Friday, March 7, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm The COPAFS Quarterly Meeting will be hybrid with the in-person meeting taking place at the AERA Convening Center, 1430 K St, NW, Ste 700, Washington, DC 20005. Once in the Read More …
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March 2025 Quarterly Meeting
Dear Colleague Letter Regarding Access to Federal Data
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Protecting Public Access to Federal Data
COPAFS, along with ASA and PAA, transmitted a letter to Congressional leadership expressing opposition to the unprecedented removal of public data over the past two weeks. The letter requests Congress take action to restore any data which has been removed, Read More …
COPAFS Sign-on Letter to Protect Public Data
We are very concerned about the recent incidents involving federal data being selectively removed from agency websites. To this end, we have drafted a letter to Senate and House leadership expressing opposition to this unprecedented removal of public data and Read More …
December 2024 Quarterly Meeting
Friday, December 6, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm The COPAFS Quarterly Meeting will be hybrid with the in-person meeting taking place at the AERA Convening Center, 1430 K St, NW, Ste 700, Washington, DC 20005. Once in the Read More …
COPAFS Urges NCSES to Include Additional SOGI Questions on the 2025 NSCG
COPAFS responded to NCSES’s 2025 National Survey of College Graduates FRN Comment Request. COPAFS urged NCSES to include more SOGI questions on the survey given that these questions are well-tested and disparity of LGBTQI+ representation in the U.S. scientific workforce. Read More …
Concern Regarding LaborH Approps Bill: Cuts CDC by $1.8B
COPAFS joins 136 other organizations in opposing the 1.8 billion cut to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The reduction represents a 22% decrease in funding for CDC and would necessitate the elimation of a number of essential public Read More …
September 2024 Quarterly Meeting
Friday, September 6, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm The COPAFS Quarterly Meeting will be hybrid with the in-person meeting taking place at the AERA Convening Center, 1430 K St, NW, Ste 700, Washington, DC 20005. Once in the Read More …
Concern Regarding CJS Approps Bill: Census Funding, Sec. 621
Along with the Census Project, COPAFS shares concerns about the level of funding provided in the 2025 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill on July 9, 2024. The letter asks that funding be increased so Census can adequately plan for Read More …
June 2024 Quarterly Meeting
Friday, June 7, 2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm The COPAFS Quarterly Meeting will be hybrid with the in-person meeting taking place at the AERA Convening Center, 1430 K St, NW, Ste 700, Washington, DC 20005. Once in the Read More …