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 Avoidance for Statistical Products” (DAO 216-26) that limits the types of privacy protection methods that...
Joint Statement on Commerce Disclosure Avoidance v2.pdf
PAA and APC submitted comments on the information collection request for the American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). #GPAC2026 #LettersandComments #Census
PAA APC comments on ACS and PRCS and SPD 15 6-26.pdf
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 agencies are important to the Population Association of America (PAA) and Association of Population Centers (APC)...
PAA APC CJS FY 27 Senate testimony 5-26.pdf
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. #LettersandComments #GPAC2026 #Census
PAA APC comments on CPS 4-26.pdf
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 LUCA for the 2030 Census. #LettersandComments
PAA APC comments on LUCA operation 4-26.pdf
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 U.S. Census Bureau regarding proposed changes to the 2026 Census Test, we are writing to express our concerns and...
Final statement on 2026 Census Test.pdf
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 Docket Number USBC-2026-0034, “Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of...
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 #GPAC2026 #Census
CQR Response, 2026 Operational Test in Support of the 2030 Census.pdf
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 to the 2026 Operational Test in support of the 2030 Census. Given how essential high-quality, accurate, and...
Census Test Organizational Letter 3.2026.pdf