Policy Director’s Amstat News Columns

Statisticians Highlight Scientific Research on Capitol Hill, Amy Nussbaum, July 2017
FY17 Federal Budget Resolved; Trump’s FY18 Budget Request Released, July 2017
ASA Visits Capitol Hill During Seventh Climate Science Day, May 2017
Guidance for Service on Federal Advisory Boards and Committees, Amy Nussbaum, April 2017
Statisticians Speak at Data Science Conferences, December 2016
ASA and Census … A Long and Productive Relationship, Margo Anderson, December 2016
Crooked Roads: IRS Statistics of Income at 100, Arthur Kennickell, December 2016
Department Chairs Gather at ASA to Discuss Pressing Education Issues, November 2016
NSF Launches Multidisciplinary Data Science Program for Collaborative Institutes, November 2016
Statistics, Biostatistics Degree Growth Sustained Through 2015, October 2016
ASA Extends Outreach to School Counselors at ASCA Event, October 2016
Staff Spotlight: New Science Policy Fellow Amy Nussbaum, July 2016
DHHS Administration for Children and Families Uses Rigorous Evaluation, Naomi Goldstein, June 2016
Evidence-Based Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor, Demetra Nightingale, May 2016
Leadership Is Listening: Data-Driven Decision-Making at NIGMS, Jake Basson, April 2016
FY17 Requests for NIH, NSF, Federal Statistical Agencies Largely Positive, April 2016
Jordan Urges Both Computational, Inferential Thinking in Data Science, March 2016
Final FY16 Spending Bill Provides Increases for NIH, Census, Statistical Agencies, February 2016
NSF Funding for Statisticians by Directorate, February 2016
A New Design for the 21st Century, December 2015
Technological Advance and Economic Growth: Stagnation or Revival?, Gordon Reikard, November 2015
Statistics Degrees Continue Strong Growth, October 2015
ASA Capitol Hill Booth Features SAMSI, July 2015
FY16 Budget Request Position NIH, NSF, and Federal Statistical Agencies Well for Congressional Deliberations, April 2015
FY15 Budgets for NIH, NSF, Federal Statistical Agencies Finalized, February 2015
White House Issues Policy Directive Bolstering Federal Statistical Agencies, January, 2015
Using the Classroom to Bring Big Data to Statistical Agencies, November 2014.
Bachelor’s Degrees in Statistics Surge Another 20%, September 2014
FY15 Budget Request Provides Mixed News for NIH, NSF, Statistical Agencies, May 2014
NIH, NSF, Statistical Agencies Receive Final FY14 Budgets, March 2014
Open Data: More Questions Than Answers, January 2014
Statistical Science: The Intel Inside© of Science, December 2013
What? Me Worry? What to Do About Privacy, Big Data, and Statistical Research, December 2013
Influencing Federal Research Funding Policy—White Papers?, November 2013
Undergrad Statistics Degrees Continue Large Increases in 2012, October 2013
Toward a Vision: Official Statistics and Big Data, August 2013
ASA Takes Part in Annual Capitol Hill Exhibition, July 2013
FY14 Budget Request for NIH, NSF, and Statistical Agencies, June 2013
Congress Finalizes FY13 Budgets, June 2013
Growing Numbers of Stats Degrees, May 2013
Climate Science Day Successful, Educational, April 2013
Big Data: A Perspective from the BLS, January 2013
Making the Case for the National Science Foundation, July 2012
NIJ Looking for a Few Good Statisticians, June 2012
When Statistics Education and State Policy Meet, May 2012
FY13 Budget Request: Flat Funding to Significant Increases for NIH, NSF, Statistical Agencies, April 2012
Bring Statistics to Policy Through Internships, March 2012
Statisticians and Clinicians: Collaborations Based on Mutual Respect, February 2012
Science Advocacy: What is it and What is the Role of Professional Societies?, January 2012
Data Synchronization: Leveraging Existing Business Data to Better Measure the Economy, November 2011
Putting the Science in Forensic Science, August 2011
Prioritizing ASA’s Science Policy, July 2011
ASA Participates in Capitol Hill Event Supporting NSF, July 2011
Controlling Decennial Census Costs Major Theme of Senate Hearing, June 2011
What Statisticians Should Watch in Congress in 2011, May 2011
Measuring Innovation: Better Data to Help Design Policies to Revive Economic Growth, April 2011
Putting Americans to Work: The Essential Role of Federal Labor Market Statistics, March 2011
Stimulating Economic Growth through Technological Advance, March 2011
Bill Increasing U.S. Census Bureau Autonomy Fizzles, February 2011
How the Statistical System Can Help Create Jobs, February 2011
Reproducible Research, January 2011
A Category 5 Storm … Head Our Way, December 2010
Loebsack Introduces Bill Promoting Statistical Literacy, November 2010
Congress Appears Gridlocked for Remainder of Year, July 2010
Members Affect ASA Science Policy, June 2010
Envisioning the 2020 Census, May 2010
Science and Statistical Agencies Fare Well in 2011 Budget Request, April 2010
Weak Forensic Science Has High Cost, March 2010
Statisticians Comment on Status of Climate Change Science, March 2010
IRS Statistics of Income Gets Good News, February 2010
Measurement in Economics, January 2010
Statistics in Defense and National Security: Lessons in Outreach to Policymakers, December 2009
Challenges Facing Federal Statistics in the United States, November 2009
Congressional Visits: A Boost to ASA Science Policy, October 2009
Data-Driven Decisionmaking and the Department of Education, August 2009
The Obama Administration: A Call for Data on What Works, What Doesn't, July 2009
Thinking Outside the Urn, June 2009
The Federal Statistical System: R&D to Bolster a National Treasure, May 2009
State of ASA's Science Policy, April 2009
In Dire Straits: The Urgent Need to Improve Economic Statistics, March 2009
The Science of Science Policy: Opportunities and Responsibilities for Statisticians, February 2009
Science in the Presidential Campaign and the Obama Administration, January 2009
ASA Members Experience Capitol Hill from the Inside, December 2008
Congressman Bill Foster on Policy Making, November 2008
On Being Important, October 2008
Competitiveness Through Basic Research Investments, August 2008
Speaking Out and Reaching Out on Global Health Policy - The Case of HIV/AIDS, July 2008
Getting Congress' Attention: From the Washington Noise Barrier to the Main Street Barrier, June 2008
Connecting ASA Members to Policymakers, May 2008