Recent proposed changes to the census collection process threaten the integrity of the data, and therefore all subsequent projects, funding mechanisms, and infrastructures that rely on accurate counti...

by Meeta Anand, Beth Jarosz, and Chris Dick On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau posted a notice in the Federal Register titled “ Decennial Census of the…

Big tech companies make the devices we use and the operating systems that come on them. They also make the bulk of the default software that comes packed into those operating systems. But spend even

The US Census, conducted once every 10 years, has an importance that is difficult to overstate. The goal of every census is to “count everyone once, only once, and in the right place". While most peop...

Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions

About a year ago I was invited to give a lecture designed to spark critical thinking in graduate students when considering using generative AI and other tools that had started applying the “a…

Since our earliest days, we have used a Google spreadsheet to track and manage the dataset rescue workflow, ensuring that data identified as at-risk are preserved, curated, and made accessible. The…