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PAA and APC have submitted comments in response to Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service [Docket No. OPM-2025-0004]


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PAA and APC join more than 75 organizations in signing a letter urge greater transparency surrounding potential large-scale personnel reductions and reorganizations within federal agencies ...

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PAA and APC signed on to a letter supporting a significant increase in funding for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that is necessary to advance critical initiatives such as modernizing ...

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A letter prepared on behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations to promote ...

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PAA and APC Director of Government Affairs, Mary Jo Mitchell, provided written testimony submitted to the House CJS subcommittee in support of funding the Census Bureau, National Science ...

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PAA and Association of Population Centers congratulate Jay Bhattacharya on their confirmation to serve as the next Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in this letter ...

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PAA and APC signed a statement addressing cuts to health surveys and data collections at HHS. The statement was organized by the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR).


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PAA and APC joined a Coalition for Health Funding (CHF) letter calling on House and Senate appropriators to reject the proposed cuts outlined in the leaked 64-page  HHS Fiscal Year ...

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PAA and APC Director of Government Affairs, Mary Jo Mitchell provided written testimony for the hearing record related to programs funded by the Labor, Health and Human Services and ...

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The Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers were among over 45 organizations that joined the Friends of NCHS letter urging House and Senate appropriators ...

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Recognizing that robust support for medical research makes Americans healthier, 510 members (a record number) of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research, including PAA and APC, signed ...

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PAA, APC and 70 other organizations signed on to a Friends of IES (Institute of Education Sciences) letter in support of a request of at least $900 million for the IES top line in FY ...

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PAA and APC signed a letter to express our fundamental concern that cuts to the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) ...

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The PAA and APC Executive Committees formally adopted and signed a resolution on March 19, 2025. The resolution urges Congress and the Administration take several steps to redress recent ...

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Undersigned organizations and individuals express concerns regarding a recent announcement by the Social Security Administration immediately terminating the Retirement and Disability ...

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PAA and APC submitted comments regarding the draft framework of the FY 2026-2030 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Plan for Disability Health Research. 

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PAA and APC joined 11 other organizations to urge the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to reschedule the canceled January meeting of the National Advisory Council on Aging (NACA) ...

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An impressive list of 194 organizations, including PAA and APC, signed on to a letter calling for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to be fully funded in FY26.The Agency ...

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PAA & APC signed this Save US Foreign Assistance letter to Congress. Just under 140 organizations on the letter, which remains open for other organizations to join. The letter was sent ...

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PAA and APC are signatories to the letter to Congress and the Administration regarding the challenges to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), ...

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Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have unilaterally cancelled an unprecedented number of contracts that support evaluation, research, and data collection ...

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The letter is now accessible on this website (which we encourage you to share with your communities): https://unitedsciencealliance.org/ .

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On February 11, PAA and APC joined more than 230 national, state, and local organizations and 2,600 individuals representing data users from the private, public, non-profit, and scientific ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Welcome letter to the 119th Congress.

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PAA and APC joined a letter from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations to promote ...

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The Committee on Population Statistics (COPS) of PAA responded to the notice in the 23 October 2024 Federal Register requesting comments on the American Community Survey (ACS) Methods ...

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PAA and APC submitted the comments linked below regarding proposed goals outlined for the 2026-2030 NIMHD Strategic Plan. 

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PAA and APC joined a letter on behalf of the Friends of IES, a coalition of 37 organizations committed to supporting the essential role of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) ...

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PAA and APC joined in signing the letter to House and Senate appropriations leadership and down dais members. This letter urges them to finalize the Labor, Health and Human Services, ...

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PAA and APC joined this letter to show strong collective support for the immediate confirmation of Dr. Adam Gamoran as the next Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). ...

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PAA and APC joined 90 organizations that signed this Census Project letter to leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees regarding funding for the Census Bureau in Fiscal ...

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PAA and APC supplied comments providing input on the proposed goals, opportunities, and cross-cutting themes NICHD is considering as part of its draft 2025-2029 strategic plan .

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This bipartisan effort resulted in 141 signatures from a wide range of organizations and businesses and could not have been achieved without the leadership of Erica Groshen, Bill Beach, ...

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PAA and APC submitted these comments to the National Institute on Aging in response to an RFI the Institute issued regarding their 2026-2030 Strategic Directions document. 


