NEW: Researchers & data advocates @apduorg.bsky.social, @copafs.bsky.social, @icpsr.bsky.social, @popassocamerica.bsky.social call for the Trump admin to rescind a ban on “noise infusion” as a way to protect people’s privacy in Census Bureau statistics or allow for public input before data changes
Our friends at MAP have a new report out: State-Level Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Practices: Inclusive Data, Responsible Governance
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"This order subverts processes developed over decades to foster transparency and public trust and creates a scenario in which there will either be less privacy for our personal information, or less usable data, or both."
Read the full joint statement: apdu.org/joint-statem...
It warms our hearts to be part of this kind of collaboration.
But it also speaks to how serious this order is that 5 orgs agreed on and issued a joint statement.
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Update: Thanks to @prbdata.bsky.social for making these available!
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As previously reported, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a proposed rule in late May that would make major changes to the Uniform Guidance governing federal financial…
We have joined the Association of Population Centers, @apduorg.bsky.social, @copafs.bsky.social, and @icpsr.bsky.social for this statement on the Department of Commerce's new order on Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products buff.ly/kofjV6m
Joint Statement from @apduorg.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social @icpsr.bsky.social @copafs.bsky.social & APC on new Disclosure Avoidance Rules from Commerce.
copafs.org/apc-apdu-cop...
Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)
The EMERGE Initiative seeks to provide reliable, publicly accessible data, serving as a crucial resource for state administrators, researchers, policymakers, journalists, and the American public, ther...
NEW: Multiple webpages on the Census Bureau's website are unavailable to the public more than a week after the Trump administration issued a ban on "noise infusion," one of the bureau's main ways of protecting people's privacy when it releases statistics
Population Association of America
COPAFS
APC, APDU, COPAFS, ICPSR, and PAA Statement on Commerce’s Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products https://myumi.ch/pgmG1
Noise infusion isn't just when people watch TikToks in public without headphones. It is a method for protecting your privacy.
Thanks @dataindex.us @hansilowang.bsky.social and others for explaining why this matters.
www.datarescueproject.org/differential...
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
Getting people to care about statistical methodologies is a challenge. Hence the hyperbolic title, but give us a few minutes because what is happening matters for you and your privacy.
Last night, Ha...
