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PAA and APC's comments on the proposed rule, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance (Docket No. OMB-2026-0034), which would dramatically overhaul the current Uniform Guidance managing ...
PAA & APC joined these comments with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, our Census Task Force co-chairs, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and NALEO Educational ...
PAA & APC signed this letter with the Census Quality Reinforcement Task Force (CQR) in response to the Census Bureau's 30-day Notice published in the Federal Register on May 14, 2026 ...
APC, APDU, COPAFS, ICPSR, and PAA Statement on Commerce’s Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products On June 4, 2026 the Department of Commerce issued a new order “Disclosure ...
PAA and APC submitted comments on the information collection request for the American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). #GPAC2026 #LettersandComments ...
PAA and APC joined organizations across science, research, policy, and education to ask for a 45-day extension to the comment period for the proposed rule by the Office of Management ...
PAA and APC joined organizations including patient advocacy groups, professional scientific and medical societies, and other aligned stakeholders representing a broad range of medical ...
PAA and APC joined this letter with the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, our Census Task Force co-chairs, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC and NALEO Educational ...
PAA and APC joined this letter organized by the Coalition for Health Funding (CHF) to thank the clerks for their important work of crafting the FY 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services ...
On May 20, the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers provided brief comments in response to the National Institutes of Health's proposed Strategic ...
PAA & APC joined this statement to urge the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to schedule a confirmation hearing for James O'Neill, the President's nominee ...
This written testimony expresses support for the Census Bureau, National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). These ...
PAA & APC joined 410 national, state, and local medical, public health, and research organizations to ask the U.S. House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to provide $35 million ...
PAA and APC joined this letter to urge the highest possible funding level in the fiscal year (FY) 2027 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill for the National Institute of Justice ...
The Population Association of America (PAA) and Association of Population Centers (APC) are alarmed by a proposal in the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget that seeks to eliminate ...
PAA and APC submitted comments in response to the March 5, 2026, Federal Register Notice on the Current Population Survey (CPS) 2026 Field Test of the internet self-response (ISR) option. ...
Fiscal Year 2027 Testimony on behalf of PAA and APC submitted to House Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations in support of funding the NIH, NCHS, AHRQ, BLS, ...
PAA and APC joined this letter in support of funding NIH in FY 2027 #LettersandComments #NIH #FederalFunding #GPAC2026
PAA and APC submitted comments on the FR Doc. 2026–03073 2030 Census Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Operation that focus on five areas that should be emphasized to better leverage ...
Comments in response to: Request for Information on Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Areas in Statistical Data, Analysis, and Research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture #LettersandComments ...
On behalf of the hundreds of organizations representing data users in the public, private, non-profit, and research sectors that submitted comments to the Department of Commerce and ...
PAA & APC joined this letter that was sent to LHHS subcommittee staff and to education staff on full House and Senate Appropriations urging Congress to appropriate $900 million for ...
PAA & APC joined this sign on letter to thank the House and Senate Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations for the bipartisan support ...
PAA and APC signed this letter sent to House and Senate leadership of the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee on Appropriations urging them ...
PAA co-signed this letter of support to request that the U.S. Senate and House Committees on Appropriations provide at least $9.9 billion for the National Science Foundation in Fiscal ...
PAA and APC submitted these comments in response to National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Science Policy (OSP): Request for Information on Draft NIH Controlled-Access Data Policy ...
PAA and APC signed on to The Leadership Conference and Census Task Force comments to the 2026 Operational Test in Support of the 2030 Census described in the Federal Register Notice ...
PAA and APC joined the Census Quality Reinforcement (CQR) letter regarding the Feb 3 FRN on the 2026 Census Test. Below is the final version of the submitted letter with all signatures. #LettersandComments ...
PAA and APC joined APDU's response to Federal Register Notice 2026-02234, 91 FR 5155 , which included a summary of concerns about Treasury's proposed new system of records. #LettersandComments ...
PAA and APC signed onto the Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research's FY 2027 statement in support of funding the National Institutes of Health. #LettersandComments #GPAC2026 #NI ...
Organizations representing thousands of census data users in the public, private, non-profit and scientific sectors signed this letter to express their views regarding planned changes ...
PAA and APC signed a letter to Secretary Kennedy regarding the restructuring of the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) at HHS's Administration for Children and Families ...
#FactSheet #GPAC2026 #FederalFunding
PAA and APC signed on to comments to the Census Bureau on proposed revisions to the American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey. #Census #LettersandComments ...
PAA and APC submitting comments in response to this Federal Register announcement regarding planned changes to the 2026 Operational Test in support of the 2030 Census. #LettersandComments ...
PAA and APC submitted comments in response to a Federal Register Notice published by the U.S. Census Bureau on December 5, 2025 (Citation 90 FR 56128; Document Number 2025-22134) requesting ...
PAA and APC joined this letter urging the swift passage of a final appropriations bill that protects the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and provides at least the Senate-approved ...
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 ...