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PAA, APC and COPS submitted comments to the Census Bureau regarding their proposed timeline for implementing the new Federal race and ethnicity data collection standards. 

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On August 7, the Presidents of PAA and APC sent the below comments to the Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) in response ...

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Comments to Representatives DeGette and Bucshon from the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers regarding potential Cures 2.0 legislation.

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PAA and APC signed the below letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives, expressing concerns regarding the Fiscal Year 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations ...

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National Institutes of Health Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office is developing the Fiscal Years (FYs) 2026 – 2030 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Sexual and Gender Minority Health ...

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PAA and APC signed on to the Census Quality Reinforcement Task Force comment letter on the proposed information collection request, "Collection of State/Local Administrative Records ...

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PAA and APC joined 1,106 undersigned organizations—which represent the full breadth of investments that support all of America, every day—call on Congress to reject arbitrary and damaging ...

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As the principal scientific societies representing the population sciences and federally supported U.S. population research centers, the Population Association of America (PAA) and ...

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As the principal scientific societies representing the population sciences and federally supported U.S. population research centers, the Population Association of America (PAA) and ...

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PAA and APC joined 434 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations signed to this FY25 gun violence prevention research funding letter ! The letter ...

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PAA & APC submitted testimony to the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee in support of funding the Census Bureau, National Science Foundation, Bureau of Justice ...

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PAA & APC submitted testimony to the House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee in support of funding the Census Bureau, National Science Foundation, Bureau of Justice ...

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Testimony submitted on behalf of PAA and APC to the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee in support of funding the NIH, NCHS, AHRQ, BLS, ...

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Testimony submitted on behalf of PAA and APC to the House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee in support of funding the NIH, NCHS, AHRQ, BLS, ...

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PAA & APC support of the Friends of BLS FY25 Recommendation. The final letter, with 9 organizations signing on, was sent to the four corners of the Labor, Health and Human Services, ...

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PAA and APC joined this letter in support of BEA's FY25 budget that went to the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations committees 

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PAA and APC joined organizations to urge the passing of a Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 that ...

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PAA & APC signed on to this  letter with the Friends of IES, a coalition of 44 organizations committed to supporting the essential role of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). ...

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On behalf of The Census Project, a broad-based coalition of business, civic, human services, state and local government, education, and scientific organizations committed to supporting ...

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PAA and APC joined on a letter to urge the highest possible funding level in the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill for the National Institute of Justice ...

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Five organizations write to express opposition to HR 7109, the Equal Representation Act, which the Oversight and Accountability Committee is scheduled to mark up on April 10, 2024. 
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PAA and APC, signed on to the Friends of NICHD letter to the House and Senate Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies urging to continue to ...

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PAA and APC signed this letter in support of funding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Fiscal Year 2025. CDC is the parent agency of the NCHS.

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PAA and APC joined 60 organizations to sign this letter to Congress in support of the FY25 NCHS budget. 

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CNSF dispatched letters to the House and Senate regarding FY25 NSF appropriations, the letters can be found here:
CNSF FY25 House Letter CNSF FY25 Senate Letter
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PAA/APC’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Priorities - see PDF link below.

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PAA and APC joined 171 organizations to urge Congress to provide the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality with $500 million in FY 2025. 

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PAA & APC signed FY 2024 conference letter in support of NIJ and BJS sent to House and Senate appropriators

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PAA and APC are writing to express our alarm and concern about recent proposed cuts to NICHD supported large-scale longitudinal studies and to highlight how these cuts will impede broader ...

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PAA and APC signed this letter in support of providing the National Science Foundation with the highest possible level of funding in the final FY 2024 Commerce, Justice, and Science ...

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On behalf of the Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics this letter was signed to enthusiastically support the nomination of Erika McEntarfer as Commissioner of Labor Statistics ...

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PAA and APC join over 1,000 other organizations in signing this letter urging Congress to complete the FY24 process and reject any further cuts to non-defense discretionary appropriations ...

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PAA and APC submitted on December 14 in response to the NIH “Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on Opportunities and Challenges for the Collection, Use, ...

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PAA and APC submitted comments in response to a Federal Register Notice published by the U.S. Census Bureau on 20 October 2023 (Citation 88 FR 72424; Document Number 2023-23249 ) requesting ...

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PAA and APC co-signed this letter with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations to ...

