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#NoKings in Ithaca, NY

"No grant may be awarded by the Federal Government to such State unless such State uses only such tabulation as so revised for all purposes for which such State would have used such tabulation prior to such revision" -- such BS

The request for states to produce new population estimates or lose FEMA $ makes, and I can't emphasize this enough, no sense.

This is a critical victory in our efforts to protect the privacy of New Yorkers and ensure people can safely access the food assistance they need.

USDA is ending future Household Food Security Reports AND the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement–our most comprehensive source on food insecurity in the U.S. For approximately $1 million a year, it informs over $100 billion in nutrition programs. Cutting it means cutting evidence.

A little more on George Cook, another person who seem to wear many hats in this administration

NEW: Members of the Census Bureau's scientific advisory committee that the Trump administration ended plan to meet on their own on Sept. 18 to discuss #2030Census privacy protections at their first public meeting as the newly formed Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee

“The www.reginfo.gov/public/ website went offline at the end of last week and was partially restored this week. Data was missing after Aug. 1, according to dataindex.us, a collective of data scientists and advocates who monitor changes in federal data sets.” apnews.com/article/cens...

Want to talk with others about the challenges facing the Federal Statistical System and public data? @apduorg.bsky.social has created some useful slides! #DataRescue #PublicData docs.google.com/presentation...

Added a few items and made some updates to the Applied Demography Toolbox page: https://applieddemogtoolbox.github.io/ #demography #popmastodon #applieddemogtoolbox

Somebody at Commerce will tell him that, wouldn't they?

This is the US Constitution page @ the Library of Congress Sections 9 and 10 have been removed 9 includes habeas corpus, the courts' review of unlawful detention & imprisonment This gov't can't change the Constitution w/ sneaky editing, but it's a new low: constitution.congress.gov/constitution/

@ericagroshen.bsky.social adds: "With regard to allegations of altering the data, the process is highly, highly choreographed, with tight deadlines. BLS does this every month, and everybody knows who needs to do what job on what day to get this out on time."

Statement from Friends of BLS on Commissioner McEntarfer’s Removal. “This escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and integrity of the federal statistical system.” www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

Nice deprivation index dashboard for New York: mypublicdashboard.ny.gov/t/OJRP_PUBLI...

📊 Journey through a gallery of "eureka moments" that expose the hidden complexities of data in government. Giuseppe Sollazzo draws on two decades of experience to reveal why challenging assumptions and understanding context are paramount for effective data use. nightingaledvs.com/bus-station-...

I am confused: one moment the GOP want only residents in counts, the next moment they want to exclude only unlawful aliens. Besides both being unconstitutional, which is it? Also: who is spending money to allow the Census to do the rendering? Will the Bureau get money to cover the additional work?

3 Months later, 1 report published, some pushed ahead another three months but I am very disappointed that the Census Bureau decided to withhold publication of numerous reports "While the Census Bureau conducted this assessment, it will not externally release the accompanying report. (June 2025)"

It has all the ingredients of a new movie "The Clause" www.news10.com/news/ny-news...

I got my copy in the mail yesterday. I haven't read it all, but I can already highly recommend it.

NO KINGS NOW!!! NO KINGS FOREVER!!!

"These data are not bound by political lines. They benefit Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike. People of all political persuasions can, and do, make use of the treasure trove of data that the U.S. government publishes" HT Andy Krackov via @datavizsociety.bsky.social

It is not too early to get prepared for 2030!

I hope that the planning of the 2030 census operations will be funded and free of political interference

Want to trust federal statistics, like jobs & inflation? If so, you should object to a rule to make senior federal stats staff more like political appointees. Find out more & how to comment on it here: (www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...). Deadline: 5/23/25. Quantity matters, so repost.

Federal data is an invaluable national asset and economy driver. But for Trump & Co., it's "woke" and must disappear, or it's personal, private, and perfect for weaponization against people and groups they don't like. My latest at @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...

For #TidyTuesday this week, we're looking at data on terminations of NSF grants 📊 🎨 Using colour to highlight one category 📈 Transparency to highlight the important data ✍️ Annotations instead of a legend for transparency #RStats #ggplot2 #DataViz

❗ACTION ALERT❗ Are you familiar with plans to reclassify civil servants to move positions that require specialized expertise into political positions? There is an opportunity for public comment. And fortunately Friends of BLS & @copafs.bsky.social have put together a script you can use

"Just as roads and bridges are fundamental to our physical infrastructure, demographic information is vital to our data and policy infrastructure." New piece co-authored by @mmather.bsky.social and APDU Board member @datageekb.bsky.social in Why Social Science from @cossa.bsky.social

"There are indicators that after 15 minutes of accounts being created [by DOGE], somebody tried to access it from Russia with the right password, and that happened over 20 times." Andrew Bakaj, Chief Legal Counsel at Whistleblower Aid, on DOGE's alleged mishandling of sensitive data at the NLRB.

Such sad news. It was always a pleasure working with Andy, he will be missed.

NEW from me: A whistleblower says DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data...and then someone posted a threatening letter to his door. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

www.bxtimes.com/op-ed-future... My oped on the need for a NYS Census office. Please take a read and share!

NEW: The Census Bureau has quietly postponed the planned release dates for some reports on 2020 census operational assessments, evaluations and experiments that are supposed to inform #2030Census planning. I've reached to the bureau's public information office to ask why these 17 reports are delayed

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

Make no mistake, this executive order creates a system without firewalls, whereby all information collected by the state governments or unrelated federal agencies all become leverage for use against someone by punitive and violent government agencies. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Today the Census Bureau released the Vintage 2024 County Population Estimates! Trends were mixed across counties in NYS, with different patterns in the past two years (2022-2024) versus the COVID19 years (2020-2022). Our annual report of highlights can be found here: bit.ly/3XLuKIM

The abrupt termination of most NCES staff yesterday represents a shortsighted decision that threatens the integrity of our educational data infrastructure. NCES must be restored before irreplaceable institutional knowledge and data continuity are permanently lost www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

I did a lot of worrying out loud about the #statisticalsystem in this NPR interview. #econsky #jobsday #inflation @amstatnews.bsky.social #data #jobs #gdp #prices www.npr.org/2025/03/08/n...

An insane decision, and beyond worrisome for all of us who care about a fair and accurate 2030 count. Will there even be a count in 2030?

MORE DOGE DELETIONS... Elon Musk's error-plagued effort has deleted about $4B *more* of the savings it claimed on its "wall of receipts." The total amount it claims to have saved has shrunk from $16 billion to $9 billion. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...

Public comments are essential for transparency, for a government for the people, by the people

Congratulations to the NYS OGS and Office of Language Access on the release of their Language Diversity Dashboard! We are proud to have been a part of this project. It is a prime example of the amazing things that can be done with Census data!

I don't know which part of this quote is most scary. Maybe an algorithm can give me the answer.

Our own David Van Riper spoke with @kairyssdal.bsky.social for Marketplace. Democratizing access to the world’s social and economic data for current and future generations - that's core to our mission. www.marketplace.org/2025/02/20/w...

@sromalewski.bsky.social joins @tanyadomi.bsky.social on The Thought Project podcast to discuss the stakes of the next U.S. census and his work to ensure an accurate count https://buff.ly/4bh28Ne

Navigating Public Data Access: new challenges

This morning, we released our first TiDbit (Topics in Demography) brief of 2025, titled "New York State's Young Adults"! We explore topics such as the spread of adults aged 18-29 across the state, school enrollment, and top occupations. Read more here: pad.human.cornell.edu/TiDbit/TiDbi...