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  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    The information about the changing race/ethnicity standards is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the FRN. It's only mentioned briefly: "In addition to the internet self-response option for PRCS, the proposed content for the 2027 ACS ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    I went back to review the federal register notice, but there's absolutely no mention of the race ethnicity question. Has this changed? Should we still submit comments under this docket number? Thank you for your help. ------------------------------ ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    📊 ACS revisions open for public comment-deadline Feb 17 @Beth Jarosz , @Chris Dick , @Meeta Anand , and I break down proposed changes to the 2027 American Community Survey in a new post for dataindex.us . Key proposed revisions: ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    🚀 New Resource from the dataindex.us team: Data Checkup Last week, the dataindex.us team launched the Data Checkup -a comprehensive framework for assessing the health of federal data collections. Going beyond simple availability checks, the ...

  • Posted in: Federal Data Users

    How Are Recent Changes to Federal Statistical Data Affecting Your Work? If you rely on federal statistical data in your work-from Census data to BLS employment figures to NCHS health statistics-SSRS wants to hear from you. With support from the ...

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