Subject line: Call for comments on proposed procedures to determine whether ASA makes public statement on policy-related issues.
Dear Colleagues,
The ASA Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee (SPAAC) is proposing a procedure for guiding ASA's determination on whether it makes public statements on various policy-related issues. Our goal is for the ASA to have a process that is transparent, open, and objective. Our request is occasioned by the increasing volume and breadth of requests for ASA's views. The March issue of Amstat News has a call for your comments on the proposed process, drafted by SPAAC, from the committee's chair and vice-chair, Larry Hedges and Avi Feller: https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2021/03/01/asa-pub-statement-policy/.
I write to encourage your review and comments, which can be sent to Steve Pierson (pierson@amstat.org) by March 31 (but preferably sooner). Our hope is for the ASA board to consider the proposed process at one of its upcoming meetings.
Thank you for your participation,
Katherine Wallman
1992 ASA President
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Katherine Wallman
Chief Statistician (1992-2017) U.S. Office of Management and Budget
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