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  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    Trump administration's order delays release of data from the largest survey on American life countofcounting.substack.com Sent from my iPhone

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    Thanks for sharing this, @Beth Jarosz . The frustrating part (besides the delay) is that we've lost many of the usual ways for the Census Bureau to stay connected with data users. This delay could signal significant changes to ACS data products, but ...

  • ACS Data Delay

    Posted in: Federal Data Users

    And there we have it... Thanks to the Disclosure Avoidance Order, ACS 1-year data release is delayed. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/iphi-acs-media-advisory.html ------------------------------ Beth Jarosz ------------------ ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    Dear Colleagues, I write to make you aware of a new report from our FedStat Health project team that went online this morning, 2026 Midyear Update: Resources and Leadership Supporting Federal Statistics . It and our other project reports and resources ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    PRB's @Diana Elliott just published a short explainer on how administrative records were used in the 2020 Census and what's planned (or still unknown) for 2030: https://www.prb.org/news/counting-on-administrative-records/ Stakeholders "deserve transparency ...

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