Previous presidential transitions have triggered fears about access to government data, but not on this scope. The White House declined to comment, but Trump's supporters say the administration's detractors are overreacting. The National Archives and Records Administration stopped paying a contractor to maintain an embedded web application for the Obama-era visitation records. They are still available at the Obama White House archive, but only on zip files that are difficult to download and analyze. How Trump may approach access to federal data is not entirely known, but one upcoming appointment will provide a signal.

Source: ABC News March 12, 2017 05:03 UTC