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  • During the week of January 27, 2025, data from federal agency websites and portals began disappearing, including data produced by the U.S. Census Bureau, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and U.S. Agency for International Development. Although some of these data have since been restored, it is not clear what data are read more ...

  • As the presidents of the Population Association of America and the Association of Population Centers , we are writing to express our alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. The affected data contain invaluable read more ...

  • On January 27, the Acting Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memo , requiring all Federal agencies to “complete a comprehensive analysis of all of their Federal financial assistance programs” and to temporarily pause funding all activities that could be affected by recent presidential read more ...

  • The results of the 2024 presidential and congressional elections usher in a new era of uncertainty for not only our field, but also for the Federal scientific research and statistical agencies. We are committed to working with the new Administration and Congress to ensure they understand the critically important research and read more ...

  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR) recently released its 2025-2029 strategic plan . In a related blog , OBSSR Director Dr. Jane Simoni stated that the plan “reflects a systematic 3-year planning process of assessing accomplishments, evaluating future directions, read more ...

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Mary Jo Hoeksema
Director, Government and Public Affairs