WUNC

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 ...
WFAE

USDA says demand for sensitive food stamp data from states is on hold

The Department of Agriculture's unprecedented demand that states and payment processors turn over sensitive data about people who receive federal food assistance is on hold — for now. A USDA official ...
Houston Public Media

Privacy advocates urge states not to comply with USDA requests for food stamp data

As the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes sweeping demands on states and their contractors for the sensitive, personal data of tens of millions of food assistance recipients, one payment ...
WUNC

The USDA wants states to hand over food stamp data by the end of July

When Julliana Samson signed up for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to help afford food as she studied at the University of California, Berkeley, she had to turn in extensive, ...
The Topeka Capital-Journal

'USDA and Kansas at an impasse' with state and feds in data dispute

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the state of Kansas are at an impasse over a federal demand for food stamp recipient data. Kansas has refused to provide the data due to privacy concerns, ...