U.S. data agencies need urgent help from the Trump administration and Congress to ensure they can carry out their basic duties and restore public confidence amid a deepening crisis, according to a new report by some of the country's top statistics experts.

The agencies are struggling with fragile capacity and eroding trust -- as well as diminished safeguards for data integrity -- and need more money and staff, says the study led by the American Statistical Association. It cites challenges that have grown more acute since last year's inaugural version of the report, published before President Donald Trump returned to office.

Government departments like the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis and Census Bureau are tasked with publishing all kinds of data, which cover th

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