Congressional appropriators have directed the Homeland Security Department's inspector general to investigate one of the department's data-mining projects, saying it appears to lack clear guidelines ...

"Data analysis programs hold real promise for protecting America, but they need to be tested using dummy data before being used on real data," said James Dempsey, policy director for the Center for ...

Caterpillar has completed its acquisition of Australian mining software company RPMGlobal Holdings, expanding its mining ...

Analysts applauded the intentions of a bill introduced in Congress this week seeking to place greater checks and balances on the government’s use of data mining programs to combat terrorism. But they ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Rachel Martin. For nearly a week, we've seen a series of leaks that have brought to light secret surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency.

Dozens of U.S. government data-mining programs collect private data about U.S. residents with few civil liberties safeguards, and some violate U.S. law, Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary ...

Data mining is an analytical process designed to explore and analyze large data sets to discover meaningful patterns, correlations and insights. It involves using sophisticated data analysis tools to ...