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John Kubale
2 months ago
Earlier this month
@maggielevenstein.bsky.social
and I spoke to BBC's More or Less about what is happening with US government data. Thanks to
@timharford.ft.com
for having us!
#databs
#statistics
#episky
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I spoke to
@michiganpublic.bsky.social
about threats to our federal data infrastructure:
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As taxpayer-funded data is altered or pulled from view, a UM researcher explains the risks
Large blocks of federal data have disappeared or been altered. University of Michigan researcher Margaret Levenstein discusses what's been lost and the long-term risks.
https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2025-09-03/as-taxpayer-funded-data-is-altered-or-pulled-from-view-a-um-researcher-explains-the-risks
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Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing shortage
During World War I, the US government designed and constructed entire communities for workers and their families, setting new standards for housing and neighborhood planning.
https://theconversation.com/believe-it-or-not-there-was-a-time-when-the-us-government-built-beautiful-homes-for-working-class-americans-to-deal-with-a-housing-shortage-253512
3 months ago
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Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing ā hereās how itās happening and what you can do about it
Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.
https://theconversation.com/data-that-taxpayers-have-paid-for-and-rely-on-is-disappearing-heres-how-its-happening-and-what-you-can-do-about-it-251787
3 months ago
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Statement on the Appointment of Mark Calabria as Chief Statistician of the United States
https://datafoundation.org/news/press-releases-and-statements/647/647-Statement-on-the-Appointment-of-Mark-Calabria-as-Chief-Statistician-of-the-United-States
5 months ago
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Today is deadline to respond to ICR for NAEP data collection (that includes the removal of CIPSEA protections, given the reductions in staffing at NCES. Please write to OMB and let them know that these data are important and should be protected by CIPSEA:
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PR...
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View Information Collection Request (ICR) Package
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202410-1850-002
6 months ago
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Data Geoff and I are very happy to be at IASSIST 2025. I guess he changed the spelling of his name because we are in England.
6 months ago
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Statement about Reported DOGE Activities Affecting Federal Statistics
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2025Ā ā The following is a statement from Nick Hart, President and CEO of the Data Foundation
https://datafoundation.org/news/press-releases-and-statements/620/620-Statement-about-Reported-DOGE-Activities-Affecting-Federal-Statistics
6 months ago
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Maggie Levenstein
World Data System
8 months ago
šCall for submissions extended! SciDataCon abstract submissions are closing soon on Friday 25 April. Get your submissions in before the deadline via:
idw2025.org/call-for-abs...
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Josh Cowen
9 months ago
New coverage
@washingtonpost.com
of the federal tax shelter x voucher scheme Iāve been warning about. This would force vouchers into states that donāt want them. And cost $135 billion over the next few yearsāwhile Medicaid and other supports are slashed.
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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GOP voucher plan would divert billions in taxes to private schools
Donations to scholarship programs would be fully reimbursed through a new tax credit, creating the largest-ever federal tax incentive for charitable giving
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/03/07/school-voucher-programs-funding-new-federal-tax-credit/
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Farmers on the hook for millions after Trump freezes USDA funds
10 months ago
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
10 months ago
Q: Why did you adopt a dataset for
#LoveData25
? A: "Annual tradition." You can adopt a dataset, too! Visit
myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDat...
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Eliza Magland
10 months ago
Did you know this is
#internationallovedataweek
? ILDW is a celebration of
#data
for data creators, analyzers, and everyone who recognizes how data impacts our lives.
@icpsr.bsky.social
has made a great toolkit to help you get started.
#medsky
#nursesky
#psychsky
www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/about/cm...
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
10 months ago
Join us today at 1 PM ET for an engaging
#LoveData25
webinar hosted by
#sbeccc
. There's still time to register:
myumi.ch/1bxAm
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Maggie Levenstein
Jen Bendery
10 months ago
Senate Democrats have set up a new portal forĀ federal employees who want to report wrongdoing, abuses of power and threats to public safety.
www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers
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Whistleblowers | Senate Democratic Leadership
Senate Democratic Leadership
https://www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowers
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ICPSR
10 months ago
Learn how Simran Sethi Khanna used ICPSR data to write a winning research paper titled, "Determining LGB Perceptions of and Trust in the Medical Establishment," and how we're still rewarding students' great use of data in Data Brunch Episode 18: Trust & Outcomes:
myumi.ch/ICPSRDataBru...
