1. Please consider responding to the call for comments on NCHS collections to explain how you use the data and why they are important. With the current scrutiny, it’s important to take advantage of opportunities like these:
   • Research Data Center Proposal for Access to Confidential Data for NCHS –https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/11/2025-10616/agency-forms-undergoing-paperwork-reduction-act-review
   • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Rapid Surveys System (RSS) –https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/11/2025-10618/agency-forms-undergoing-paperwork-reduction-act-review
2. If you have been affected by disappeared or altered federal data,

For over a decade, the United Nations (UN) Population Division has been publishing demographic projections that are based on methodologies developed at the University of Washington. CSDE Senior Research Scientist Hana Sevcikova, PhD, is the lead collaborator in these efforts, along with CSDE Affiliate Adrian Raftery, Blumstein-Jordan Professor Emeritus of Statistics and Sociology (PI) and Patrick Gerland (United Nations). This work includes methods for probabilistic projections of fertility, mortality and population.

Description: This workshop aims to introduce basic tools and functions of R for reading, management and examining datasets. Attendees are assumed to have little to no experience with R.

• Instructor: Alireza Aminkhaki, CSSCR Consultant
• Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2025
• Time: 11:00am – 12:20pm
• Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)
• Register here.

Description: This workshop will teach you how to get started using the statistical package Stata. The workshop will cover a) reading in data files from different sources, b) basic data manipulation, and c) some basic common statistical procedures. No previous Stata experience required.

• Instructor: Biying Zheng, CSSCR Consultant
• Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025
• Time: 10:00am – 11:20am
• Location: Savery 121 (Small Lab)
• Register here.

The Population Association of America (PAA) has updated the form used to collect details, on an ongoing basis, from members who have been adversely affected by actions taken by the Administration, including federal grant terminations and data restrictions. The revised form provides guidance and encourages individuals to share their stories, which will be featured in a regular newsletter designed to educate policymakers and the public about the consequences of these federal actions.

Please feel free to share this form with your colleagues.