Abstract
Are you a federal data user—for research, practice, or policy-making? The recently released Trust Regulation affects the statistical data you use. Find out what it means, and how you can shape these policies. Building upon the 2018 Evidence Act, the 2024 Trust Regulation sets a course for expanded responsibilities of federal statistical agencies to provide policy-relevant and accessible data to researchers. What do these changes mean for the US federal statistical system and its statistical programs? What do they mean to data users?
This seminar will describe the US federal statistical system; how the Evidence Act and Trust Regulation have changed expectations for statistical data for agencies and data users alike; and why data users are essential in shaping this dynamic process.
Department students and members are invited to meet with Dr. Park before the presentation. Sign up for your small-group appointment here.
Jennifer Park, PhD, is an expert in US federal, domestic, and international statistical policy. She currently directs state-of-the-science consensus reports for the National Academies of Science and Medicine. During her tenure, she has produced Evaluation of Compensation Data Collected Through the EEO-1 Form (2023); Toward a 21st Century National Data Infrastructure: Managing Privacy and Confidentiality Risks with Blended Data (2024); and the eighth edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency (2024), the flagship publication of the Committee on National Statistics. On behalf of the Government Accountability Office, she produced an expert forum assessing the functioning of the US statistical system. She is currently directing a consensus study for the Department of Homeland Statistics on immigration statistical policy. In 2024, she received the division award for innovation. In addition to her work with NAS, she consults for the National Science Foundation, the Office of the US Chief Statisticians, the United Nations Statistical Division, and the World Bank.
Park is an invited member of the American Statistical Association's Committee on Professional Ethics and the Population Association of America's Committee of Population Sciences. She is a member of the Association for Public Data Users, the American Association for Public Opinion Research, the Association for Public Policy and Management, the International Statistical Institute, and the International Association for Official Statistics. She completed undergraduate studies in sociology and economics at Wells College, earned her PhD in demography from Brown University, and completed post-doctoral study at Harvard University.