Friends of NCHS Fiscal Year 2020 Recommendation for the National Center for Health Statistics The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the nation’s principal health statistics agency. Housed within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it provides Read More …
The Honorable José Serrano Chair House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Robert Aderholt Ranking Member House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Washington, DC 20515 The Read More …
Highlights and Takeaways New Additions to the Scientific Advisory Committee Joe Whitley, Government Enforcement and Investigations Practice, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Full Bio Llewellyn Fischer, Adjunct Instructor, U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School, Georgetown University. Full Bio Read More …
John M. Abowd Chief Scientist and Associate Director for Research and Methodology, U.S. Census Bureau September 6, 2019
September 3, 2019 Senator Brian Schatz U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Schatz: The undersigned organizations write to thank you for introducing S. 2286, the Improving Justice Programs through Science Act. We applaud your leadership on this issue Read More …
Introduction The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) in the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) provides objective, reliable, trustworthy information on the condition of education through administrative data collection, longitudinal surveys, and assessments. Founded in 1867, Read More …
As the former Administrator of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (2008 – 2014) who presided over of a large restructuring and reorganization of a statistical agency, I would like to make several comments relevant to Secretary Purdue’s plans to relocate Read More …
Today, the Supreme Court ruled that the explanation given by Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross for adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census was insufficient. The Court says, that while adding the question may be constitutional, the Commerce Department Read More …
The Honorable Richard Shelby United States Senate Chair, Committee on Appropriations Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Patrick Leahy United States Senate Ranking Member, Committee on Appropriations Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable John Hoeven United States Senate Chair, Appropriations Read More …
Last week, the USDA announced Kansas City as the new site for the Economic Research Service (ERS) in its plan to relocate the agency, one of the United States’ thirteen principal statistical agencies, outside of the D.C. area. The USDA Read More …
