Letters Organized, Signed, and/or Sent

This page also includes ASA amicus briefs and responses to calls for comments. ASA’s procedure for signing/sending letters, responding to calls for comment, and filing amicus briefs is explained in ASA’s guide for determining whether to make a public statement on a policy-related issue.

Funding:

(non-funding letters appear below under “Policy”)

• ASA urges NIST to continue funding of the Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence (CSAFE), a NIST Center of Excellence, 6/25/24.
• ASA signs letter in support of budgets for BJS and NIJ: 4/11/22; NIJ 6/10/22; NIJ 3/22/23, BJS 3/22/23, BJS and NIJ, 3/8/24; BJS and NIJ, 4/19/24.
• ASA supports funding for the U.S. Census Bureau: 4/28/22, 9/8/22, 9/5/23, 4/10/24, 4/3/25.
• ASA supports science research funding  
  • FY25: NSF, 11/3/23; AHRQ, 2/26/24; CDC, 3/26/24, CDC DMI, 4/30/24.
  • FY26, AHRQ 3/3/25, NIH 4/8/25, HHS 4/25/25, CDC 4/9/25, CDC Data Modernization 5/23/25, NIH 6/5/25, BLS, NCES, NCHS, NIH 6/13/25.
• ASA supports funding for other federal statistical agencies
  
  • BLS, NCES, NCHS 4/9/25
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics: 5/22/20, 12/9/20, 5/1/24, 9/24/24, 5/7/25.
  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, 5/3/22. 
  • National Center for Education Statistics: 4/7/22; 11/15/22; 11/15/22, FY24 Appropriations staffing fix, 3/15/23; 3/15/23; 2/5/24; 4/8/24; 11/22/24, 4/7/25.
  • National Center for Health Statistics: FY23 Priorities of Friends of NCHS, 4/27/22, FY24 Priorities of Friends of NCHS (one-page version); FY23 Conference, 9/16/22; 3/9/2023, 9/21/23; 3/28/24; 9/27/24, 4/24/25.
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis: 5/20/22, 4/18/23, 5/1/24.

For older Funding letters, see Science Policy Archives

Policy:

• ASA joins letter to Congress expressing concern for recent NSF developments and urging they exercise "oversight authority to investigate recent organizational and financial developments," 5/30/25.
• ASA responds to NSF Request for Information on the Development of a 2025 National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, 5/29/25.
• ASA responds to OPM call for comments urging three categories of statistical and scientific positions be excluded from Schedule Policy/Career consideration, 5/26/25.
• ASA responds to call for comment on updating Privacy Act of 1974, 4/30/25.
• The ASA responds to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan, 3/14/25.
• The ASA joins a statement with 33 other scientific organization supporting “vaccination as a cornerstone of public health, a shining example of the power of scientific research, and a vital tool in the fight against preventable diseases,” 3/18/25.
• ASA organizes letter to Congress and Administration on threats to federal economic, statistics, 2/18/25.
• ASA signs letter to Congress urging they restore missing federal data
• ASA joins coalition letter in support of science
• ASA responds to call for comments regarding the extension of the American Community Survey, 1/6/25.
• International Statistical Institute and the ASA send letter to Prime Minister of Poland regarding his dismissal of the President of Statistics Poland, 12/26/24.
• ASA signs letter to the US Senate expressing “strong collective support for the immediate confirmation of Dr. Adam Gamoran as the next Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)”, 10/23/24.
• ASA joins letter to Congress opposing HR 7109, the Equal Representation Act because of provisions bypassing the Census Bureau’s objective, robust review process, 4/9/24.
• ASA comments on OMB Request for Information Regarding Procurement of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Government, 4/29/24.
• The ASA writes to Secretary of Education regarding National Center for Education Statistics, 2/1/24.
• The ASA joins Friends of BLS letter to the US Senate urging swift confirmation of Dr. Erika McEntarfer as BLS Commissioner, 1/5/24.

For older Policy letters, see Archive