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PAA and APC submitted comments in response to a Federal Register Notice published by the U.S. Census Bureau on November 3, 2025 (Citation 90 FR 49045; Document Number 2025-19761 ) requesting ...
PAA signed the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases' joint letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee asking them to act in their oversight role ...
PAA and APC join the Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to urge Senate & House Appropriations Committees to provide the Bureau of Labor Statistics with no less than the amount ...
PAA and APC joined this coalition of 40 organizations committed to supporting the essential role of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in producing the evidence that informs ...
PAA and APC signed this letter calling on Congress to ensure funding for the Census Bureau that meets or exceeds the president's budget request and House's mark of $1.6765 billion ...
PAA and APC joined over 50 other scientific societies and institutions to sign this letter. United in our appreciation of and support for the critical role of the National Science Foundation ...
PAA and APC signed the Census Project letter regarding the Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations for the U.S. Census Bureau. The final letter is posted on the Census Project website . The ...
This letter expresses concern about the Department of Agriculture’s recent decision to terminate data collection and release of future Household Food Security Reports. The letter, which ...
PAA and APC signed this multi-society letter to formally express concerns regarding the Executive Order (EO) titled “Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking,” issued on August 7. ...
PAA and APC joined 164 organizations to sign the attached community letter to appropriators expressing support for the work of the Joint Associations Group on Indirect Costs (JAG), ...
PAA and APC join this comment [submitted in response to Federal Register Notice 89 FR 58219 (July 24, 2025)] to express serious concern regarding the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) ...
PAA and APC signed this letter to urge swift passage of a final appropriations bill that protects the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and provides at least $48.7 billion in funding ...
To coincide with the 20 anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, The Data Center, a New Orleans-based independent research center, issued a report, "The New Orleans Index at Twenty: Measuring ...
PAA and APC signed the following coalition letter to Director Kratsios at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. The final letter ...
PAA, Association of Population Centers, Association of Public Data Users, Consortium of Social Science Associations, Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics and American ...
As you may know, members of Congress are not expected to return to Washington until after the Labor Day holiday. For the next several weeks, they are in their home districts and states ...
On behalf of the organizations we represent, the Population Association of America (PAA) and Association of Population Centers (APC), we are responding to the President’s purported ...
PAA and APC signed this letter along with 584 organizations directed at the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and urges them to provide the Labor, HHS Subcommittee ...
PAA and APC joined other organizations to urge the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, to take action in restoring ...
Between February and June 2025, NIH has terminated 35 active grants—totaling more than $44 million in unliquidated funding—for which a Population Association of America (PAA) member ...
Representatives Debbie Dingell and Paul Tonko sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee in support of FY 2026 NIH population research report language, requesting the inclusion ...
PAA and APC signed on to a letter by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR), a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 240 national organizations ...
The Friends of NICHD, a coalition of over 100 professional organizations, scientific societies, and patient advocacy groups with a vested interest in promoting and sustaining the vital ...
The recent terminations of grants funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has had sudden and unpredictable effects on population and demography research in the United States. ...
PAA and APC submitted testimony in support of Fiscal Year 2026 funding priorities to the Senate Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. #CongressionalTestimony ...
PAA and APC submitted testimony to the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) subcommittee regarding FY 26 funding priorities. #GPAC2025 #CongressionalTestimony
PAA and APC signed this community letter in support of NIH. The letter garnered 500 organizational and 2,355 individual signatures! The organizations and individuals thank the ...
PAA and APC signed this letter addressed to congressional leaders and to express strong support for the NIH and strong concerns about actions being taken by NIH and the Department of ...
PAA and APC signed this letter to Census, BJS, and OMB to express deep concern about BJS's decision to remove questions about gender identity and about hate crimes against transgender ...
A coalition of professional societies and organizations whose members conduct research in fields supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a letter to the United States ...
On May 27, 2025, PAA and APC submitted comments to the Bureau of Labor Statistics regarding the proposed extension without change of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). #GPAC2025 ...
PAA and APC have submitted comments in response to Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service [Docket No. OPM-2025-0004] #GPAC2025 #Lett ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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). #PublicStatements ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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) ...
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 ...
Undersigned organizations and individuals express concerns regarding a recent announcement by the Social Security Administration immediately terminating the Retirement and Disability ...
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. #GPAC2025 #LettersandComments ...
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) ...
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 ...
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 ...
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), ...
Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have unilaterally cancelled an unprecedented number of contracts that support evaluation, research, and data collection ...
The letter is now accessible on this website (which we encourage you to share with your communities): https://unitedsciencealliance.org/ . The letter will appear on the AAAS.org ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Welcome letter to the 119th Congress. #LettersandComments #GPAC2025
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 ...
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 ...
PAA and APC submitted the comments linked below regarding proposed goals outlined for the 2026-2030 NIMHD Strategic Plan. #LettersandComments #GPAC2024
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) ...
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, ...
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). ...
