Newsletter Archive
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Take Action! Housing Choice Voucher Program and More
March 02, 2026by Meghan MauryRead MoreForm of the Week: Housing Choice Voucher Program and Tribal HUD-VASH. These forms are used by public housing agencies to apply for funding to assist very low-income families to lease or purchase housing. They collect data on participant eligibility, unit acceptability, lease and housing assistance payments, and budget and payment documentation. HUD is making changes to nearly all the forms in this package, some of which implement changes to the law (such as integrating a utility flat fee option or allowing a waiver of owner responsibility for tenant-caused housing quality deficiencies), while others are changing the forms to align with Administration priorities like revised perspectives on who is covered by civil rights protections or whether certain classes of people (e.g., non-citizens) can qualify for housing programs.
Comments due April 14.Every time the government makes a change to a survey or a form — or introduces a new survey or form — you have the right to weigh in on that decision. The Take Action! newsletter highlights surveys or forms the government is changing, renewing, or introducing. Click the links to tell the government what you think about the changes they are making.
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Take Action! Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey and More
February 27, 2026by Meghan MauryRead MoreSurvey of the Week: Contingent Work Supplement to the Current Population Survey. The CWS questions focus on people with contingent jobs - those that people do not expect to last or that are temporary - and workers in alternative employment arrangements, such as independent contractors, on-call workers, temporary help agency workers, and workers provided by contract firms. Proposed changes to the digital labor platform work portion of the survey will provide more information about digital platform work that might be of short duration or intermittent and will help to understand how many days per week and hours per day were typically spent on work obtained through an app or website and what type of work was done.
Comments due April 13.Every time the government makes a change to a survey or a form — or introduces a new survey or form — you have the right to weigh in on that decision. The Take Action! newsletter highlights surveys or forms the government is changing, renewing, or introducing. Click the links to tell the government what you think about the changes they are making.
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Resources from Rapid Response Data Briefing: 2026 Census Test
February 26, 2026Read MoreThank you to everyone who joined us for our Rapid Response Data Briefing on the 2026 Census Test, an essential step toward the 2030 Census.
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One Year In: The Cost of Rolling Back Federal LGBTQ Data
February 25, 2026Read Morea discussion between Melanie Klein and Caroline Medina
Melanie: Here at dataindex.us, we’re tracking how the Trump administration’s actions are reshaping federal data collection – and what that means in real life. To dig into the impact of the administration’s removal of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) measures, we sat down with Caroline Medina, Senior Advisor for Data Policy at Movement Advancement Project (MAP). Caroline shares their perspective on what these changes mean for policymakers, researchers, advocates, and LGBTQ communities across the country, drawing on MAP’s recent report: The Federal SOGI Data Landscape Under the Second Trump Administration.
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Take Action! Civics Assessment Framework for the NAEP and More
February 23, 2026by Meghan MauryRead MoreSurvey Framework of the Week: Civics Assessment Framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The NAEP Civics Assessment measures students’ knowledge and skills in democratic citizenship, government, and American constitutional democracy and asks questions about their opportunities to learn and their engagement with civics in and outside of school. In preparation for a potential update, ED is requesting input on whether the framework needs updating, why updates might be needed, and what a revision should include.
Comments due March 27.Every time the government makes a change to a survey or a form — or introduces a new survey or form — you have the right to weigh in on that decision. The Take Action! newsletter highlights surveys or forms the government is changing, renewing, or introducing. Click the links to tell the government what you think about the changes they are making.