#LoveData24
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I just subscribed to Inside/Outside!
buttondown.com/sbagen
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Inside/Outside
Sam Bagenstosās thoughts about law, politics, disability, social policy, health care, and various other matters.
https://buttondown.com/sbagen
10 months ago
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Kim Weeden
10 months ago
Pro tip: when explaining the NIH cuts to friends and family, use "research infrastructure" rather than "indirect costs" or, godforbid, "overhead." DOGE just slashed the budget for research infrastructure. It's accurate and it drives home that the fight is over jobs and facilities, not "waste."
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Do you care about
#Census
#data
? Share why these data are important to you in the American Statistical Association survey:
www.amstat.org/fedstatsfeed...
The deadline is Friday, February 28, 2025.
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Federal Statistics User Feedback Form
We seek your feedback as part of an ongoing American Statistical Association-George Mason University project to independently examine the health of the federal statistical system.
https://www.amstat.org/fedstatsfeedback?v=APDU
10 months ago
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
11 months ago
Discover how adversity impacts health and resilience across racial groups with insights from the Detroit Area Study! Researchers explored links between racism, loss, and health, finding economic and educational resources can buffer adversity's effects. Read more:
myumi.ch/DE7vB
#SocialScience
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
10 months ago
šData Alert!š ICPSR has new and updated data available for your research needs. Perfect for researchers, students, and data enthusiasts. Start exploring! Check it out ā”ļø
https://buff.ly/3Clfwmi
#NewReleases
#DataUpdate
#DataDriven
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
10 months ago
Join @ICPSRSummer for this webinar in which we will demonstrate how to apply for an ICPSR scholarship, as well as how to register for ICPSR Summer Program classes in our registration portal. We'll also answer your questions!
https://buff.ly/4h7u8on
#SumProg25
#ICPSR
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
10 months ago
Step into the world of "Turbocurator: Enhancing Metadata for Research Data using AI" at
https://buff.ly/4juVgzf
#ResearchDataEcosystem
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Maggie Levenstein
Panel Study of Income Dynamics
12 months ago
Welcome to the PSID Bluesky account where we will announce PSID news, like new data releases and how to attend PSID workshops. We also post about new publications that use PSID data. Please follow us to stay up to date about everything PSID.
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Release Leonard Peltier. Now.
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11 months ago
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#USCensusBureau
is now providing guidance on how to cite its
#data
#datacitation
www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...
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Guidance on How to Cite Census Bureau Products and Information
The Census Bureau recently released new guidance on how to cite its statistical products, technical documentation and research.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/research-matters/2024/12/guidance-how-to-cite-census-bureau.html
11 months ago
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@jchaltiwangerum.bsky.social
Research community can help address challenge of low survey response rates, especially using administrative
#Data
11 months ago
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@jchaltiwanger.bsky.social
highlights the enormous impact of availability of micro data from federal statistical agencies. Linked employer-employee
#data
has transformed our understanding of innovation, growth, and inequality.
#ASSA2025
11 months ago
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Did you know that IRS SOI is going to have a synthetic file of individual income and tax
#data
later this year? Researchers can request from SOI.
#ASSA2025
11 months ago
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It was worth it to join BlueSky just for this. I feel like I should do the algebra to figure out why this is true, but I just tried the empirical strategy. It is true. But I donāt know why yet.
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11 months ago
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Maggie Levenstein
Ben Waber
12 months ago
Next was a great talk by
@maggielevenstein.bsky.social
on building ethical datasets and methods at MIDAS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDl...
(10/14)
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Maggie Levenstein Keynote
YouTube video by Michigan Institute for Data Science
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDlF4Y_BqY
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Maggie Levenstein
AEA Data Editor
12 months ago
As folks are planning for the
#ASSA2024
meetings, if you have questions or want to learn about the best way to conduct reproducible research and (later) prepare replication packages, come to our two sessions, joint w/ Marie Connolly @CanJEcon , co-sponsored w/
@ecmaeditors.bsky.social
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Maggie Levenstein
Landscapes of Population Health
12 months ago
šŗšŗšŗšŗ Americans Changing Lives Wave 6 is now available for download
@icpsr.bsky.social
www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/st...
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Americans' Changing Lives: Waves I, II, III, IV, V, and VI, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2002, 2011, and 2021
https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/4690
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Josh Cowen
12 months ago
Hereās the text of the federal voucher bill theyāre working off to fold into reconciliation in January. Itās a love child between a garden variety wealthy tax shelter and a typical voucher subsidy. Eligibility up to 300% of *local median income*
www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...
