via @NYElectionNews: Prof. John Mollenkopf @GC_CUNY addresses #Census2030 conference at @NYLawSchool on community census grants

"Any attempt to fill the position with someone involved in partisan political activities will undermine public confidence not only in the bureau's work but the nation's statistics generally," Lowenthal says.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/nx-s1-5258393/census-bureau-director-robert-santos #USCensus #Census2030 #Data #Statistics #PublicHealth #Race #Ethnicity #Disabilities #SexualOrientation #GenderIdentity

SOGI questions are under consideration for the American Community Survey!

Public comment period is open for the testing plan:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/19/2023-20256/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for

#Data #Statistics #SOGI #LGBTQIA #RepresentationMatters #FederalStatistics #ACSdata #Census #Census2030

SOGI questions are (finally) under consideration for the American Community Survey!

Public comment period is open for the testing plan:
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/19/2023-20256/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for

#Data #Statistics #SOGI #LGBTQIA #RepresentationMatters #FederalStatistics #ACSdata #Census #Census2030 #transrightsarehumanrights

The US #censusbureau is accepting nominations to their #census2030 advisory committee. Info at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/08/25/2023-18339/2030-census-advisory-committee

"A new checkbox for "Middle Eastern or North African" and a "Hispanic or Latino" box that appears under a reformatted question asking for a person's race or ethnicity are among the early recommendations announced Thursday in a Federal Register notice...
The reforms would also mark a major achievement for advocates for Arab Americans and other MENA groups who have long campaigned for their own checkbox. While the U.S. government currently categorizes people with origins in Lebanon, Iran, Egypt and other countries in the MENA region as white, many people of MENA descent do not identify as white people. In addition to a new box on forms, the proposal would change the government's definition of "White" to no longer include people with MENA origins." #CountMENA #InclusionMatters #Census2030 #DEI https://www.wwno.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-01-26/new-latino-and-middle-eastern-or-north-african-checkboxes-proposed-for-u-s-forms

"Among the countries of origin that would get a check for the MENA category would be Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Syria, Morocco and Israel, the notice said.
“This is a really big deal,” said Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, a Washington-based civil rights group. “We have been working to get a checkbox to get better data about our community for decades.”"
#CountMENA #Census2030 #InclusionMatters #DEI https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/biden-administration-proposes-new-race-and-ethnicity-categories-for-federal-surveys

"Meeta Anand, senior program director of census and data equity at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, is looking toward a review of the federal government's standards for data about race and ethnicity that the Biden administration revived after it stalled under Trump... likely to produce more accurate data about Latinos and people with roots in the Middle East or North Africa." #CountMENA #Census2030 #InclusionMatters #DEI https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/1123316781/a-divided-congress-may-sideline-protecting-the-census-after-trump-s-interference