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CNSF dispatched letters to the House and Senate regarding FY25 NSF appropriations, the letters can be found here:
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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
business, civic, human services, state and local government, and academic groups committed to
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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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The Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers stand in solidarity with the Asian American community during this difficult time and grieve the senseless ...

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The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly revealed that the US healthcare system is at a breaking point, and our nation’s goals of a system that ensures access to high quality healthcare for ...

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PAA, APC, and 118 other organizations signed on to letters of support for at least $500 million in funding for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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PAA & APC submitted comments to the National Science Foundation (NSF) in response to a request from the agency for broad input as it looks to begin updating its strategic plan.

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PAA & APC, American Statistical Association and Others Advocate for a New School Pulse Survey at Dept. of Education to Measure Impact of Pandemic on Education & Learning. New Data Collection ...

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PAA and APC sign on to letter urging the Census Bureau to take action to "fulfill the objectives of the Charter for the Census Bureau National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, ...

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PAA and APC have sent a letter to the Biden transition team regarding our priorities for the next Administration. This letter includes several sections including:


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The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF), representing more than 130 scientific societies, universities and independent research entities, recently shared its priorities with ...

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December 7, 2020 -- PAA and APC are pleased NIH has developed a strategic plan to help guide the significant resources that have been directed at the agency. Further, we are pleased ...

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As you work to finalize the FY 2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, the undersigned members of the CDC Coalition and other supporting ...

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The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), located at the Department of Commerce, the principal statistical agency providing accurate, objective and comprehensive data about the nation’s ...

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PAA and APC signed onto a letter thanking Majority Leader Hoyer and Reps. Connolly and Maloney for introducing the “Saving the Civil Service Act” to reverse the “Executive Order on ...

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PAA and APC writing to express concerns regarding a proposed rule recently issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), “Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an ...

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PAA and APC have endorsed AERA/NAEd Statement in Support of Anti-Racist Education. The evidence suggests that addressing issues of race and racism requires a level of candor not often ...

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October 14, 2020 -- As the presidents of the Population Association of America (PAA) and the Association of Population Centers (APC), which together represent over 3,000 population ...

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PAA applauds action the United States Senate took on September 18 to pass a bill that will fund critical federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health , in fiscal year ...

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December 12, 2018

We are writing to you as representatives of organizations whose members include census data users from the public, private, and academic sectors to communicate ...

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Testimony in Support of Funding Census and NSF in 2020

PAA testifies to House Commerce, Justice, Science, Appropriations Subcommittee in support of funding Census Bureau and National ...

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PAA/APC testimony to House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee in support of funding for the National Institutes pf Health, National Center for ...

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PAA endorsed the attached letter to OMB Director Russell Vought about the recent changes to diversity training program requirements for Federal employees and contractors. 


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The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated how a pandemic can quickly evolve from a medical and infectious disease emergency to a broad-scale economic and public health disaster. Population ...

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PAA and APC contacted UNICAMP to express concern regarding a recent decision announced by the Board of Directors of the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) to close its Demography ...

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We send Secretary Ross the attached letter on behalf of the presidents of the Population Association of America, American Statistical Association, and Association of Population Centers.  ...

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PAA and APC signed this letter endorsing a bill introduced by Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA) in support of COVID related research funding at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ...

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In general, we view the draft legislation very favorably. We are particularly pleased to see robust and increasing funding levels that would effectively double the funding for NSF over ...

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Nearly 180 organizations and institutions that joined the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research sign-on letter, urging negotiators to work quickly to “finalize a bipartisan agreement and ...

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As the presidents of the Population Association of America (PAA) and the Association of Population Centers (APC), we strongly oppose the Administration’s ill-conceived decision to abandon ...

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As the presidents of the Population Association of America and the Association of Population Centers, we strongly oppose President Trump’s recent Presidential Memorandum that would ...

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July 17, 2020 — As the presidents of the Population Association of America and the Association of Population Centers, we are alarmed by recent guidance issued by the Department of Health ...

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As the presidents of the Population Association of America and the Association of Population Centers, we join leaders of other scientific societies in expressing our opposition to plans ...

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Population scientists, such as demographers, sociologists, economists, in the public, private, and academic sectors rely on decennial census data to conduct an array of scientific and ...

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As the presidents of the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers, we want to express how profoundly recent events have affected us as individuals, the ...

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On January 22, 2018, PAA President Wendy Manning and APC President Steve Ruggles sent this letter to White House official, Ms. Neomi Rao, expressing concern about inaction on possible ...

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Population Association of America joins hundreds of organizations to urge Congress to pass a budget agreement and raise the federal budget caps in Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021.
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Writing to express our concern regarding a request from Department of Justice to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census.
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PAA joined related organizations thanking the House Committee on Appropriations and Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for including $165 ...

