COPAFS is the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics and comprised of the membership of 60 organizations, including professional organizations, businesses, research institutes, and others interested in federal statistics. As a member of COPAFS, the ASA has two representatives from the Government Statistics Section who attend the quarterly COPAFS meetings and report back to the ASA membership. Highlights of the June 5, 2009, meeting held at the Bureau of Labor Statistics follow.

