In just 3 weeks, colleagues and applied demographers will meet in Annapolis, Maryland, for the first in-person PAA Applied Demography Conference! Program co-chairs Mike Cline, North Carolina Office of State Budget & Management, and Muntasir Masum, Pennsylvania State University, are excited...
Thank you to all of the volunteers who finished their term in 2022. A special thank you goes out to Robert A. Hummer, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, who exited the Board as the immediate Past President. Thank you to these members who finished their term on the Board of Directors...
Since October 1, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 has been operating on a series of continuing resolutions while leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate have been debating details of the 12 appropriations bills that fund all federal agencies. Almost three months later, and two days...
Recognize a fellow demographer who has contributed to the profession. The following four awards will be presented at the 2023 PAA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. See each for individual nomination criteria and how to nominate. All nominations are due January 31, 2023. The Robert J....
Among the handful of major legislative accomplishments in the nearly completed 117 th Congress was the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which was signed into law by President Biden on August 9. Implementation of the Act is underway, with the newly-appointed CHIPS & Science Act...
On the last day of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, September 30, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, by a party-line vote of 230-201, a bill (H.R. 6833) to fund the Federal government through December 16. On September 29, the bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), was approved by the U.S....
On September 23, PAA and the Association of Population Centers sponsored its second virtual congressional briefing of 2022, “ Assessing COVID Economic Relief: What Worked, What’s Next? ” The briefing highlighted examples of cutting-edge research that population scientists are conducting...
On September 14, Mary Jo Hoeksema, Director of PAA Government and Public Affairs spoke at a press conference sponsored by Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) regarding her bill, HR 8326, Ensuring a Fair and Accurate Census Act . The US House of Representatives passed the bill on Friday,...
Congratulations to the new PAA officers and board and committee members. Thank you to the 53% of members who voted in this election, and a tremendous thank you to all candidates who were willing to participate. All terms begin January 1, 2023, except for the Nominations Committee (terms begin...
View the recording. The pandemic had substantial effects on the economy and caused widespread instability both across markets and for individuals and families. Population scientists are squarely engaged in the discussion, studying the short-and long-term implications of economic instability...
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