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July 17, 2020. The undersigned organizations write with urgency to strongly recommend that the administration immediately reverse its decision to bypass the Centers for Disease Control ...

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PAA/APC Join Hundreds of U.S. & International Orgs Urging White House to Support WHO to not only to stop the spread of COVID-19, but also to help strengthen the global public health ...

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Response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s (OSTP) Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally ...

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PAA and APC write to reiterate  interests in the Census Bureau’s efforts to implement a new Disclosure Avoidance System (DAS) and to urge the agency to release at least one more set ...

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Members and affiliates of The Census project request Congress support for $1.681 billion for the Census Bureau, with $1.392 billion for the Periodic Censuses and Programs account and ...

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May 22, 2020, 196 LEAD Coalition member organizations and allies wrote to Congress urging that the FY 2021 appropriations bills include substantial increases in funding to strengthen ...

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Members and affiliates of The Census Project urge Senate to include supplemental funding to help the Census Bureau cover costs related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its conduct ...

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Report Prepared for the Committee on Population Statistics, Population Association of America, October 2007

Vital and health statistics have been a core concern of demography since ...

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PAA joins undersigned organizations requesting the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, considers $89 million for the Research, Evaluation, ...

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Multisociety letter standing united in a spirit of diversity and inclusion and offer our support for people of Asian ancestry, rejecting efforts to ascribe fault for the pandemic, and ...

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PAA joins 371 organizations supporting the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill (Labor-HHS) – thank you for increasing ...

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Writing in response to the Office of Management and Budget’s request for comments on considerations for additional measures of poverty developed by the Interagency Technical Working ...

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Thank you for your strong support of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) through the FY20 level of $108 million. We appreciate the additional funding that enables BEA to carry out ...

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As you consider appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, the undersigned 200 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations write to ask you to provide ...

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PAA writes to Speaker Pelosi and Leaders McConnell, McCarthy and Schumer regarding prospective federal intervention to support targeted industries impacted by the coronavirus (COVID19) ...

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The undersigned 153 members of the CDC Coalition and other supporting state and national organizations urge you to provide at least $7.8 billion for the Centers for Disease Control ...

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We write today to draw attention to three issues. First, we ask you to prioritize the filling of BLS leadership positions. Second, as a related matter, we are concerned about the Department’s ...

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As you conference the FY18 CJS appropriations bill, we the undersigned organizations write to convey our strong support of $105.4 million for the FY18 budget of the Bureau of Economic Analysis ...

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On behalf of the undersigned organizations dedicated to the health and wellbeing of the nation’s children, we write to thank you for including $165 million in funding for the Environmental ...

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We are pleased to respond to the notice in the March 1, 2017 Federal Register requesting comments on potential revisions of the OMB’s standards on race and ethnicity that would replace ...

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The undersigned 182 members of the CDC Coalition and other supporting state and national organizations urge you to provide at least $7.8 billion for the Centers for Disease Control ...

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We thank you for recognizing and responding decisively in the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) appropriations bills to address the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia ...

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November 15, 2017

Dear Speaker Ryan and Minority Leader Pelosi:

The undersigned organizations represent a broad spectrum of scientific and engineering societies. Together we ...

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As this Administration nears the end of its first year, we the undersigned science, engineering and higher education  organizations are writing to respectfully request your assistance ...

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Writing to urge Congress to allocate at least $300 million above the funding level for the Census Bureau in the FY 2018 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill (H.R. 3267), which ...

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On May 26th, 2017, PAA and the Association of Population Centers sent a letter to President Trump urging him to appoint a new Census Bureau Director.

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We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to express our interests in a specific clause contained in your proposed legislation, H.R. 482, the Local Zoning and Property Rights Protection ...

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Writing to reiterate our organizations’ support for strong leadership at the U.S. Census Bureau.
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On October 27, 2017, PAA joined almost 30 other scientific societies in sending the leadership of the National Institutes of Health a letter, expressing concern about the effect of ...

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The 2,000 undersigned national, state, and local organizations urge you to help ensure adequate funding for programs funded through annual appropriations, by continuing the bipartisan ...

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As the new Administration and 115th Congress begin, the 260 undersigned members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research urge you to enact without further delay a final fiscal year ...

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As you deliberate final funding and policy decisions in both the anticipated continuing resolution (CR) and final FY 2017 omnibus spending measure, we want to share our views regarding ...

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We are pleased to comment on the Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) revisions to the Common Rule (HHS-OPHS-2015-008). Overall, we are very pleased with the proposed revisions to ...

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The undersigned members of the Friends of NCHS respectfully request $170 million in budget authority for the agency, $10 million more than FY 2016 and the president’s FY 2017 request. ...

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As you draft the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) appropriations legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2017, the undersigned members of the Friends ...

