On June 14, 2023, ATI published a Request for Solutions (RFS): National Center for Health Statistics: National Vital Statistics System Modernization—New Opportunities for Interoperable Data. This opportunity can be found at America’s Data Hub. The Government is seeking new opportunities for the use of interoperable health data to support timely research and public health surveillance. Insights from this project will help to modernize health data interoperability that can inform best practices for a possible, future National Secure Data Service (NSDS) and the broader data and evidence ecosystem.
The submission deadline for the RFS is July 6, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Membership in ADC is not required for submission. However, if chosen, the selected organization must join ADC. A webinar will be held on June 22 at 10AM ET to review the topic, review RFS submission requirements for each, and provide the opportunity for attendees to ask questions. Register for the event here: https://ati.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_cWlhJZG_QfuONymtIvvUvg.
On June 14, 2023, ATI published a Request for Solutions (RFS): National Center for Health Statistics: National Vital Statistics System Modernization—New Opportunities for Interoperable Data. This opportunity can be found at America’s Data Hub. The Government is seeking new opportunities for the use of interoperable health data to support timely research and public health surveillance. Insights from this project will help to modernize health data interoperability that can inform best practices for a possible, future National Secure Data Service (NSDS) and the broader data and evidence ecosystem.
The submission deadline for the RFS is July 6, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Membership in ADC is not required for submission. However, if chosen, the selected organization must join ADC. A webinar will be held on June 22 at 10AM ET to review the topic, review RFS submission requirements for each, and provide the opportunity for attendees to ask questions. Register for the event here: https://ati.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_cWlhJZG_QfuONymtIvvUvg.
On June 14, 2023, ATI published a Requests for Solutions (RFS): Expanding Equitable Access to Restricted-Use Data through Federal Statistical Research Data Centers. Information can be found on the America’s Data Hub site. The Government is interested in assessing future capabilities of a National Secure Data Service (NSDS) by strategically examining user demand/needs of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) network and by establishing a targeted pilot program to make funding supports available among underserved communities and institutions.
The submission deadline for the project is July 6, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Membership in ADC is not required for submission. However, if chosen, the selected organization must join ADC. A webinar will be not be held for this RFS. Please reach out to adc-contracts@ati.org with any questions.
On June 14, 2023, ATI published a Requests for Solutions (RFS): Expanding Equitable Access to Restricted-Use Data through Federal Statistical Research Data Centers. Information can be found on the America’s Data Hub site. The Government is interested in assessing future capabilities of a National Secure Data Service (NSDS) by strategically examining user demand/needs of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) network and by establishing a targeted pilot program to make funding supports available among underserved communities and institutions.
The submission deadline for the project is July 6, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. ET. Membership in ADC is not required for submission. However, if chosen, the selected organization must join ADC. A webinar will be not be held for this RFS. Please reach out to adc-contracts@ati.org with any questions.
Through its Joint Statistical Research Program (JSRP), Statistics of Income (SOI) seeks to enable the use of tax microdata by qualified researchers outside the Federal government. Such research can provide new insights and advance the understanding of the ways that existing tax policies affect individuals, businesses, and the economy. It can also provide a new understanding of taxpayer behavior to aid in the administration of the U.S. tax system. Finally, such research can lead to the development of new datasets useful for future tax administration research, as well as new tabulations that can be released to the public. SOI is a division of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Research, Applied Analytics, and Statistics office. The call for proposals can be found here.
Through its Joint Statistical Research Program (JSRP), Statistics of Income (SOI) seeks to enable the use of tax microdata by qualified researchers outside the Federal government. Such research can provide new insights and advance the understanding of the ways that existing tax policies affect individuals, businesses, and the economy. It can also provide a new understanding of taxpayer behavior to aid in the administration of the U.S. tax system. Finally, such research can lead to the development of new datasets useful for future tax administration research, as well as new tabulations that can be released to the public. SOI is a division of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Research, Applied Analytics, and Statistics office. The call for proposals can be found here.
This summer will remain productive and busy for many of us at CSDE! But, we’ll also be enjoying some time for rest and relaxation! We hope the same for you – on both fronts! CSDE’s e-news issues will be moving to a biweekly schedule for the summer. Our next issue will be published the week of July 3. Please send your e-news items to csde@uw.edu by June 29, 2023. We’ll look forward to hearing from you! ~ CSDE
The Census Bureau’s Economic Measurement and Research Internship (EMRI) program seeks to hire interns in economics, sociology, statistics, and other social sciences to support the nation’s growing demand for information. These are excepted appointments not to exceed two years but may be extended up to four years upon supervisory approval. Census conducts statistical programs, supported by research, and is continuously improving existing or developing new data products.
The Center for Economic Studies (CES) seeks several interns who have successfully completed a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor’s or higher degree to provide research assistance to Ph.D. social scientists with research projects using confidential microdata. Relocation expenses may be paid.
The internship is an excellent opportunity, especially for those who might be interested in returning to school to earn their Ph.D., to gain experience in conducting original economic research and in developing advanced programming and data analysis skills.
The ideal candidate will have previous programming experience in a statistical analysis software package (e.g., SAS, Stata, R, Python). Job duties generally include:
- data management and analysis,
- building data linking capabilities,
- summarizing results in tables and graphs, and
- research.
Click on the following links for specific information on the EMRI Program:
How to Apply (Applicants should apply by June 30, 2023.)
During the spring quarter, CSDE welcomed Dr. Sofia Ayala as a Research Scientist and Executive Director of the Northwest Federal Statistical Research Data Center (NWFSRDC). She joins our team of experienced research scientists whose mission is to facilitate population research among CSDE Affiliates and Graduate Trainees. The NWFSRDC offers a secure access-point for qualified researchers with approved projects to conduct research using restricted-use micro data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other government agencies and entities across the U.S. federal statistical system. Sofia assumes this leadership role from our Dr. Mark Ellis, who spearheaded the NWFSRDC’s establishment in 2012 and has been its executive director since then. We deeply thank Mark for his service to the NWFSRDC and the national FSRDC program and look forward to his continued advice to expand research that uses restricted-use microdata at UW and other Pacific Northwest institutions.
Sofia holds a doctorate in public policy and a master’s degree in economics from The University of Texas at Austin. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in economics with a minor in mathematics from the University of Texas—Pan American (now, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley). Prior to joining the University of Washington, Sofia was an economist in the Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics at Social Security Administration (SSA) in Washington, DC, where she conducted administratively-sensitive research on SSA’s disability programs and their beneficiaries using administrative and restricted-use microdata. Previously, she was a researcher in the Bureau of Business Research at IC2 Institute in The University of Texas at Austin. Sofia’s research examines economic and health disparities, including those related to disability, across space, time, and socio-demographic groups. Her research also studies the barriers or conditions that limit work and well-being across subpopulations.
Please join us in welcoming Sofia to our research community, and we invite you to reach out to her for questions about accessing federal restricted-use microdata for research via her email sgayala@uw.edu.
The UW Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity is a grant-funded center located in the Department of Sociology focused on conducting high-quality program evaluation and research to improve equity and broaden representation in STEM fields, with a focus on higher education. They help meet the challenges of the emerging workforce: recruitment, retention, and advancement of systemically marginalized groups. http://depts.washington.edu/cerse/
They are looking for a collaborative and organized individual who can help them manage and conduct multiple evaluation projects, who adds diversity to the perspectives of their team, and who has a strong commitment and expertise in diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice professional development work. Being able to apply an equity lens to evaluation and research is crucial for their work.