Undersigned organizations and individuals express concerns regarding a recent announcement by the Social Security Administration immediately terminating the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (RDRC) cooperative agreements. #GPAC2025 #LettersandComments
FINAL SSA RCDC sign on letter 3-25.pdf
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
FINAL PAA APC comments on NIH disability research plan 3-25.pdf
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) as soon as possible. The meeting was originally scheduled on January 28-29, 2025. According to the NACA...
250307 GSA Sign on Letter RE NACA Meeting.pdf
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 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 sectors nationwide to urge Congress to order the restoration of taxpayer financed data removed from federal...
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
Welcome letter to the 119 th Congress. #LettersandComments
FINAL welcome letter to 119th Congress 1-25.pdf
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 and protect the rights of all persons in the United States, our Census Task Force co-chairs, Asian Americans...
ACS PRCS Comment LCCHR FINAL.pdf
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 Panel tests. PAA-COPS supports the plan and the proposed timeline described by the Census Bureau in the...
PAA-COPS FR 2024-24529 response.pdf
PAA and APC submitted the comments linked below regarding proposed goals outlined for the 2026-2030 NIMHD Strategic Plan. #LettersandComments #GPAC2024
PAA APC comments on NIMHD strategic plan 12-24 FINAL.pdf