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PAA and APC signed the Coalition for National Science Funding letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young and Office of Science and Technology Policy Director ...

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PAA and APC shared comments in response to a Federal Register Notice published by the U.S. Census Bureau (Citation 88 FR 64404; Document Number 2023-20256 ) requesting review and approval ...

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Comments PAA and APC submitted in response to the proposed NIH Scientific Integrity Policy. 

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On November 13, PAA and APC submitted a letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in response to the agency’s request for comments on its proposed revised mission statement. ...

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PAA and APC signed letter of congratulations to the new Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Monica Bertagnolli. 

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PAA and APC signed the following letter drafted by the Census Quality Reinforcement Task Force in response to the Census Bureau’s proposed 2030 Research Agenda. The Census Quality Reinforcement ...

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PAA and APC submitted these comments to Senator Cassidy, Ranking Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, in response to his request for input regarding ...

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PAA and APC Presidents submitted comments in response to a request for comments from OMB regarding a potential change to Statistical Policy No. 3. The proposal seeks to allow Executive ...

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The leaders of four organizations American Statistical Association, Association of Population Centers, Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, and Population Association ...

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Population Association of America (PAA) and Association of Population Centers (APC) submit comments in response to “Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies ...

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The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights has authored a comment in response to the Census Bureau’s Federal Register Notice which requests review and approval of changes ...

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With direct and indirect support from Federal scientific and statistical research agencies, population scientists are conducting critical interdisciplinary research and training activities ...

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The 680 undersigned organizations urge you to fulfill Congress’ most basic duty: to keep the government running. Congress must pass a clean bipartisan, bicameral continuing resolution ...

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Comments regarding a proposal by the Census Bureau to reduce the Survey of Income and Program Participation sample size. 

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PAA and APC joined many organizations in signing the Census Project letter in support of providing the Census Bureau with the highest possible level of funding in the final version ...

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PAA and APC sends this congratulatory letter from our presidents, Dr. Lisa Berkman and Dr. Jennie Brand. We look forward to working with Dr. Simoni and OBSSR colleagues! 

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PAA and APC sign multisociety letter on SCOTUS ruling on race and admissions.  47 organizations joined in the statement reaffirming our individual societies commitment to advancing ...

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PAA and APC submitted comments in response to a RFI from the National Science Foundation regarding the newly formed Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships.

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PAA and APC joined the Coalition for National Science Funding in asking the U.S. Senate and House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Subcommittee and Related ...

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PAA and APC signed this letter in support of the nomination of Dr. Monica Bertagnolli to lead the National Institutes of Health. The letter was delivered to Senate leadership and the ...

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We urge Congress to provide $2 billion in funding for the Census Bureau, which represents a $394 million increase above the President’s request, and a $521 million increase from the ...

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hile a relatively small agency, BEA is enormously important to understanding our multitrillion-dollar economy. BEA’s National Income and Product Accounts provide an overall picture ...

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Through its data collection and analysis, NCHS provides enormous value to researchers and policymakers at all levels of government. To that  end, the undersigned organizations respectfully ...

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Fiscal Year 2024 Testimony on behalf of the PAA and APC submitted to the House Senate and Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittees and the House and ...

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PAA and APC submitted testimony to the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies in support of funding agencies under its jurisdiction ...

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PAA and APC signed this year’s gun violence prevention research funding letter that more than 400 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations signed ...

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As the principal professional societies representing the population sciences, the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers wish to express their strong ...

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Population Association of America (PAA), the PAA Committee on Population Statistics (COPS), and Association of Population Centers (APC), response to the notice in the 27 January 2023 Federal ...

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Our coalition has endorsed the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research FY 2024 funding recommendation, which would provide the NIH with $50.924 billion in funding, a $3.465 billion increase ...

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Written testimony for the hearing record in support of funding federal agencies under the jurisdiction of the House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee ...

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PAA & APC signed on to the COSSA FY 2024 stakeholder letter in support of OJP, NIJ, and BJS. The final letter is below. It was shared with the House and Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittees ...

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As the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies begins deliberations on the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations ...

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On behalf of the Friends of IES, a coalition of 41 organizations committed to supporting the essential role of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) we encourage at least $900 million ...

