Call for Volunteers   —  Citizen Science Project: Monitoring Federal Statistical Product Releases     

As part of the American Statistical Association project assessing and monitoring the health of the federal statistical agencies, the project team is launching a “Citizen Science” project. This project aims to help track changes in federal statistical data releases (e.g., granularity, frequency, timeliness, and other characteristics), which could be improvements or deteriorations.

It is you, the data user community, who are the most knowledgeable and invested, and therefore best positioned to help us track such changes given the number, breadth, and detail of the federal statistical agency products. 

We are committed to being as respectful of your time as possible. Beginning in Fall 2025, we will send an email query every 3-4 months asking if you have observed any changes in the statistical-agency products you follow most closely. If so, we will ask you to provide us with the details and the documentation via a Google form to be provided with the email query. 

We will review all form inputs and report on our website changes that we are able to corroborate, whether they be positive, negative, or neutral. By participating, you will help us build a more comprehensive and accurate picture of the evolving federal statistical data landscape.

If you are willing to help, please indicate specific product(s) you would be willing to track below.

Note that we especially need monitors for products from BJS, BTS, EIA, ERS, NASS, NCES, NCHS, NCSES, ORES, and SOI. (Acronyms are spelled out below.) If we reach a saturation coverage level for a particular product, we may reach out to a subset of the volunteers for the product.

How does this project complement others?

The ASA Federal Statistics Health project team aims to complement and coordinate its work with other groups that monitor federal data products. Our team focuses specifically on the details and characteristics of data products from federal statistical agencies, such as their granularity, frequency, and timeliness. This approach ensures we are not duplicating efforts but are instead adding value by providing a detailed examination of these specific products.

If you have any questions or suggestions please contact Michelle Crosby: Michelle@amstat.org.


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First Name *
Last Name *
Your Email Address  *
For what statistical agency(ies) are you willing to monitor product(s)?
If you aren't sure the statistical agency responsible for the product, skip to next field. Please note we are focusing this project on federal statistical agencies and may not follow up non-statistical-agency products.
Please state the name of the first statistical product you are willing to monitor. *
Please list just one product here. Enter up to four more below. Please use full product name; no abbreviations. 
Please state the name of the second statistical product you are willing to monitor.
Please list just one product here. Enter up to three more below. Please use full product name; no abbreviations.
Please state the name of the third statistical product you are willing to monitor.
Please list just one product here. Enter up to two more below. Please use full product name; no abbreviations.
Please state the name of the fourth statistical product you are willing to monitor.
Please list just one product here. Enter one more below. Please use full product name; no abbreviations.
Please state the name of the fifth statistical product you are willing to monitor.
Please list just one product here. Please use full product name; no abbreviations. If you would like to add other products, please fill out the form again with the name of those. 
Do you have any additional comments or suggestions regarding the monitoring of federal statistical products? Please add them to our monitoring page form: https://amstat.jotform.com/donnal/fedstatmonitoring.

If you would like to add other products, please fill out the form again with the name of those. 

By submitting this form, you are agreeing to be contacted by the ASA Federal Statistics Health team every 3-4 months about any changes you have seen in the statistical products you entered here.
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