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Science Policy Archives

• 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:
1. 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
2. February 1998 President's Corner Article in Amstat News about sampling and the 2000 Census
3. Letter to Rep. Sawyer on House Resolution 508 regarding the use of statistical sampling methods in the 2000 Census
4. Technical Attachment about why the result of a sample can be more accurate than the result of a census
5. Sign-on Letter on the American Community Survey
• The Information Anti-Piracy Act:
1. July 1998 - Letter to Sen. Orrin G. Hatch
2. January 1998 - Letter to Rep. Howard Coble, chair, House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property
3. January 1998 - Letter to Mildred Dresselhaus, president, American Association for the Advancement of Science
4. December 1997 - Endorsement of the Statement on Intellectual Property Protection for Databases