Reposted by Maggie LevensteinJohn Kubale @johnkubale.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Earlier this month @maggielevenstein.bsky.social and I spoke to BBC's More or Less about what is happening with US government data. Thanks to @timharford.ft.com for having us! #databs #statistics #episky 094
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I spoke to @michiganpublic.bsky.social about threats to our federal data infrastructure: www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...michiganpublic.orgAs taxpayer-funded data is altered or pulled from view, a UM researcher explains the risksLarge blocks of federal data have disappeared or been altered. University of Michigan researcher Margaret Levenstein discusses what's been lost and the long-term risks. 085
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 29/08/2025theconversation.com/believe-it-o...theconversation.comBelieve it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing shortageDuring World War I, the US government designed and constructed entire communities for workers and their families, setting new standards for housing and neighborhood planning. 030
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2025theconversation.com/data-that-ta...theconversation.comData that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about itDetailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy. 042
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 11/07/2025datafoundation.org/news/press-r...datafoundation.orgStatement on the Appointment of Mark Calabria as Chief Statistician of the United States 000
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Today is deadline to respond to ICR for NAEP data collection (that includes the removal of CIPSEA protections, given the reductions in staffing at NCES. Please write to OMB and let them know that these data are important and should be protected by CIPSEA: www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PR...reginfo.govView Information Collection Request (ICR) Package 000
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Data Geoff and I are very happy to be at IASSIST 2025. I guess he changed the spelling of his name because we are in England. 042
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 22/05/2025datafoundation.org/news/press-r...datafoundation.orgStatement about Reported DOGE Activities Affecting Federal StatisticsWASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2025 – The following is a statement from Nick Hart, President and CEO of the Data Foundation 000
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinWorld Data System @worlddatasystem.org · 11/04/2025📑Call for submissions extended! SciDataCon abstract submissions are closing soon on Friday 25 April. Get your submissions in before the deadline via: idw2025.org/call-for-abs... 011
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinJosh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025New coverage @washingtonpost.com of the federal tax shelter x voucher scheme I’ve been warning about. This would force vouchers into states that don’t want them. And cost $135 billion over the next few years—while Medicaid and other supports are slashed. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...washingtonpost.comGOP voucher plan would divert billions in taxes to private schoolsDonations to scholarship programs would be fully reimbursed through a new tax credit, creating the largest-ever federal tax incentive for charitable giving 01010
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Farmers on the hook for millions after Trump freezes USDA funds 000
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Q: Why did you adopt a dataset for #LoveData25? A: "Annual tradition." You can adopt a dataset, too! Visit myumi.ch/ICPSRLoveDat... 021
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinEliza Magland @elizamagland.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Did you know this is #internationallovedataweek? ILDW is a celebration of #data for data creators, analyzers, and everyone who recognizes how data impacts our lives. @icpsr.bsky.social has made a great toolkit to help you get started. #medsky #nursesky #psychsky www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/about/cm... 094
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Join us today at 1 PM ET for an engaging #LoveData25 webinar hosted by #sbeccc. There's still time to register: myumi.ch/1bxAm ❤️ 021
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Senate Democrats have set up a new portal for federal employees who want to report wrongdoing, abuses of power and threats to public safety. www.democrats.senate.gov/whistleblowersdemocrats.senate.govWhistleblowers | Senate Democratic LeadershipSenate Democratic Leadership 22606278
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Learn how Simran Sethi Khanna used ICPSR data to write a winning research paper titled, "Determining LGB Perceptions of and Trust in the Medical Establishment," and how we're still rewarding students' great use of data in Data Brunch Episode 18: Trust & Outcomes: myumi.ch/ICPSRDataBru... #LoveData24 023
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I just subscribed to Inside/Outside! buttondown.com/sbagenbuttondown.comInside/OutsideSam Bagenstos’s thoughts about law, politics, disability, social policy, health care, and various other matters. 000
