Higher ed groups blast Trump plan to expand applicant data collection

A coalition led by the American Council on Education said the proposal would overly burden colleges and raise student privacy concerns.
Disability Scoop

Ed Department Plans To Scale Back IDEA Data Collection

The Trump administration is laying out plans to stop collecting certain information from states about students with disabilities. The U.S. Department of Education wants to end data collection on ...
The Washington Post

Vast Data Collection Plan Faces Big Delay

The Treasury Department reported to Congress yesterday that a data-collection program to give counterterrorism analysts routine access to as many as 500 million cross-border financial transactions a ...
NPR

As USDA begins gathering data on food stamp recipients, it widens its ask of states

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is telling states to begin turning over sensitive data on applicants to the food assistance program previously known as food stamps. The agency has recently expanded ...
NPR

States sue USDA over efforts to gather food stamp data on tens of millions of people

A coalition of 21 states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture after the federal agency told states to turn over the detailed, personal information of ...
Bay Area Reporter

California health officials pilot LGBTQ data collection plan

As it continues to address lapses in its gathering of LGBTQ health information, California's health department is piloting a plan in Los Angeles County for sharing sexual orientation and gender ...