Please see this video message from PAA President Irma Elo on how PAA is responding to the uncertainty in our government. Ways you can help… Action Alerts Stayed tuned to your e-mail for alerts of when and how to contact your Congressional representative. See PAA Action...
Representatives from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have unilaterally cancelled an unprecedented number of contracts that support evaluation, research, and data collection for the U.S. Department of Education. When we know that the average student remains nearly half a grade...
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 of their Federal financial assistance programs” and to temporarily pause funding all activities that could be...
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 of their Federal financial assistance programs” and to temporarily pause funding all activities that could be...
FINAL PAA APC dear colleague letter re funding freeze 1-25.pdf
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) urging the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations to include the highest possible amount for the IES top...
Friends of IES Letter - FY2025 conference (FINAL).pdf
On July 10 and August 1, the Appropriations Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate , respectively, approved their versions of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill, which includes funding for the National...
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 funding levels for Fiscal Year 2025 and, at the very least, to fully appropriate the necessary non-defense...
As the principal scientific societies representing the population sciences and federally supported U.S. population research centers, the Population Association of America (PAA) and Association of Population Centers (APC) are alarmed by funding and policy proposals embedded in the House Fiscal...
PAA APC statement on House CJS bill 7-24 FINAL.pdf
PAA APC statement on House Labor HHS bill 7-24.pdf
In May 2024, the Population Association of America (PAA) Office of Government and Public Affairs released back-to-back action alerts on issues of interest to the population research community before the U.S. House of Representatives. PAA members were very responsive, resulting in hundreds of...