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinKim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Pro tip: when explaining the NIH cuts to friends and family, use "research infrastructure" rather than "indirect costs" or, godforbid, "overhead." DOGE just slashed the budget for research infrastructure. It's accurate and it drives home that the fight is over jobs and facilities, not "waste." 723372
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Do you care about #Census #data? Share why these data are important to you in the American Statistical Association survey: www.amstat.org/fedstatsfeed... The deadline is Friday, February 28, 2025.amstat.orgFederal Statistics User Feedback FormWe seek your feedback as part of an ongoing American Statistical Association-George Mason University project to independently examine the health of the federal statistical system. 031
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Discover how adversity impacts health and resilience across racial groups with insights from the Detroit Area Study! Researchers explored links between racism, loss, and health, finding economic and educational resources can buffer adversity's effects. Read more: myumi.ch/DE7vB #SocialScience 022
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 23/01/2025📈Data Alert!📈 ICPSR has new and updated data available for your research needs. Perfect for researchers, students, and data enthusiasts. Start exploring! Check it out ➡️ buff.ly/3Clfwmi #NewReleases #DataUpdate #DataDriven 041
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Join @ICPSRSummer for this webinar in which we will demonstrate how to apply for an ICPSR scholarship, as well as how to register for ICPSR Summer Program classes in our registration portal. We'll also answer your questions! buff.ly/4h7u8on #SumProg25 #ICPSR 011
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Step into the world of "Turbocurator: Enhancing Metadata for Research Data using AI" at buff.ly/4juVgzf #ResearchDataEcosystem 063
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinPanel Study of Income Dynamics @umpsid.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Welcome to the PSID Bluesky account where we will announce PSID news, like new data releases and how to attend PSID workshops. We also post about new publications that use PSID data. Please follow us to stay up to date about everything PSID. 052
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 13/01/2025#USCensusBureau is now providing guidance on how to cite its #data #datacitation www.census.gov/newsroom/blo...census.govGuidance on How to Cite Census Bureau Products and InformationThe Census Bureau recently released new guidance on how to cite its statistical products, technical documentation and research. 1106
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 04/01/2025@jchaltiwangerum.bsky.social Research community can help address challenge of low survey response rates, especially using administrative #Data 000
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 04/01/2025@jchaltiwanger.bsky.social highlights the enormous impact of availability of micro data from federal statistical agencies. Linked employer-employee #data has transformed our understanding of innovation, growth, and inequality. #ASSA2025 011
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Did you know that IRS SOI is going to have a synthetic file of individual income and tax #data later this year? Researchers can request from SOI. #ASSA2025 010
Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 02/01/2025It was worth it to join BlueSky just for this. I feel like I should do the algebra to figure out why this is true, but I just tried the empirical strategy. It is true. But I don’t know why yet. 020
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinBen Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Next was a great talk by @maggielevenstein.bsky.social on building ethical datasets and methods at MIDAS www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDl... (10/14)youtube.comMaggie Levenstein KeynoteYouTube video by Michigan Institute for Data Science 111
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinAEA Data Editor @aeadata.bsky.social · 16/12/2024As folks are planning for the #ASSA2024 meetings, if you have questions or want to learn about the best way to conduct reproducible research and (later) prepare replication packages, come to our two sessions, joint w/ Marie Connolly @CanJEcon , co-sponsored w/ @ecmaeditors.bsky.social 142
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinLandscapes of Population Health @landscapeslab.bsky.social · 12/12/2024🎺🎺🎺🎺 Americans Changing Lives Wave 6 is now available for download @icpsr.bsky.social www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/st...icpsr.umich.eduAmericans' Changing Lives: Waves I, II, III, IV, V, and VI, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2002, 2011, and 2021 072
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinJosh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Here’s the text of the federal voucher bill they’re working off to fold into reconciliation in January. It’s a love child between a garden variety wealthy tax shelter and a typical voucher subsidy. Eligibility up to 300% of *local median income* www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...congress.gov 02615
