Government Affairs

On April 10, in conjunction with the Population Association of America (PAA) 2025 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, PAA sponsored a large advocacy day in which over 100 scientists from 30 states participated in meetings with their congressional delegations. PAA sponsors a large advocacy day whenever its annual meeting is held read more ...

Please see this video message from PAA President Irma Elo on how PAA is responding to the uncertainty in our government. Ways you can help… Action Alerts Stayed tuned to your e-mail for alerts of when and how to contact your Congressional representative. See PAA Action Alerts Share Your Terminated/Suspended read more ...

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 ...