The Obama Administration is committed to policy decisions driven by evidence, as emphasized by Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget. The time is now to promote the use of statistics and the role of statisticians in making good decisions based on objective evidence.
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Learning from the Past, Looking to the Future
I venture to say that any American Statistical Association president preparing for his or her presidential address takes time to peruse the collected addresses of previous presidents. In my case, there are 103 previous presidents, spanning 169 years. This journey through the history of the association is always illuminating, but also, at times, daunting. It is “a wonderful walk through history through the eyes of our leadership,” as ASA Past-President Sallie Keller-McNulty said.