Take Action! Consolidated State Performance Report Renewal and More
by Meghan Maury Collection of the Week: Consolidated State Performance Report Renewal. This reporting tool collects information from states related to the...
A New Commerce Policy Could Mean Less Public Data, Not Better Public Data
by Christopher Steven Marcum, Meghan Maury, and Beth Jarosz Late last week, the Department of Commerce quietly issued a sweeping new policy that could...
Take Action! American Community Survey, Puerto Rico Community Survey, and More
by Meghan Maury Due This Week: American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS). The ACS and PRCS — sometimes called the “crown...
Take Action! Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors
by Meghan Maury Form of the Week: Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors. This new form will collect information necessary for compliance with...
An Automated Data Monitoring Toolkit and the AI Benchmarking Exercise at the Public Data Project
by Molly Hardy This post is being shared on both the dataindex.us newsletter and the Library Innovation Lab’s blog. “Is data changing? Is it being...
Take Action! Public Health/Public Safety Strategies to Reduce Drug Overdose Data Collection and More
by Meghan Maury Form of the Week: Public Health/Public Safety Strategies to Reduce Drug Overdose Data Collection. These forms collect data to improve...
Register for Rapid Response Data Briefing: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Did you know that HHS's Administration for Children and Families has proposed removing reporting requirements related to sex, race, and ethnicity from the...
Take Action! Health Center Program Forms and More
by Meghan Maury Form of the Week: Health Center Program Forms. These forms provide HRSA with information necessary for funding eligibility determinations and...
Take Action! Annual Report on Households Assisted by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program and More
by Meghan Maury Report of the Week: Annual Report on Households Assisted by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP provides...
Take Action! Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization (and More)
by Meghan Maury Proposed Rule of the Week: Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization. The Lifeline program is designed to help ensure that low-income...
Take Action! National Survey on Drug Use and Health and More
by Meghan Maury Field Test of the Week: National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Methodological Field Tests. Data from the NSDUH are used to provide estimates...
Take Action! Shaping the Future of Loan Repayment and More
by Meghan Maury Study of the Week: Shaping the Future of Loan Repayment. This new Participation and Repayment Progress in Federal Student Loan Plans study is...
SPD 15 Progress: Implementation Despite No Implementation Plans
by Amy Vertal and Meeta Anand In March of 2024, OMB modernized its Statistical Policy Directive 15 (SPD 15), its standards for the collection of race and...
Public Commenting on Federal Data: More Powerful (and More Doable) Than It Looks
by Meghan Maury I recently did a short webinar on how to write effective public comments on federal data collections. If you missed it, you can watch the...
Take Action! SNAP Requirement for Interstate Data Matching To Prevent Multiple Issuances and More
by Meghan Maury Data Matching Agreement of the Week: SNAP Requirement for Interstate Data Matching To Prevent Multiple Issuances. Under this program, each...
Announcing Take Action Monthly Office Hours
Join us for Take Action Monthly Office Hours on the first Friday of every month from 12-1 PM ET. Drop in to ask questions and get help crafting effective...
Take Action! Change of Address/Contact Information Form for Subjects of Immigration Proceedings and More
by Meghan Maury Form of the Week: Change of Address/Contact Information Form. Subjects of immigration proceedings before the Immigration Courts and Board of...
Take Action! RFI on Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Areas in Statistical Data, Analysis, and Research at the USDA and More
by Meghan Maury RFI of the Week: RFI on Opportunities, Challenges, and Emerging Areas in Statistical Data, Analysis, and Research at the USDA. The USDA is...
Take Action! Housing Choice Voucher Program and More
by Meghan Maury Form of the Week: Housing Choice Voucher Program and Tribal HUD-VASH. These forms are used by public housing agencies to apply for funding to...
Take Action! Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey and More
by Meghan Maury Survey of the Week: Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey. The CWS questions focus on people with contingent jobs -...
