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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 18h

✍️ Sign on: The Population Association of America has a letter to Congress for individuals and organizations to sign.

Individuals: form.jotform.com/252865538947...
Organizations: form.jotform.com/252865886706...

Individual Sign-on to PAA FFS Letter

Please click the link to complete this form.

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 18h

📧 Contact Congress: Email your member of Congress through the Food Research and Action Center's Action Alert.

URGENT ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Reinstate USDA's Food Security Report

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 18h

📝 Submit a comment: dataindex.us is collecting comments until October 21 to send to each state’s Department of Agriculture.

Submit a Comment to Save the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS)

Termination: On September 20, 2025, USDA announced the termination of the Food Security Supplement (FSS). This critical dataset, collected through the Current Population Survey by the U.S. Census Bure...

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 18h

The recording from our Rapid Response Data Briefing on the recently terminated Food Security Supplement (FSS) is now available. Learn about what the FSS is, why it matters, what's at risk, and how you can take action (also in the 🧵).

Rapid Response Data Briefing: Understanding the Food Security Supplement

YouTube video by Food Research & Action Center

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 4d

By Request Type:
1 New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)

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By Agency/Subagency:
1 EPA/OW

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 4d

Daily ICR Update for 2025-10-10
1 new ICRs were received by OMB

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 5d

📌 Take Action on the Data Regulation of the Week: Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule

🔍 Take Action! blogs feature proposals for federal collections that are seeking public input.

✍️ Check out more opportunities to tell the government what you think. dataindex.us/newsletter/a...

Data Regulation of the Week
Rescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule
TAKE ACTION
DOI's Bureau of Land Management is proposing to rescind the 2024 Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, which in addition to requiring the protection of intact landscapes and restoring degraded habitat ecosystems, mandated the use of science and data as the foundation for management decisions across all plans and programs.
Comments due Nov. 10

dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 6d

By Request Type:
1 No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection

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By Agency/Subagency:
1 DOE/DOEOA

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 6d

Daily ICR Update for 2025-10-08
1 new ICRs were received by OMB

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 6d

Senator Banks recently called the 2020 Census a “fraud.” In our latest blog post, we break down the facts.

Yes, there were challenges, but overall the count was remarkably accurate. The one thing we can all agree on is that Americans deserve a fair and accurate decennial census.

Census 2020: Fraud or Fairly Conducted? | America's Data Index

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 8d

By Request Type:
1 No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection

dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 8d

By Agency/Subagency:
1 FRS

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 8d

Daily ICR Update for 2025-10-06
1 new ICRs were received by OMB

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 8d

📢 ‼️ Join us today (10/7) for a 30-minute webinar at 3 PM ET to learn how you can advocate for the Food Security Supplement — an essential data source that USDA has terminated.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Submit a comment here: forms.gle/PcY6NqXSNMaq...

dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 13d

🚨 USDA has terminated the Food Security Supplement (FSS), the only nationally representative measure of household food insecurity.

🗓️ Register for our Rapid Response Data Briefing here: tinyurl.com/FSS-webinar

✍️ Submit a comment to save the data: tinyurl.com/FSS-comment-...

Webinar
Rapid Response Data Briefing
Understanding the Food Security Supplement
Tuesday, October 7
3:00 - 3:30 PM ET

dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 9d

🚨 To receive FEMA Emergency Management Performance Grants, states must now certify that their population counts as of 9/30 exclude people removed under US immigration laws.

Regardless of one’s philosophical view, our latest blog outlines several technical concerns.

🔗 dataindex.us/newsletter/a...

Data Demands Put State FEMA Funds at Risk | America's Data Index

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 11d

By Request Type:
2 Revision of a currently approved collection

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By Agency/Subagency:
1 EPA/OAR
1 TREAS/OCC

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 11d

Daily ICR Update for 2025-10-03
2 new ICRs were received by OMB

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 12d

By Request Type:
1 No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
1 RCF New

dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 12d

By Agency/Subagency:
1 HHS/CDC
1 HHS/NIH

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 12d

Daily ICR Update for 2025-10-02
2 new ICRs were received by OMB

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 12d

Curious what is happening to federal data during the government shutdown?

In our latest post, @datageekb.bsky.social asks @csmarcum.bsky.social about the impacts of the shutdown on:
✅ ICRs
✅ Public data access
✅ Data releases
✅ And more!

Read the full discussion here: dataindex.us/newsletter/a...

What the Government Shutdown Means for Federal Information Collections and Data | America's Data Index

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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 13d

Join our webinar to learn:
🔵 What’s in the FSS and how it's used
🔵 Why the FSS matters for hunger and nutrition policy
🔵 What’s at risk if the data stops flowing
🔵 How you can take action to protect this critical public resource

Co-hosted by: @dataindex.us, FRAC, @apduorg.bsky.social, and PRB.