Government Affairs News
Braving the Storm: How Climate Change Will Affect How and Where We Live
View the recording. On December 6, 2021, the Population Association of America (PAA), with support from the Association of Population Centers (APC), sponsored a virtual congressional briefing, “Braving the Storm: How Climate Change Will Affect How and Where We Live.”...
Requesting Funding for HHS’s new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) in FY 2022
PAA and APC signed this final joint letter requesting $6 million for HHS’s new Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) in Fiscal Year 2022. The letter has been sent to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on...
APC Signs Letter Urging Congress to Increase Census Funding
Along with PAA, APC signed this Census Project letter urging Congress to provide the Census Bureau with no less than $1.4 billion in the final Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill. The letter also urges the Congress to consider increasing...
Senate Releases Fiscal Year 2022 Proposed Funding Bills
On October 18, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee released its remaining draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 appropriations bills, including the Commerce, Justice, Science and Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bills, which together fund most...
Statement On the Retirement of Dr. William Riley, Director, National Institutes of Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
On behalf of the organizations we lead, the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers, we thank Dr. William Riley, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (OBSSR), for his dedicated...
APC and PAA Presidents Present to White House Equitable Data Working Group
On October 26, PAA President Robert Hummer and APC President Sara Curran presented remarks to members of the White House Equitable Data Working Group (EDWG). The EDWG, which established as was as part of Presidential Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and...
APC Urges Congressional Leadership to Complete FY 2022 Appropriations Package
APC joins other scientific societies in urging congressional leadership to complete the FY 2022 appropriations package by the December 3 deadline. Although the fiscal year began on October 1, Congress approved a stop-gap Continuing Resolution through December 3, which...
Statement On Retirement of Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health
On behalf of the organizations we lead, the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers, we thank Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH), for his many years of dedication and committed public service. NIH is the...
Comments to Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus
On September 20, the PAA and Association of Population Centers submitted comments in response to a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the newly formed Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus. The caucus has bipartisan leadership (Congresswoman Cheri...
White House Announces Research and Development 2023 Priorities
On August 27, in a joint memo issued by the Directors of the Office of Management and Budget and Office of Science and Technology Policy, the White House announced its research and development (R&D) priorities for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. Specifically, the memo...
Government Affairs Update – August 2021
PAA/APC Working Group on NICHD STRIVE Initiative On August 19, the informal working group that PAA and APC created, comprised of members from the GPAC, COPS, and DEI committees, met with NICHD Population Dynamics Branch staff to discuss the NICHD STRIVE initiative and...
Government and Public Affairs Committee (GPAC)
APC and the Population Association of America work together to educate policymakers about population research outcomes and the federal agencies that support population, or demographic, research. These objectives are achieved through the work of the APC/PAA Government and Public Affairs Committee (GPAC).
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