Government Affairs

On May 29, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a lengthy, complex proposed rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance , that would make major changes to the Uniform Guidance governing federal financial assistance, including research grants and cooperative agreements. The rule would codify several read more ...

APC, APDU, COPAFS, ICPSR, and PAA Statement on Commerce’s Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products On June 4, 2026 the Department of Commerce issued a new order “Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products” (DAO 216-26) that limits the types of privacy protection methods that the Census Bureau and Bureau of read more ...

On June 9, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) bill in a party-line vote, 34 to 28. The bill covers funding for federal science and statistical agencies important to the population sciences, including the National Institutes read more ...

It has been a particularly challenging few months for the National Science Foundation (NSF), between a massive, proposed budget cut in the Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget, the President’s dismissal of the entire National Science Board (NSB), and an effort to eliminate the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences read more ...

PAA Members Storm Capitol Hill—50 Meetings in One Impactful Day! On March 11, 2026, a small, dedicated delegation of the Population Association of America (PAA) from 10 states descended on Capitol Hill, meeting with members of Congress and congressional staff in 50 offices! The 2026 PAA Capitol Hill Day was an opportunity read more ...