The Honorable Nita M. Lowey Chair Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Richard Shelby Chair Committee on Appropriations United States Sentate Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Patrick Leahy Vice Chair Committee on Appropriations Read More …
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Science Agencies FY21
Recent Polling on Perceptions of the 2020 US Census
To: Interested Parties From: Quadrant Strategies, on behalf of Article 1 Date: November 2019 Re: Recent polling on perceptions of the 2020 US Census, with a particular focus on counting children Over the past month we conducted an online survey Read More …
Friends of NCHS FY2020 Statement
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 …
BEA FY20 Conference Committee
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 …
Census Scientific Advisory Meeting Fall 2019
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 …
Census Bureau Citizenship Data Research and Product Development
John M. Abowd Chief Scientist and Associate Director for Research and Methodology, U.S. Census Bureau September 6, 2019
Schatz Improving Justice Programs Through Science Act
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 …
Funding and Staffing Crisis at the National Center of Education Statistics
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 …
Clark Comments for Senate Hearing
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 …
Supreme Court issues complicated ruling on 2020 Census
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 …