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 …
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BEA FY20 Conference Committee
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 …
ERS/NIFA Group Letter
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 …
Stakeholder Concerns Remain Unaddressed as USDA moves forward with relocation plans
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 …
Friends of IES Comment on IES Priorities
May 28, 2019 Dr. Mark Schneider Director Institute of Education Sciences U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Ave SW, Room 4109 Potomac Center Plaza Washington, DC 20202 Re: Docket ID Number ED-2019-IES-0017 Dear Dr. Schneider, On behalf of the Friends Read More …