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinAmy Pienta @amy-pienta.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Webinar Invitation to learn about NIDA-Archive Data & Services. Register here: umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi...umich.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Exploring NAHDAP: Essential Tools for Finding and Using NAHDAP's Data and other Resources. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about jo...The National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP), a data archive at ICPSR at the University of Michigan, facilitates research on drug addiction and HIV infection by acquiring, enhancing, pre... 021
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinJohn Kubale @johnkubale.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Are you studying social, behavioral, or economic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic? Last chance to submit #sbeccc Pilot Project proposals! Applications are due Dec 13. Learn more about this #covid19 research funding opportunity: #episky #IDsky #publichealth #medsky #econsky #PolicySky #sociologymyumi.ch 01213
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 05/12/2024With the simple stroke of a pen, President Biden saved his son from a terrible ordeal. Before he leaves office, he should extend the same compassion to thousands of people in federal prison, victims of the so-called war on drugs.democracynow.orgBiden’s Pardon Power and the Last Federal Pot PrisonersBy Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan With the simple stroke of a pen, President Biden saved his son from a terrible ordeal. Before he leaves office, he should extend the same compassion to thousands of… 25517108
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinDani Sandler @dismalscientist86.bsky.social · 05/12/2024The Center for Economic Studies at the Census Bureau has a broad portfolio of research topics. We now have a new tool for exploring that portfolio Search our over 35 years of working papers by authors, organizations/datasets, and keywords lehd.ces.census.gov/applications... 0117
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Let us help you plan your summer! 2025 ICPSR Summer Program Overview Webinar today at 2 pm EST. #AcademicSky #Data #ResearchSky #SocialScienceSky #Stats #ICPSRSummer 074
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 05/12/2024"Show mercy": Sen. Brian Schatz, chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, urges Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier before leaving office www.huffpost.com/entry/brian-...huffpost.com‘Show Mercy’: Sen. Brian Schatz Urges Joe Biden To Free Leonard Peltier In Final Days“If there was ever a case that merited compassionate release, Leonard Peltier’s is it,” said the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. 15711176
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Last chance to submit #sbeccc Pilot Project proposals! Applications are due Dec 13. Learn more about this #covid19 research funding opportunity: myumi.ch/ICPSR-SBECCC... 022
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Joe Biden has weeks left in his presidency. He's not running again. He's crafting his legacy now. Amnesty International is appealing to him to use this moment to finally grant clemency to Leonard Peltier. www.huffpost.com/entry/amnest...huffpost.comIn Final Plea, Amnesty International Urges Biden To Free Leonard PeltierGranting clemency to the ailing, 80-year-old Native American rights activist “could be forever part of your legacy,” reads a letter to the president. 1633676
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 02/12/2024speaking of pardons.... President Biden still has the power to free Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.democracynow.orgThis Thanksgiving, Biden Should Grant Clemency to Leonard PeltierBy Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Amnesty International has campaigned for Peltier’s release for decades. The group recently sent a letter to President Biden, reiterating their demand. 10592171
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Visit the #ICPSRSummer Program in booth 419 at the 2024 APPAM Fall Research Conference from November 21-23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland! #ICPSRconference #2024APPAM #APPAM2024 031
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Hey Bluesky! Follow us if you love data! #AcademicSky #DataSky #ResearchSky #SocialScienceSky #StatsSky #ICPSR 094
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 19/11/2024"On an average weekday, about how much time do you spend on social media?" See how people answered in Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study [United States] Public-Use Files (ICPSR 36498): myumi.ch/PkRjz #AcademicSky #DataSky #ResearchSky #SocialScienceSky #StatsSky #NAHDAP 031
Reposted by Maggie LevensteinICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 19/11/2024ICPSR Bulletin: Giving Thanks for ICPSR Community, Data Innovations, and Upcoming Opportunities: myumi.ch/AZX1b #Webinars #Data #Research #HigherEducation 031
