News

SPAAC actively engages in commenting on policies.

  • Process to Guide ASA's Determination of Whether to Make a Public Statement on a Policy-Related Issue, link  

Comments:

  • Comment on OMB Request for Information Regarding Procurement of Artificial Intelligence Tools in Government, 4/29/24.

  • Comment on executive-branch comment time following the statistical release of Principal Federal Economic Indicators, 10/13/2023.

  • Comment on Initial Proposals For Updating OMB's Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards, 4/7/23.

  • Comment for Request for Information Proposed Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications, 3/10/23.

  • Comment on Standard Application Process (SAP) Portal, 12/2/22.

  • Comment from two committee on White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Request for Information to Support the Development of a Federal Scientific Integrity Policy Framework, 4/1/22.

  • Comment on Supplemental to Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science, 5/7/20

  • Comment on Statistical Policy Directive No. 3: Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Federal Economic Indicators and the timing of public comments by employees of the executive branch, 6/6/19. 

Papers, presentations:

  •  Gascon, G.M., Wallman, K.K., Ravula, S., Cappelleri, J., Lee, J., Lum, K., Nagaraja, C.H., Paul, S., Roy, D., and Wu, E. (2023). DSLA 2023: Facing the dangers of data illiteracy. Significance, 20(5), 26-29. (link)

  • The Need for Data Literacy and Data Science Education in Modern Society (Aug. 2023).  Presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings; Toronto, Canada.

  • Nagaraja, Chaitra (Jan 2023).  Committee Spotlight: Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee.  Amstat News (link)

  • Pierson, Steve. (Jan 2020).  20 years of statistics advocacy: After two busy decades, SPAAC wants to be busier. Amstat News (link)

  • "SPA committee seeks input, feedback", Amstat News, June 2015 (link)