A fall conference on September 21, 2020 will be held both virtually and in-person at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The tentative conference schedule is below, check back to FCSM2020 for more details.

2020 FCSM Fall Conference: September 21, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm.

• Keynote Speaker: John Friedman, Brown University.

  1. Policy sessions featuring Statistical Officials, Chief Data Officers, Evaluation Officers and OMB on:

     • An overview of the Evidence Act

     • Implementing the Evidence Act

     • Using statistical data for evaluation

     • Data Ethics

     • Federal collection of data on Coronavirus pandemic

  2. Research sessions on:

     • Nonresponse Bias

     • Administrative Data

     • Linked Data

     • Communicating Fitness for Use

If you previously  registered for the April 2020 conference it will automatically transfer to the September conference, and you will be sent information on how to attend virtually or indicate you’d like to attend in-person. Registration will be opened for new registrants in July at: FCSM2020 Registration