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Funding Request: a total of at least $1 billion for family planning and reproductive health programs, both bilateral and multilateral, with funding provided from the Global Health Programs ...

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The undersigned health care, public health, scientific organizations and research universities representing over 1 million members across the country urge you to end the dramatic chilling ...

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We are writing to respond to the latest request for comments on the proposed questionnaire redesign of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). We first want to commend the efforts ...

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Writing regarding the Committee’s upcoming consideration of the Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Science, Justice (CJS) Appropriations bill. Despite funding the Census Bureau and National ...

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We all agree that funding focused on the virus’ epidemiology, vector control and vaccine development to combat this emergent public health threat are essential. However, research into ...

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We are pleased to provide comments on Healthier Lives Through Behavioral and Social Sciences Research: A Strategic Plan for the National Institutes of Health's Office of Behavioral ...

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The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has long been the principal source of information on the health of the civilian  noninstitutionalized population of the United States. Because ...

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The Senate and House Appropriations Committees recently completed work on the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies bill, which funds the Census Bureau and National Science ...

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The Senate is currently considering H.R. 2578, the Fiscal Year 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. The CJS bill funds the Census Bureau and the National Science ...

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As you work to enact final spending legislation for fiscal year (FY) 2017, the undersigned members of the Friends of NCHS urge you to protect NCHS’s budget from further cuts and provide ...

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The 168 undersigned organizations and institutions representing patients and caregivers, health providers and clinicians, faculty and students, scientists, policy professionals, employers, ...

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As you consider the next steps for the FY 2017 budget, we, the undersigned individuals and organizations representing education research scientists, institutions, organizations, deans, ...

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We are pleased to offer comments in response to the review of the NSF strategic plan for 2014-18
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PAA and APC congratulates you on producing a bipartisan, ambitious Fiscal Year 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill. As you and your staff deliberate ...

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With the likelihood that Congress will not complete action on all appropriations bills before Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 starts on October 1st, we are writing to express our deep concern ...

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The 229 undersigned members of the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research write to thank you for your leadership in championing sustained, real growth in medical research funding, and to ...

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Letter to President-Elect Trump - we congratulate you on your election and look forward to working with your new Administration. During this transition period, we want to raise several ...

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PAA signed an October 3 letter  to the Deputy Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Tabak, urging the agency to work with the research community to address the expansive ...

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PAA is pleased to join other national and state organizations in opposing the realignment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. In August, PAA signed letters ...

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The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is the nation’s principal health statistics agency. Housed within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it provides ...

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As you consider appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, the undersigned 166 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations write to ask you to provide ...

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PAA cosigned these letters to the leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, ...

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PAA and APC wrote Dr. Nancy Potok, Chief Statistician, Office of Management and Budget to express interests in Federal Register notice #84FR 19961,”Request for Comment on the Consumer ...

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Thank you, Chairman Blunt, Ranking Member Murray, and other distinguished members of the Subcommittee, for this opportunity to express support for the National Institutes of Health ...

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Thank you, Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Shaheen, and other distinguished members of the subcommittee, for this opportunity to express support for the Census Bureau and the National ...

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Thank you, Chairman Serrano, Ranking Member Aderholt, and other distinguished members of the Subcommittee, for this opportunity to express support for the Census Bureau and the National ...

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The 144 undersigned organizations representing patients, health professionals, hospitals, scientists, patients, employers, and insurers strongly oppose the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Labor, Health ...

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Thank you for the opportunity to offer our perspective on the status and future of federal support for scientific research as the committee begins the process of drafting legislation ...

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Thank you, Chairman Delauro and Ranking Member Cole for this opportunity to express support for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), ...

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Demographic, or population, researchers rely on funding from a number of federal agencies to conduct their research. In return, policymakers rely on the research and data produced by ...

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Fiscal Year 2020 Budget Priorities for PAA and APC
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January 2019 - 1) Secure robust funding for agencies supporting populations sciences, 2) Defend infrastructure of agencies supporting population sciences, 3) Support successful conduct ...

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The Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers are two affiliated organizations that represent over 3,000 population scientists—including demographers, ...

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On behalf of the over 3,000 members of the Population Association of America (PAA) and more than 40 population research centers nationwide comprising the Association of Population Centers ...

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Thank you for the opportunity to offer our perspective on the status and future of federal support for scientific research as the committee begins the process of drafting legislation ...

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PAA and APC believe that the successful conduct of the 2020 Census is vitally important to the health and well-being of America’s communities, large and small. For the next decade, apportionment ...

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We the undersigned organizations write to convey our strong support of at least $102 million for the FY19 budget of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). This amount would allow the ...

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As organizations dedicated to improving the health of children, we write to urge the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure that ...

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On behalf of the over 3,000 scientists who are members of the Population Association of America (PAA) and the over 40 federally supported population research centers at U.S. based research ...

