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 -...
One Year In: The Cost of Rolling Back Federal LGBTQ Data
a discussion between Melanie Klein and Caroline Medina Melanie: Here at dataindex.us, we’re tracking how the Trump administration’s actions are reshaping...
Take Action! Civics Assessment Framework for the NAEP and More
by Meghan Maury Survey Framework of the Week: Civics Assessment Framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAEP Civics...
The Legal Pathway for Disposing Federal Data Assets and What You Can Do About It
by Chris Marcum Both dataindex.us and the Data Rescue Project care deeply about the preservation and public accessibility of federal data. While much of our...
Take Action! National Special Education Spending Study and More
by Meghan Maury Study of the Week: National Special Education Spending Study. This new study will produce estimates for what is spent on special education...
Register for Rapid Response Data Briefing: 2026 Census Test
Did you know that planning for the 2030 Census is already underway, and a critical test – the 2026 Census Test – has been announced. Unfortunately, many of...
Take Action: American Community Survey
by Beth Jarosz, Chris Dick, Meeta Anand, and Mark Mather Did you know that there are revisions planned for the largest annual survey in the nation–including...
Take Action! NIH Data Policies and More
by Meghan Maury RFI of the Week: NIH Controlled-Access Data Policy and Proposed Revisions to NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy. NIH is requesting public input...
The World Factbook Was a Valuable Data Resource
by Chris Marcum Yesterday, the CIA made the surprising decision to shut down the World Factbook after more than sixty years of operation. This move was not...
Introducing the Data Checkup: A Framework for Assessing the Health of Federal Datasets
by Melanie Klein, Beth Jarosz, Chris Dick, and Amanda Alvarez The dataindex.us team is excited to launch the Data Checkup — a comprehensive framework for...
Take Action! Census of Agriculture and More
by Meghan Maury Census of the Week: 2027 Census of Agriculture. The Census of Agriculture is the primary source of statistics concerning the nation's...
Quick Takes: The Rise of the Data Sharing Agreement
by Meghan Maury The Privacy Act of 1974 was designed to give people at least some control over how the federal government uses and shares their personal...
Take Action! ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions and More
by Meghan Maury Proposed Rule of the Week: Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: ASTP/ONC Deregulatory Actions To Unleash Prosperity. This proposed...
