This letter was submitted as public comment to Honorable Richard L. Revesz, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget. in April 2023 by Gary D. Bass, GDB Consulting & Executive Director Emeritus, Bauman Foundation, Chair, Census Equity Initiative.
Excerpt
Dear Administrator Revesz,
We write in response to the Notice titled “Initial Proposals For Updating OMB’s Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards,” published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2023, requesting comments on proposals to improve the quality and usefulness of federal government data by updating the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive 15 (SPD 15). As discussed below, we urge OMB to adopt the primary proposals of the Federal Interagency Technical Working Group on Race and Ethnicity Standards (Working Group) to ensure that federal data collection efforts, including the census, fully, fairly, and accurately reflect the country’s diverse populations, particularly historically underrepresented communities…
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Letter: 88 FR 5375 – OMB’s 1997 Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 Revision
This letter was submitted as public comment to Honorable Richard L. Revesz, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Office of Management and Budget. in April 2023 by Gary D. Bass, GDB Consulting & Executive Director Emeritus, Bauman Foundation, Chair, Census Equity Initiative.
Excerpt
Dear Administrator Revesz,
We write in response to the Notice titled “Initial Proposals For Updating OMB’s Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards,” published in the Federal Register on January 27, 2023, requesting comments on proposals to improve the quality and usefulness of federal government data by updating the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive 15 (SPD 15). As discussed below, we urge OMB to adopt the primary proposals of the Federal Interagency Technical Working Group on Race and Ethnicity Standards (Working Group) to ensure that federal data collection efforts, including the census, fully, fairly, and accurately reflect the country’s diverse populations, particularly historically underrepresented communities…
Click here or the button above to read the full letter.
In March 2024, US OMB announced its revisions to Directive 15.
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