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Section on Government Statistics
SECTION NEWS!
  • The October 2011 Newsletter in Adobe pdf format
  • 2012 Student Paper Competition - The Survey Research Methods, Government Statistics, and Social Statistics sections are pleased to announce a competition for student and post-graduate papers. Winning papers are presented by the authors at the Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego, CA the week of July 28 - August 2, 2012. Approximately five awards will be granted. A subsidy of $800 is provided to each winner to cover JSM 2012 expenses.
    All materials must be received by 5 PM EST, December 15, 2011
  • The Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award - The Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award was established to honor Dr. Griffith who died in August 2001 after working for more than 25 years in the Federal statistical system. Throughout her career, and especially in her latter senior management positions at the National Center for Education Statistics and the National Science Foundation, one of Jeanne’s highest priorities was to mentor and encourage younger staff at all levels to learn, to grow, and to recognize and seize career opportunities as they came along.

    The previous recipients of the Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award are: Rich Allen (National Agriculture Statistical Service), 2003; Beth Kilss (Internal Revenue Service), 2004; Renee Miller (Energy Information Administration), 2005; Martin O’Connell (U.S. Census Bureau), 2006; Stephanie Shipp (National Institute of Standards and Technology – at the time of the award), 2007; Rosemary D. Marcuss (Bureau of Economic Analysis), 2008; Kevin Cecco (Internal Revenue Service), Lillian S. Lin (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 2009; Deborah H. Griffin (U.S. Bureau of the Census), 2010; and Jenise L. Swall (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), 2011.

    If you’re not familiar with the award or would like more information about the history of the award, see the excellent article (including some pictures from the ceremony) in the August 2010 issue of Amstat News or go to http://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2010/08/01/governmentstataug10/.

    Nominations for 2012 will be accepted beginning in January 2012. The last date for submission of nominations is April 2, 2012, and the Award Committee will make its determination of the award winner by April 30, 2012. The award will consist of a $1,000 honorarium (to be split if there is more than one awardee), a citation, and a plaque, which will be presented at a ceremony arranged by the co-sponsors in June 2012.

    For more information about the nominating process for the 2012 award, please go to:
    http://www.amstat.org/sections/sgovt/JEGform12.doc or http://www.amstat.org/sections/sgovt/JEGform12.pdf.

    If you have questions about the award, please contact Rick Peterson at rick@amstat.org (703) 684-1221, and Clyde Tucker at nctucker@cox.net (703) 989-1334.
  • JSM 2012: GSS Contributed Poster Contest - Thinking about contributing a paper to JSM? Why not contribute that paper through a “poster” format. Starting in 2009, the Government Statistics Section initiated an annual competition for “best poster” presentation at JSM to encourage both the quantity and quality of poster submissions. Winner of the best poster competition will be given $500. In addition the winning poster will be recognized in the GSS Business Meeting and Social at JSM.
  • Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship - The Government Statistics Section and the Social Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA) are pleased to announce the availability of a scholarship in memory of Wray Jackson Smith, a founding member of the Section and long-time contributor to Federal statistics. The Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship (WJSS), co-sponsored with the Washington Statistical Society, the Caucus for Women in Statistics, Harris-Smith Institutes, Mathematica Policy Research, and Synectics for Management Decisions, Inc., is intended to reward promising young statisticians for their diligence, thereby encouraging them to consider a future in government statistics.
    History of Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship
    For 2012: Apply by April 1, 2012!
     2012 Announcement    .
    2012 Application forms:
    http://www.amstat.org/sections/sgovt/wjsapp12.doc for a MS Word version or
    http://www.amstat.org/sections/sgovt/wjsapp12.pdf for an Adobe pdf version
    For further information for 2012, contact John Czajka by e-mail: Jczajka@mathematica-mpr.com
  • The Roger Herriot Award - The 2011 Roger Herriot Award for Innovation in Federal Statistics will be presented at the 2011 JSM. The Roger Herriot Award is sponsored by the Washington Statistical Society, the ASA's Social Statistics Section and the ASA's Government Statistics Section.
    Nominations are now sought for the 2011 Roger Herriot Award for Innovation in Federal Statistics.
    Submit nominations by April 1, 2011. Electronic submissions, via pdf, are permissible.
    For more information, contact Robert Fay, Chair, 2011 Roger Herriot Award Committee, at 240-314-2318 or bobfay@westat.com. Electronic submissions in MS-Word or as a “pdf” file are strongly encouraged. Please contact the chair if you need to make arrangements to fax or mail a nomination.
  • The Pat Doyle Award - The Executive Committee of the Government Statistics Section (GSS) created the Pat Doyle Award in 2005 as a tribute to Pat’s dedication to the statistical field and the GSS during her lifetime. When Pat died, she left her imprints on an astonishingly wide range of projects and activities in the U.S. federal statistical community. The award is given to a person who contributes to the GSS in a way that leaves a lasting impact on GSS and ASA.
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We express our thanks to our Government Statistics Section's corporate sponsors:

For 2010:
      Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce
      Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
      Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS), National Science Foundation (NSF)
      National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
      National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
      Statistics of Income Division, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
      U.S. Census Bureau
      U.S. Social Security Administration

 For 2011:
      National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (formerly SRS), National Science Foundation (NSF)
      Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce
      Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
      National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
      National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
      Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), U.S. Department of Justice

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JSM 2011 Contacts

  • Program Chair (Papers, Posters): Iris Shimizu ims1@cdc.gov 301-458-4497
  • Program Chair Elect (Round tables, Student paper competition): Daniell Toth toth.daniell@bls.gov 202-691-7380
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Last updated:     December 8, 2011.

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