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For fiscal year (FY) 2024, the Ad Hoc Group recommends at least $50.924 billion for NIH’s foundational work, a $3.465 billion increase over the comparable FY 2023 program level, which ...

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PAA/APC’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Priorities - see PDF link below.

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The 151 undersigned members of the Friends of AHRQ request no less than $500 million in funding for the Agency for Healthcare and Research and Quality (AHRQ). 

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PAA and APC sign letter to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, encouraging two recommendations that would support the continued work of IES to invest in innovative ...

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PAA and APC signed this letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations urging them to include $844.1 million for IES as part of a final appropriations agreement. This top-line ...

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PAA and APC joined this letter that the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research sent leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging them to provide NIH $49.5 for the NIH ...

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PAA and APC thanks the Senate and House Appropriations Committees for their leadership and commitment to completing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations process. Throughout the ...

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Friends of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) congratulate Dr. Wakefield on being named to lead CDC’s structure modernization work and thank her for accepting the responsibility. ...

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PAA and the Association of Population Centers submitted comments in response to the agency’s Federal Register Notice (FRN) “Soliciting Input or Suggestions on 2030 Census Preliminary ...

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PAA and APC submitted these comments to the National Institutes of Health Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research in response to their request for comments on the Office’s ...

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On behalf of the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) – an alliance of over 140 professional organizations, scientific societies, universities, and businesses united in our ...

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PAA and APC joined more than 115 organizations who signed onto Research!America’s organizational letter urging timely action on FY23 appropriations to meet the very real research funding ...

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PAA and Association of Population Centers congratulate Arati Prabhakar on their new appointment as Senior Presidential Advisor for Science and Technology and Director of the Office ...

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PAA and APC congratulate Dr. Amy S. Kelley on the recent appointment as the Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA).
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PAA and APC congratulate Nancy La Vigne on the recent appointment as the Director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ).
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PAA and APC congratulate Dr. Alex Piquero on the recent appointment as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).
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PAA and APC congratulate Renee Wegrzyn on their recent appointment as the Director of the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (ARPA-H).
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PAA and APC joined 50 organizations in signing a letter to appropriators this month thanking them for the support in the House and Senate FY23 appropriations bill and urging that NCHS ...

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As you may know, the United States Congress is not in session throughout most of the month of August. During this time, Members of Congress return to their districts and states to reconnect ...

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The undersigned organizations urge the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to promptly consider the nominee Dr. Arati Prabhakar for the position of Director of ...

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Comments PAA and APC sent in response to NIH RFI, “Request for Public Comments on DRAFT Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Protecting Privacy ...

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PAA and APC signed onto this Friends of NICHD Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations letter requesting $1.816 billion for NICHD. This letter was signed by over 50 organizations and shared ...

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PAA and APC signed a letter urging the the highest possible fiscal year (FY) 2023 302(b) allocation for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittees ...

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Population scientists, including demographers, economists, and sociologists, rely on data collected and disseminated by the U.S. Census Bureau to inform their scientific and applied ...

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PAA and APC signed this letter in support of the administration’s request of $141 million for the FY23 budget funding the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
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To promote the sustained, robust growth necessary to make consequential progress against pressing health challenges, in fiscal year (FY) 2023, the Ad Hoc Group recommends a program ...

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PAA and APC express support for the Census Bureau, National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).  These agencies are ...

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Written testimony on behalf of the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers regarding support for funding the NIH, NCHS, BLS, and IES, in FY 2023
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PAA and APC signed this letter urging the Senate and House Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations to appropriate ...

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PAA and APC signed a letter of support of 60 million in federal gun violence prevention research funding to the CDC and NIH in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. A total of 288 organizations signed ...

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The organizations signing this letter request Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies House Committee on Appropriations and Senata Committee on Appropriations ...

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PAA and APC signed this lietter with the Friends of IES, a coalition of 38 organizations committed to supporting the essential role of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Thanking ...

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Below are comments PAA and APC submitted to the National Institutes of Health in response to an RFI the agency issued seeking feedback on its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility ...

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PAA COPS prepared these comments in response to a proposal from the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to create Standard Application Process (SAP) for Requesting Access to ...

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The 135 undersigned members of the Friends of AHRQ respectfully request no less than $500 million in funding for the Agency for Healthcare and Research and Quality (AHRQ).

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PAA and APC join other in signing this letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), urging them to revisit standards on federal data on race and ethnicity. 

