The award is bestowed upon an ASA member who has demonstrated over a long period extraordinary leadership in developing the careers of statistics students, statisticians, or statistical researchers early in their careers. Nominations are due March 1.
guidance
There are Mentors, and Then There Are Guardian Angels
ASA President Rob Santos says, “… building community is critical for us, both in our statistical community and in society more generally. Yes, we can be mentors, but we can and should also be guardian angels.”
Developing a Privacy Policy
A privacy policy should focus on ensuring the process and procedural actions to protect information are followed, regardless of whether personally identifiable information exists in a file. Members of the ASA Privacy and Confidentiality Committee provide guidance for developing such a policy here.