Government Statistics
Activities Abound for
GovERNMENT
Statisticians at JSM
Join
Mike Davern, 2008 GSS Program Chair, and
Sunghee Lee, 2009 GSS Program Chair
the largest
international
gathering of
T
he 2008 JSM GSS program will be strong in Denver. We have
11 sessions: three invited, five topic-contributed, and three
contributed. Also, Juanita Lott was instrumental in organizing
a memorial session, “The Measure of Mollie Orshansky,” in

statisticians

honor of Orshansky for her role in the development of the
official poverty measure.
in the world.
Invited
Come to the 2008
The three GSS invited sessions touch on crucial issues to government
Joint Statistical
statisticians. The first, “Survey Respondent Incentives: Research
Meetings
and Practice” organized by Brian Harris-Kojetin of the Office of
Management and Budget, examines the use of incentives in survey
August 3–7, 2008
research. The second, “Helping Data Users Better Understand the
American Community Survey” organized by Susan Schechter of
the U.S. Census Bureau, will cover issues concerning the American
Denver, Colorado,
Community Survey just weeks before the bureau releases its first
at the Colorado
three-year data products. The final invited session, “Would the Real
Convention Center. Data Please Stand Up: Data Comparisons for Policy Analysis,” was
organized by Joan Turek of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
The preliminary
Contributed
We have five topic-contributed sessions this year: Julia Lane of
program is
NORC organized a session on remote access data systems and con-
fidentiality, Mike Weber of the Internal Revenue Service organized
now available
a session on IRS data products, Jonaki Bose of the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration organized a session on
online
data privacy and confidentiality, James Farber of the U.S. Census
Bureau organized a session on the 2010 Census, and Stephen Cohen
www.amstat.
of the National Science Foundation organized a session about devel-
org/meetings/
oping innovative sample frames.
We also have three contributed sessions this year about
jsm/2008/ Census 2010, issues in multivariate modeling, and new uses
onlineprogram.
for government data.
Roundtables with Lunch
Finally, we are organizing two stimulating roundtables with lunch.
Participation is limited, so reserve a spot at the table when you reg-
ister for JSM. The more intimate setting allows for informal discus-
sions, so please join us.
Monday’s roundtable is “How Should Prison Inmates Be
Incorporated in Census Tabulations?” by Tom Belin of UCLA. On
Wednesday, Michael P. Battaglia of Abt Associates Inc. will lead “Cell
Phone Survey Sampling and Weighting.”
Thank you to all of this year’s organizers for doing a great job put-
ting together an outstanding program! n
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