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Amy Pienta
12 months ago
Webinar Invitation to learn about NIDA-Archive Data & Services. Register here:
umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Exploring NAHDAP: Essential Tools for Finding and Using NAHDAP's Data and other Resources. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about jo...
The National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP), a data archive at ICPSR at the University of Michigan, facilitates research on drug addiction and HIV infection by acquiring, enhancing, pre...
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tpxKLDZ3Ti2OW_9DDkMrpQ#/registration
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Maggie Levenstein
John Kubale
12 months ago
Are you studying social, behavioral, or economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic? Last chance to submit
#sbeccc
Pilot Project proposals! Applications are due Dec 13. Learn more about this
#covid19
research funding opportunity:
#episky
#IDsky
#publichealth
#medsky
#econsky
#PolicySky
#sociology
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https://myumi.ch/ICPSR-SBECCC-Pilots-2025
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Maggie Levenstein
Democracy Now!
12 months ago
With the simple stroke of a pen, President Biden saved his son from a terrible ordeal. Before he leaves office, he should extend the same compassion to thousands of people in federal prison, victims of the so-called war on drugs.
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Bidenās Pardon Power and the Last Federal Pot Prisoners
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan With the simple stroke of a pen, President Biden saved his son from a terrible ordeal. Before he leaves office, he should extend the same compassion to thousands ofā¦
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/5/bidens_pardon_power_and_the_last
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Dani Sandler
12 months ago
The Center for Economic Studies at the Census Bureau has a broad portfolio of research topics. We now have a new tool for exploring that portfolio Search our over 35 years of working papers by authors, organizations/datasets, and keywords
lehd.ces.census.gov/applications...
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
12 months ago
Let us help you plan your summer! 2025 ICPSR Summer Program Overview Webinar today at 2 pm EST.
#AcademicSky
#Data
#ResearchSky
#SocialScienceSky
#Stats
#ICPSRSummer
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Jen Bendery
12 months ago
"Show mercy": Sen. Brian Schatz, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, urges Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier before leaving office
www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-...
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āShow Mercyā: Sen. Brian Schatz Urges Joe Biden To Free Leonard Peltier In Final Days
āIf there was ever a case that merited compassionate release, Leonard Peltierās is it,ā said the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-schatz-biden-leonard-peltier_n_6750e1bee4b09625c756a020
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ICPSR
12 months ago
Last chance to submit
#sbeccc
Pilot Project proposals! Applications are due Dec 13. Learn more about this
#covid19
research funding opportunity:
myumi.ch/ICPSR-SBECCC...
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Jen Bendery
about 1 year ago
Joe Biden has weeks left in his presidency. He's not running again. He's crafting his legacy now. Amnesty International is appealing to him to use this moment to finally grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.
www.huffpost.com/entry/amnest...
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In Final Plea, Amnesty International Urges Biden To Free Leonard Peltier
Granting clemency to the ailing, 80-year-old Native American rights activist ācould be forever part of your legacy,ā reads a letter to the president.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/amnesty-international-joe-biden-leonard-peltier_n_6740c8fae4b078cce4af26ba?575
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Democracy Now!
12 months ago
speaking of pardons.... President Biden still has the power to free Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.
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This Thanksgiving, Biden Should Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Amnesty International has campaigned for Peltierās release for decades. The group recently sent a letter to President Biden, reiterating their demand.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/27/this_thanksgiving_biden_should_grant_clemency
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
about 1 year ago
Visit the
#ICPSRSummer
Program in booth 419 at the 2024 APPAM Fall Research Conference from November 21-23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland!
#ICPSRconference
#2024APPAM
#APPAM2024
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
about 1 year ago
Hey Bluesky! Follow us if you love data!
#AcademicSky
#DataSky
#ResearchSky
#SocialScienceSky
#StatsSky
#ICPSR
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
about 1 year ago
"On an average weekday, about how much time do you spend on social media?" See how people answered in Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study [United States] Public-Use Files (ICPSR 36498):
myumi.ch/PkRjz
#AcademicSky
#DataSky
#ResearchSky
#SocialScienceSky
#StatsSky
#NAHDAP
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Maggie Levenstein
ICPSR
about 1 year ago
ICPSR Bulletin: Giving Thanks for ICPSR Community, Data Innovations, and Upcoming Opportunities:
myumi.ch/AZX1b
#Webinars
#Data
#Research
#HigherEducation
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