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  • 1.  DOGE and Census Interagency Agreements

    Posted 05-21-2025 03:14 PM

    I'm sure most of you are aware of DOGE start to examine the many surveys Census does, especially for other agencies via interagency agreements: https://x.com/DOGE/status/1924888248008245742. I'm starting this thread in the hopes people will share what's being terminated, particularly if you there is any public information to point to. 

    Thanks!

    Steve



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    Steve Pierson
    American Statistical Association
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  • 2.  RE: DOGE and Census Interagency Agreements

    Posted 05-21-2025 08:34 PM

    So far I have not been able to track down a list of which 5 have been terminated (or even if it's still only five). Let's hope the administration and Congress heed the Data Foundation's call for more transparency.



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    Beth Jarosz
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  • 3.  RE: DOGE and Census Interagency Agreements

    Posted 05-22-2025 04:05 PM
    Edited by Lauren Bouton 05-22-2025 04:06 PM

    So for from what I can tell, both the Survey of Inmates in Local Jails (which has a planned 2025 wave that included SOGI) and the National Health Interview Survey ask the first question.

    The fortified wine question was in the 2002 version of the  Survey of Inmates in Local Jails questionnaire but doesn't seem to be in the most recent one. Don't see it exactly like that anywhere else.  https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewDocument?ref_nbr=202502-1121-002.

    And the third question seems to be from a pilot study: RTI International. (2023). Ask U.S. Panel Pilot, Department of Defense Populations. Research and Methodology Directorate, Center for Behavioral Science Methods Research Report Series (Survey Methodology #2023-05). U.S. Census Bureau. https://www2.census.gov/library/working-papers/2023/adrm/cbsm/rsm2023-05.pdf



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    Lauren Bouton
    Williams Institute
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  • 4.  RE: DOGE and Census Interagency Agreements

    Posted 05-22-2025 04:55 PM

    Thank you, Lauren! This is really helpful. 

    And Beth, I second your hope that the administration and Congress heed the DF call. 

    Steve



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    Steve Pierson
    American Statistical Association
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