March 2023 Quarterly Meeting

Virtual Meeting
March 3 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm EST

Time Topic
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome/Report from Board of Directors
Felice Levine, Chair
9:10 – 9:20 COPAFS Update
Paul Schroeder, Executive Director, COPAFS
9:20 – 10:00 OMB Race and Ethnicity Standards Revision Process Updates
OMB M-23-04: Establishment of Standard Application Process Requirements on Recognized Statistical Agencies and Units
Bioeconomy EO
FCSM Conference Information
National Strategy to Develop Statistics for Environmental-Economic Decisions
Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+
Recommendations on the Best Practices for the Collection of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data on Federal Statistical Surveys   Kerrie Leslie, OMB
10:00 – 11:00 CroplandCROS: A Collaborative USDA Effort to Identify US Cropland Rick Mueller and Claire Boryan, National Agricultural Statistical Service
11:00 – 12:00 NThe Future of Crime Statistics   Janet Lauritsen, University of Missouri – St. Louis
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch Break
1:00 – 2:30 Next Gen Usage Metrics – A New Collaborative Search and Discovery Platform   Nancy Potok, former Chief Statistician of the US – Moderator   Peggy Carr, NCES   Kevin Barnes, NASS   Emilda Rivers, NCSES   Spiro Stefanou, ERS
2:30 – 3:00 Transition at BEA   Mary Bohman & Vipin Arora, BEA
3:00 – 3:30 COPAFS Business Meeting
3:30 Adjourn