It's the Death Master File, an ominous-sounding government database that contains the names and Social Security numbers of more than 83 million Americans whose deaths have been reported to the ...

Staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency are building a master database to speed-up immigration enforcement and deportations, by combining sensitive data from across the ...

Master files contain descriptive data, such as name and address, as well as summary information, such as amount due and year-to-date sales. Contrast with transaction file. See master data management.

Training and culture are also part of audit readiness. An electronic Trial Master File encourages staff to think in terms of ...