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- ASA President sends letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner regarding Office of Financial Research, 11/16/10.
- ASA leadership signed a letter to the Vermont Secretary of State urging that the voting precincts to be audited be selected after the November 2 elections, 10/21/10.
- ASA signed onto a letter to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) urging PCAST to reconsider its exclusion of behavioral and social sciences in its recent K-12 STEM education report, Prepare and Inspire; 10/18/10.
- ASA and ASA president sign letters to National Academies’ Board on Science Education Committee on New Science Education Standards Framework: 7/30/10; 7/31/10.
- ASA President signs letter to Canadian Minister of Industry Tony Clement urging that decision to replace the long census form with a voluntary survey next year be reconsidered, 7/9/10, 7/26/10, (Reply of Minister Tony Clement to letter from the Chair of the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies.)
- ASA President sends letter to Senate Judiciary Committee commenting on draft outline for forensic science reform legislation, 6/10/10
- ASA Presidents sign letters to NC Senators asking for their help to promote statistical literacy: 5/20/10
- ASA signs onto letter to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) urging they take the lead in affirming the behavioral and social sciences as an important part of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, 4/19/10
- ASA President sends letter with ASA’s review of the Common Core K-12 Standards, 1/25/10, 4/2/10. See also the ASA letter commenting on the September 21, 2009 draft of the Common Core College and Career Readiness Standards for Mathematics, 10/21/09.
- ASA President signs letter regarding risk-limiting audits in California legislation, 3/19/10.
- ASA signs STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education Coalition letter
- To promote STEM Education through Math and Science Partnership program improvements in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 10/18/11.
- promoting STEM Education in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 6/20/11.
- to promote STEM in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization (ESEA), Congress 3/26/10
- to President Obama on importance of STEM Education, 12/22/08; 5/27/09, and with pledge to support Administration's STEM education efforts, 11/20/09.
- offering strategic recommendations for the NSF HER Directorate programs, 10/9/08.
- thanking Congressional leaders for Higher Education Opportunity Act, 9/10/08; National Service Legislation, 4/27/09.
- ASA nominated ASA members for various advisory committees (AC) and positions: NSF MPS AC, NSF EHR AC, NSF SBE Director, National Assessment Governing Board, FDA Science Board, Census Advisory Committee on the Hispanic Population
- ASA joins dozens of groups to sign letter to top officials in the Obama administration urging them to end the federal government’s practice of denying visas to foreign scholars, writers, artists, and activists based on ideology. 3/18/09; 2/26/10
- 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
