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In case you missed it, Friend of BLS produced an explainer to answer the question "How will the government shutdown, which may be over by the time you read this, affect BLS data?" https://www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025/11/12/2025-government-shutdown-faqs-on-bls-data ...
In case you missed it earlier this week, the White House decided to use a (very skewed) report from DoorDash to claim that "inflation has been tamed." I, for one, am pretty sure that cherry picking data (the "breakfast index" is 3 eggs, 1 avocado, 1 ...
Five Things You Can Do to Protect Public Data Even small actions, taken together, can help strengthen the case for the importance of public data to our shared future. https://www.prb.org/articles/five-things-you-can-do-to-protect-public-data/ ...
Hello federal data supporters! I hope everyone has been faring okay during the lengthy government shutdown. Here are some recent highlights from Forum members during October: ASA Citizen Science Initiative : The American Statistical Association ...
Hi all, Wanted to share some updates and materials from the Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee (I-CSAC) fall meeting. Additionally, we are accepting suggestions for agenda topics for future meetings and more information can be found below. ...
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