Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), Rep. Jim Baird (R-IN), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), and Rep. Young Kim (R-CA) introduced the Data Science and Literacy Act in the House of Representatives February 14, following advocacy by the ASA and its members that formally kicked off at the Joint Statistical Meetings.
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Bill Increasing U.S. Census Bureau Autonomy Fizzles
In his column this month, ASA Director of Science Policy Steve Pierson looks back at what happened to the bill that would have strengthened the autonomy of the U.S. Census Bureau.