Nominations for the Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award will be accepted beginning in January 2015. This recognition is awarded annually to a supervisor, technical director, team coordinator, or other member of federal, state, or local government statistical staff for his or her efforts in supporting the work and developing the careers of junior statisticians.

Members of the Social Statistics and Government Statistics sections have organized many events for the upcoming Joint Statistical Meetings in Montréal.

Steven Paben, 2011 chair of the Government Statistics Section reflects on the past year and summarizes where the section stands.

During the last decade, nearly three quarters of all United States citrus was grown in Florida. The relative size of the Florida citrus crop demands that statistically accurate forecasts be made starting in October of each year and continuing throughout the marketing year. To provide these statistically accurate forecasts, the National Agricultural Statistics Service developed a survey program based on objective counts and measurements (rather than subjective reporting from individual producers). Read about it here.

The Government Statistics Section offers a checklist to help you get ready for the Joint Statistical Meetings.

John Dixon, 2010 GSS chair, thanks the executive committee and highlights the section’s accomplishments in 2010.

The Government Statistics Section provides an update on the National Household Travel Survey and its importance to the nation.

On the afternoon of June 23, Deborah H. Griffin of the U. S. Census Bureau was presented with the Jeanne E. Griffith Mentoring Award in the conference center of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Government Statistics Section and the Social Statistics Section will sponsor nine roundtables at JSM 2010 that explore substantive and methodological topics central to those who produce or use official statistics.

The Social Statistics and Government Statistics sections have together organized sessions covering a range of topics that are bound to whet the statistical appetites of section members. So as you navigate through all that Vancouver, British Columbia, has to offer, consider some of our meeting offerings in the form of invited sessions.