James P. Scanlan, a lawyer in Washington, DC, specializes in the use of statistics in litigation. Here, he discusses federal law enforcement policies based on statistical perceptions that he says are the opposite of reality.

Charles Weko, a senior training analyst, offers advice about how statisticians can communicate with military officers.

This is the tale of two researchers living in side-by-side universes. They are working on the same research project; however, one is privy to a new form of academic publishing.

Morris Olitsky, statistician, USDA, FNS, talks about the misuse of statistics in the media and how to best address statistical literacy.

Women make an appearance in the 2012 JSM Registration Guide, but they are not among the most visible performers. Amanda L. Golbeck of the University of Montana suggests ways the ASA can ensure women play a more prominent role during the Joint Statistical Meetings.

Sastry Pantula, 2010 president of the ASA, looks back on his years of service to the association and enthusiastically views the years ahead.

In the November issue of Math Horizon’s Aftermath column, the essay “Statistics à la Mode,” written by Meg Dillon, discussed the difficulty she experienced as a mathematics professor teaching an introductory statistics course. In response to her essay, several members of the Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education explain how teaching statistics is different than teaching mathematics.

Reproducibility in the computational sciences seems to be capturing everyone’s attention. Movements to address the reliability of published computational results are arising in fields as disparate as geophysics, political science, fluid dynamics, computational harmonic analysis, fMRI research, and bioinformatics.

Sastry Pantula, 2010 ASA President, discusses his goals, new opportunities, and the the budget of the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the National Science Foundation.

E.J. Reedy, a research fellow for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, discusses how the current statistical system can improve economic growth and job creation.