With the 2026 midterm elections approaching, and Congress focused on completing its work for the year, the PAA Government and Public Affairs Committee (GPAC) is addressing multiple issues in the federal policy environment. Below is a high-level summary of recent, major issues GPAC and PAA Office...
PAA and APC joined 105 nonprofit, public, and community-based national organizations serving communities in every state to urge Congress stop the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) or any implementing agency from implementing its proposed revisions to the Uniform Guidance, or any...
Coalition letter OMB - August House.pdf
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 the federal awards and oversight processes. #LettersandComments #GPAC2026
comments in response to OMB proposed rule affecting federal financial assistance.pdf
On June 9, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) bill in a party-line vote, 34 to 28. The bill covers funding for federal science and statistical agencies important to the population sciences,...
PAA and APC joined organizations including patient advocacy groups, professional scientific and medical societies, and other aligned stakeholders representing a broad range of medical and public health interests, write to express our concern regarding barriers – some of which are being imposed...
Multisociety sign on letter 6 16 26 FINAL.pdf
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 (HHS), and Education (LHHS) appropriations bill, as they work toward passage of a strong bipartisan FY 2026...
FY26 Thank You.pdf
It has been a particularly challenging few months for the National Science Foundation (NSF), between a massive, proposed budget cut in the Administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget, the President’s dismissal of the entire National Science Board (NSB), and an effort to eliminate the Social,...
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 & 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 for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), $25 million for the National Institutes of...
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 (NIJ) and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) within the Department of Justice. We ask that Congress...
FY 2027 OJP Sign On.pdf