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PAA and APC have signed this letter encouraging leaders at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to nominate a NIH Director who supports and values the contributions ...

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As Congress enter deliberations to reconcile the America COMPETES Act of 2022 and the US Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), PAA and APC would like to share our support for key ...

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Population scientists (who include demographers, economists, and sociologists) bring scientific rigor to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data on population dynamics—supported ...

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PAA and APC have joined over 50 scientific societies in a letter urging Congress to finalize FY22 appropriations w/ robust support for scientific R&D. Investing in S&T is a bipartisan ...

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On behalf of the presidents of PAA and APC, this letter welcomes the Honorable Robert Santos to his new position as Director of the U.S. Census Bureau. We look forward to working and ...

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The PAA/APC Government and Public Affairs Committee and PAA Committee on Population Statistics wants you to be aware of the Federal Register Notice regarding the U.S. Census Bureau's ...

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PAA joins message urging Congress to include increases for the Institute for Education Science (IES) in final FY 2022 appropriations measure. Signatories advocate for Senate’s recommendation ...

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PAA and APC signed this final joint letter requesting $6 million for HHS’s new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) in Fiscal Year 2022. The letter has been sent to the ...

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PAA joined 314 organizations and institutions sign-on letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, urging swift passage of the House-passed $46.4 billion for the ...

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This letter is to leaders on the Senate and House Appropriations Committees in support of providing the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development with the highest possible ...

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PAA and APC signed this Census Project letter urging Congress to provide the Census Bureau with no less than $1.4 billion in the final Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations ...

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On October 26, PAA President Robert Hummer and APC President Sara Curran presented remarks to members of the White House Equitable Data Working Group (EDWG). The EDWG, which established ...

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PAA joins other scientific societies in urging congressional leadership to complete the FY 2022 appropriations package by the December 3 deadline. Although the fiscal year began on ...

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Throughout its history, NICHD has led efforts to optimize health for all and to foster an inclusive, diverse workforce. However, social factors are key drivers of health disparities, ...

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September 2021 PAA and APC submitted these comments in response to the Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus.
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Comments from Education Research Stakeholders to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on The Future of Education Research at the Institute of Education ...

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PAA and APC submit comments in response to a RFI issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on  “Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies.”
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PAA and APC submitted comments in response to the RFI that Congresswoman DeGette and Congressman Upton recently issued regarding the creation of ARPA-H within the Cures 2.0 legislation.



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PAA and APC sign letter in strong support of the nomination of Robert Santos as director of the US Census Bureau and urge his prompt confirmation. As a long-time user of Census data ...

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Testimony on behalf of PAA and APC Regarding the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations for the Census Bureau and National Science Foundation
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PAA and APC joined the letter endorsing the $737.47 million included in the FY 2022 budget request. 

The amount included in the president’s FY 2022 budget request would restore lost ...

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The 292 undersigned organizations – representing the full range of stakeholders supporting the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies appropriations ...

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As Congress considers legislation to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure and bolster economic recovery, we urge you to include, among the other key national priorities, investments ...

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PAA and APC express support for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Institute of Education Sciences (IES), and Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

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As population scientists, most of our data come from large, government-collected or supported surveys or registries.  Our members are very involved in developing surveys, testing respondent ...

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PAA endorses H.R. 2225, the NSF for the Future Act, comprehensive legislation to reauthorize the National Science Foundation. The bill would double the size of the NSF budget, establish ...

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On behalf of The Census Project (www.thecensusproject.org), a broad-based coalition of
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As we continue to respond to COVID-19 and prepare to address the next emerging public health threat, the undersigned organizations representing patients, public health professionals, ...

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As a broad community of research organizations, professional societies, universities, and private companies, we write to urge you to provide the highest possible fiscal year (FY) 2022 ...

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PAA and APC are pleased to submit comments in response to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Request for Information (RFI) (NOT-OD-21-066), “Inviting Comments and Suggestions to Advance ...

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PAA signed the Friends of NCHS Fiscal Year 2022 funding recommendation along with 30 other national organizations that support providing the agency with $200 million.

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PAA and APC joined a sign-on letter in support of $50 million in funding to the CDC and NIH in FY2022 to conduct public health research into firearm morbidity and mortality prevention. ...

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The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announces the release of the 7th Edition of its flagship report Principles ...

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