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Two provisions in the House Appropriations subcommittee's FY2027 CJS bill are worth flagging for this community. 1) The new funding bill would bar the Census Bureau from including undocumented immigrants in apportionment counts-a direct ...
Demystifying Data Privacy: Understanding the "Routine Use" Exception May 4, 2026 The "routine use" exception in the Privacy Act allows agencies to create new reasons why they can share your data with other entities, so long as the reason is ...
Thank you for drafting and sharing. I signed! ------------------------------ Beth Jarosz ------------------------------
Greetings Fed Data Forum folks, At the public data project meeting at Harvard Law Library in February, I brought up the idea of a manifesto/call to action. Over the last couple of months culminating with the Internet Archive's Information Stewardship ...
I wanted to share a new tool I've built for exploring changes in the U.S. native‑born and foreign‑born populations using the American Community Survey (ACS) 1‑year estimates from 2005–2024. The app lets users view nativity trends for the nation, all ...
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