Archives
- Amstat News article about ASA members in public office
- The ASA organizes briefing for Blue Dog science staffers with help of Task Force
PowerPoint Presentation
- ASA President sends letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan regarding the National Center for Education Statistics Commissioner, 7/1/09, and regarding NCES stature, authority and autonomy, 11/2/09.
- ASA President sends letter to Attorney General Holder regarding Bureau of Justice Statistics, 5/18/09; and its director 5/12/09; and letter to Senate Judiciary Committee in support of nomination of James P. Lynch for BJS Director, 11/10/09
- ASA sends letter regarding ramifications of IT consolidation at IRS on IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Division (April, 2009): Treasury Secretary Geithner; IRS Commissioner Shulman; NEC Director Summers; OMB Director Orszag.
- ASA sends letter regarding selection of next IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Division director, 4/15/2009.
- The ASA sent letters to Congresswoman Maloney and Senator Carper in support of H.R. 7069/H.R. 1254 to make the Census Bureau independent and its director’s term a fixed, five-year appointment. Congresswoman Maloney: 12/11/2008, 3/16/09; Senator Carper: 12/11/2008, 3/16/09.
- Urging quick appointment of Census Director in new administration: 11/14/08; 11/19/08; 2/2/09; 3/10/09
- ASA supports nomination of Robert M Groves for Census Director: 4/2/09; 4/9/08; and urges quick confirmation, 5/19/09, 6/12/09.
- ASA signs onto letter opposed Vitter-Bennett appropriation amendment to add last-minute question to Decennial Census questionnaire 10/12/09
- ASA supports funding for the U.S. Census Bureau: 4/28/08 - Administration & 4/29/08 - Congress, 9/11/08 - Congress, 12/8/2008; 1/15/09 - Congress, 2/2/09 – Congress, 2/11/09 – Congress; 4/6/2009 – Commerce Secretary Locke; 9/11/09.
- ASA supports NIH and NCHS and other health budgets: 9/8/08; 5/16/08; 3/18/09 House; 3/18/09 NCHS; September 2009; 11/23/09 Obama.
- ASA supports science research funding (non-NIH): President Obama's Budget Request, 4/6/09; Speaker Pelosi, 9/16/09; Senate Leadership, 10/2/09; America COMPETES 9/22/08; America COMPETES 9/22/08 Senate; 9/10/08 NSF letters; 1/23/09 Stimulus Senate; 2/2/09 Stimulus Senate, 2/11/09 Stimulus Congress; 2/11/09 NSF in Stimulus Congress.
- ASA President sends letter to NIH Director Francis Collins regarding need to train more biostatisticians and to recruit and support more biostatistics methodology grants, 12/15/09
- ASA President sends letters to senior Michigan education officials urging more statistics in new curriculum standards, 12/15/09
- ASA president send letter to President of Sociedad Argentina de Estadística offering support of its efforts to defend the independence of national statistical agencies, 11/18/09.
- ASA President signs letter to Senators on consensus view of climate science.
- ASA President sends letter to OSTP Director Holdren regarding federal statistical agencies, 8/12/09
- ASA President and Executive Director send letter to University of Central Florida President and Provost regarding proposed closure of statistics department, 7/1/09
- ASA President sends letter in support of the Ehlers-Dodd Standards to Provide Educational Achievement for All Kids (SPEAK) Act, 6/9/09.
- ASA signs onto letter urging the next President of the United States to appoint a Science Advisor before taking office, 10/31/08.
- ASA president submits comments on proposed changes to CMS Part D Public Use Files, 9/17/08.
- ASA endorses H.R. 6314: “Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008”; June 2008. Letter to House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon.
- ASA joins COSSA and AERA in submitting comments on proposed changes to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act to build the science underlying educational policy and practice. 5/8/2008.
- ASA signs onto Science Debate 2008, a grassroots initiative to inject science and technology issues into the presidential campaigns and debates. Spring, 2008.
- ASA Supports FY08 science research funding (non-NIH): 6/3/08 House letter; 6/3/08 Senate letter; 4/16 House; 4/16 Senate; 4/16 President; & 4/7/2008
- Frequently Asked Questions regarding the privacy implications of data mining
- Don A. Dillman Analyzes Palm Beach County Florida Ballot (2000 U.S. Presidential Election)
- Proposed changes to OMB Circular A110, the guidance regulating government grants and comments submitted by former ASA President Jonas H. Ellenberg
- Supporting case for H.R. 2558, The Statistical Efficiency Act of 1999
- Census 2000 Issues:
- Brief of Amicus Curiae: The ASA defense of statistically designed sampling as a valid, important, and generally accepted scientific method for gaining accurate knowledge about widely dispersed human populations
- February 1998 President's Corner Article in Amstat News about sampling and the 2000 Census
- Letter to Rep. Sawyer on House Resolution 508 regarding the use of statistical sampling methods in the 2000 Census
- Technical Attachment about why the result of a sample can be more accurate than the result of a census
- Sign-on Letter on the American Community Survey
- The Information Anti-Piracy Act:
- July 1998 - Letter to Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
- January 1998 - Letter to Rep. Howard Coble, chair, House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property
- January 1998 - Letter to Mildred Dresselhaus, president, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- December 1997 - Endorsement of the Statement on Intellectual Property Protection for Databases
- Report on the American Statistical Association Conference on Transfer of Methodology between Academic and Government Statisticians, 1978
