references to two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from its website.
- The Commerce Department removed language that prevented political interference in scientific reports, after the Census Bureau released an unauthored report about noncitizen voting.
- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to stop collecting workforce demographic data used to investigate workplace discrimination.
- EEOC Commissioner Andrea Lucas said the data collection was a burden and claimed it caused discrimination against white workers.
- Critics say the Trump administration is politicizing federal data in unprecedented ways.
- Since Trump took office again, about 38 important government datasets have been eliminated, and many others altered.
- The Department of Homeland Security stopped regularly publishing immigration enforcement statistics; the head of DHS’s statistics office resigned recently.
- White House spokesman said the administration aims to provide accurate data without wasting taxpayer money on political projects.
Read the Full Article
This is a fact-based summary from The Actual News. Click below to read the complete story directly from the original source.