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We the undersigned organizations write to convey our strong support of $104 million for the FY19 budget of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). This amount would allow the BEA budget ...

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The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 negotiated by Representative Paul Ryan and Senator Patty Murray provided partial, temporary relief from sequestration. With the expiration of this ...

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We are grateful for the opportunity to comment on the National Science Foundation’s proposed information collection request related to the 2019 National Survey of College Graduates ...

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“Our members rely indirectly and directly on funding and support from a diverse range of federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, ...

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On behalf of the over 3,000 scientists who are members of the Population Association of America (PAA) and the over 40 federally supported population research centers at U.S. based research ...

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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Census Bureau’s proposed information collection activities for the 2020 Census. We, the 26 undersigned organizations, represent the scientific ...

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PAA has joined in coalition with numerous other organizations to express support for FY 2016 funding for key federal agencies and programs. These letters are addressed to the relevant ...

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The undersigned 225 members of the CDC Coalition and other supporting state and national organizations urge you to provide at least $7.8 billion for the Centers for Disease Control ...

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The undersigned census stakeholder organizations believe that a robust program of Questionnaire Assistance Centers (QACs) is crucial to provide an effective on-the-ground presence for ...

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The undersigned stakeholders are committee to scientific integrity and to growing public funding of food and agricultural research to address pressing global, domestic, and local challenges. ...

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As the Senate Appropriations Committee prepares to consider its version of the Fiscal Year 2020 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill, members and affiliates of The Census ...

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PAA and APC acknowledge the efforts of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology to promote the federal scientific research enterprise. However, our organizations oppose ...

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We urge members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose HR 2578, the Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce, Science, Justice Appropriations bill. The bill, which funds three agencies important ...

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We the undersigned organizations write to thank your subcommittees for the strong support of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in the House and Senate FY20 Commerce, Justice, Science ...

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We urge members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose HR 2578, the Fiscal Year 2016 Commerce, Science, Justice Appropriations bill.
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As Congress works to complete the FY 2020 spending bills, the more than 300 undersigned organizations representing patients, scientists, health professionals, educators, academic and ...

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The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) – a broad-based group of professional organizations, universities, scientific societies, and businesses – appreciates Congress’ continued ...

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We are pleased to respond to the May 29, 2015 Federal Register notice, requesting comments on proposed changes to the American Community Survey (ACS) that supplement those proposed ...

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We are writing to express our strong support for NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) and to encourage NSF to fund at least the same number of awards this year as were ...

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PAA & APC are pleased to respond to the notice in the August 4, 2015 Federal Register requesting comments regarding the proposed 2016 Census Test.
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We write on behalf of the Friends of IES, a coalition of organizations committed to supporting the essential role of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), to highlight the continued ...

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PAA & APC congratulate Congressional leaders and the President for negotiating HR 1314, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. The proposal provides our nation with a responsible plan for ...

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On behalf of the over 3,000 scientists who are members of the Population Association of America (PAA) and over 40 federally -funded population research centers comprising the Association ...

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Writing in response to NIH Guide Notice, NOT-OD-16-018, “Request for Information (RFI): Soliciting Input for the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) FY 2016-2020 ...

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Writing to express support for funding federal agencies that directly and indirectly support the population sciences in fiscal year (FY) 2016.
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We are writing to express concerns about the FCC Declaratory Ruling and Final Ruling of July 10, 2015 regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that addresses autodialing ...

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The undersigned commend you for having restored some of the lost capacity of the Bureau of Labor Statistics by giving the agency an appropriation increase of $17 million in FY 2016 ...

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We are pleased to comment on RFI, HD-15-034, Request for Information on Enhancing Timely data Sharing from NICHD. Our members conduct research and train young scientists at U.S. universities ...

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The 195 undersigned organizations and institutions representing patients and caregivers, health providers, faculty and students, scientists, policy professionals, employers, and insurers ...

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The comments within the letter are submitted on behalf of the over 3,000 members of the Population Association of America (PAA) and the over 40 federally supported population research ...

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We are grateful that both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have proposed a funding increase for the NIH in  the Fiscal Year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services, and ...

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On behalf of the over 3,000 behavioral and social scientists who are members of the Population Association of America (PAA), I am pleased to submit comments in response to the National ...

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We are pleased to submit comments in response to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Request for Information (RFI): Input on a Proposed Research Initiative to Decrease Maternal Mortality ...

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We write on behalf of the Friends of IES, a coalition of organizations committed to supporting the essential role of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), to encourage you to provide ...

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The comments below are submitted on behalf of the over 3,000 members of the Population Association of America (PAA) and the over 40 federally supported population research centers at ...

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A Letter from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader United States Senate Mitch McConnell, Minority Leader United States House of Representatives Kevin McCathy, and Minority Leader United ...

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