by popcenters | Feb 20, 2023 | GPAC
On Thursday, February 16, the Interagency Technical Working Group on Race and Ethnicity, an inter-agency advisory group led by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), sponsored a (by invitation only) listening session to receive input on potential...
by popcenters | Jan 26, 2023 | GPAC
The Office of the Chief Statistician of the United States took a key step forward in its formal process to revise OMB’s statistical standards for collecting and reporting race and ethnicity data across Federal agencies by releasing a set of initial proposals in a...
by popcenters | Jan 4, 2023 | GPAC
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...
by popcenters | Oct 31, 2022 | GPAC
Among the handful of major legislative accomplishments in the nearly completed 117th 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...
by popcenters | Oct 12, 2022 | GPAC
In recent weeks, the Presidents of PAA and APC sent letters welcoming the following new officials in the Biden Administration: Dr. Renee Wegrzyn, Director, Advanced Research Project Agency for Health; Dr. Amy S. Kelley, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging;...
by popcenters | Sep 28, 2022 | GPAC
On September 23, APC and PAA (GPAC) co-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...