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 ...
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 . #GPAC2024 ...
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, ...
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. #GPAC2024 ...
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. #GPAC2024 ...
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 ...
Comments to Representatives DeGette and Bucshon from the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers regarding potential Cures 2.0 legislation. #GPAC2024 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
As the principal scientific societies representing the population sciences and federally supported U.S. population research centers, the Population Association of America (PAA) and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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, ...
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, ...
PAA and APC joined this letter in support of BEA's FY25 budget that went to the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations committees #LettersandComments #GPAC2024 #FederalF ...
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 ...
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). ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. Our ...
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 ...
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. #LettersandComments ...
PAA and APC joined 60 organizations to sign this letter to Congress in support of the FY25 NCHS budget. #LettersandComments #GPAC2024 #FederalFunding
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 #LettersandComments ...
PAA/APC’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Priorities - see PDF link below. #GPAC2024 #FactSheet
PAA and APC joined 171 organizations to urge Congress to provide the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality with $500 million in FY 2025. #FederalFunding #LettersandComme ...
PAA & APC signed FY 2024 conference letter in support of NIJ and BJS sent to House and Senate appropriators
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Comments PAA and APC submitted in response to the proposed NIH Scientific Integrity Policy. #GPAC2023 #NIH #LettersandComments
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. ...
PAA and APC signed letter of congratulations to the new Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Monica Bertagnolli. #LettersandComments #GPAC2023 #NIH
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The leaders of four organizations American Statistical Association, Association of Population Centers, Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, and Population Association ...
Population Association of America (PAA) and Association of Population Centers (APC) submit comments in response to “Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized Statistical Agencies ...
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 ...
With direct and indirect support from Federal scientific and statistical research agencies, population scientists are conducting critical interdisciplinary research and training activities ...
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 ...
Comments regarding a proposal by the Census Bureau to reduce the Survey of Income and Program Participation sample size. #LettersandComments #GPAC2023 #Census
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 ...
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! #LettersandComments ...
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 ...
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. #NSF ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
As the principal professional societies representing the population sciences, the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers wish to express their strong ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
PAA/APC’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Priorities - see PDF link below. #GPAC2023 #FactSheet #FederalFunding
#GPAC2023 #FactSheet #GPAC2024
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). #LettersandComments ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
PAA and APC congratulate Dr. Amy S. Kelley on the recent appointment as the Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA). #GPAC2022 #LettersandComments #NIH
PAA and APC congratulate Nancy La Vigne on the recent appointment as the Director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). #LettersandComments #GPAC2022
PAA and APC congratulate Dr. Alex Piquero on the recent appointment as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). #LettersandComments #GPAC2022
PAA and APC congratulate Renee Wegrzyn on their recent appointment as the Director of the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (ARPA-H). #LettersandComments #GPAC2022 # ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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). #LettersandComments ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 #CongressionalTestimony ...
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 ...
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 ...
The organizations signing this letter request Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies House Committee on Appropriations and Senata Committee on Appropriations ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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). The Agency ...
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. #LettersandComments ...
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 ...
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 ...
Population scientists (who include demographers, economists, and sociologists) bring scientific rigor to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data on population dynamics—supported ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
September 2021 PAA and APC submitted these comments in response to the Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus. #GPAC2021 #LettersandComments #Health
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 ...
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.” #GPAC2021 ...
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. With ...
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 ...
Testimony on behalf of PAA and APC Regarding the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations for the Census Bureau and National Science Foundation Submitted to the Senate Committee on Appropriations ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 supporting ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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)
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. #GPAC2021 ...
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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, ...
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: Supporting ...
The Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF), representing more than 130 scientific societies, universities and independent research entities, recently shared its priorities with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
PAA endorsed the attached letter to OMB Director Russell Vought about the recent changes to diversity training program requirements for Federal employees and contractors. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. #GPAC2019 ...
Writing to express our concern regarding a request from Department of Justice to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. #GPAC2018 #LettersandComments #Census
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
PAA writes to Speaker Pelosi and Leaders McConnell, McCarthy and Schumer regarding prospective federal intervention to support targeted industries impacted by the coronavirus (COVID19) ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
November 15, 2017 Dear Speaker Ryan and Minority Leader Pelosi: The undersigned organizations represent a broad spectrum of scientific and engineering societies. Together we ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. #GPAC2017 #Census #Lett ...
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 ...
Writing to reiterate our organizations’ support for strong leadership at the U.S. Census Bureau. #GPAC2017 #LettersandComments #Census
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The 168 undersigned organizations and institutions representing patients and caregivers, health providers and clinicians, faculty and students, scientists, policy professionals, employers, ...
As you consider the next steps for the FY 2017 budget, we, the undersigned individuals and organizations representing education research scientists, institutions, organizations, deans, ...
We are pleased to offer comments in response to the review of the NSF strategic plan for 2014-18 #GPAC2016 #LettersandComments #NSF
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...