ASA President Lisa LaVange convened the July ASA Board meeting at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver prior to the start of JSM. On the schedule were action, discussion, and reported items.
Budget
FY17 Federal Budget Resolved; Trump’s FY18 Budget Request Released
Steve Pierson, ASA director of science policy, breaks down the government’s FY17 final budget and reviews the FY18 requested budgets for federal statistical agencies.
FY17 Requests for NIH, NSF, Federal Statistical Agencies Largely Positive
President Barack Obama’s requested budget for Fiscal Year 2017 maintains his record of proposing generally healthy increases for the NIH, NSF, and many federal statistical agencies, but realizing increases of any amount will be challenging.
ASA Leaders Reminisce: Katherine K. Wallman
In the fourteenth installment of the Amstat News series of interviews with ASA presidents and executive directors, we feature a discussion with 1992 ASA President Katherine K. Wallman.
FY16 Budget Request Position NIH, NSF, and Federal Statistical Agencies Well for Congressional Deliberations
President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016 (FY16) contains healthy increases for the NIH, NSF, and many federal statistical agencies, but realizing proposed increases will be a challenge with sequestration levels back in place.
FY15 Budgets for NIH, NSF, Federal Statistical Agencies Finalized
Here is the breakdown of the final FY15 budgets for NIH, NSF, and other primary statistical agencies.
FY15 Budget Request Provides Mixed News for NIH, NSF, Statistical Agencies
Delayed a month because of the broader budget negotiations, the Obama Administration’s FY15 budget request was released in March. The ASA’s director of science policy explains how it will affect the statistical agencies.
FY14 Budget Request for NIH, NSF, and Statistical Agencies
The President’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget was released two months later than usual and generally was positive, requesting increases that go beyond restoring the FY13 cuts.The road to achieving these increases will be a difficult one with Democrats and Republicans being far apart on fiscal policy.
ASA Commends NSF for Initiative, Commitment to Increasing Statistics Profile
During the August meeting of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation (NSF) Assistant Director Ed Seidel announced in an initiative to “examine funding for statistical sciences research at NSF, including organizational alternatives and new initiatives.”
The Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics: June 2012 Meeting
Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS) acts as the advocate for the development and dissemination of high-quality federal statistics. Member organizations include professional associations, businesses, research institutes, and others interested in federal statistics. Through COPAFS, members have an opportunity to review and have an effect on issues including timeliness, quality, confidentiality, and relevance of data. COPAFS holds quarterly meetings, the last one being on June 1, 2012. Read on to learn what took place.