Jan Vink
@janvink.bsky.social
Applied demographer at Cornell University. Opinions my own.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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"No grant may be awarded by the Federal Government to such State unless such State uses only such tabulation as so revised for all purposes for which such State would have used such tabulation prior to such revision" -- such BS
On Oct. 10, Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne of Texas introduced a bill calling for a U.S. citizens-only population count for each state based on the 2020 census (which did not asked about people's citizenship status) & for those counts to be used to guide the distribution of federal funding to states
HR 5743 One Citizen, One Seat Act
www.documentcloud.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"No grant may be awarded by the Federal Government to such State unless such State uses only such tabulation as so revised for all purposes for which such State would have used such tabulation prior to such revision" -- such BS
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The request for states to produce new population estimates or lose FEMA $ makes, and I can't emphasize this enough, no sense.
🚨 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...
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
dataindex.us
October 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The request for states to produce new population estimates or lose FEMA $ makes, and I can't emphasize this enough, no sense.
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This is a critical victory in our efforts to protect the privacy of New Yorkers and ensure people can safely access the food assistance they need.
US judge blocks Trump's demands for state data on food stamp recipients
A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from stripping 19 mostly Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., of food stamp benefits funding unless the states hand over data on millions of people who receive them.
www.reuters.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is a critical victory in our efforts to protect the privacy of New Yorkers and ensure people can safely access the food assistance they need.
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USDA is ending future Household Food Security Reports AND the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement–our most comprehensive source on food insecurity in the U.S. For approximately $1 million a year, it informs over $100 billion in nutrition programs. Cutting it means cutting evidence.
September 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
USDA is ending future Household Food Security Reports AND the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement–our most comprehensive source on food insecurity in the U.S. For approximately $1 million a year, it informs over $100 billion in nutrition programs. Cutting it means cutting evidence.
A little more on George Cook, another person who seem to wear many hats in this administration
September 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A little more on George Cook, another person who seem to wear many hats in this administration
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NEW: Members of the Census Bureau's scientific advisory committee that the Trump administration ended plan to meet on their own on Sept. 18 to discuss #2030Census privacy protections at their first public meeting as the newly formed Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee
Fall 2025 Meeting — Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee (I-CSAC)
Description
www.censusscientific.org
August 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
NEW: Members of the Census Bureau's scientific advisory committee that the Trump administration ended plan to meet on their own on Sept. 18 to discuss #2030Census privacy protections at their first public meeting as the newly formed Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee
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“The www.reginfo.gov/public/ website went offline at the end of last week and was partially restored this week. Data was missing after Aug. 1, according to dataindex.us, a collective of data scientists and advocates who monitor changes in federal data sets.”
apnews.com/article/cens...
apnews.com/article/cens...
Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates
A federal website that informs the public about data collection has gone down, causing concern among advocates.
apnews.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“The www.reginfo.gov/public/ website went offline at the end of last week and was partially restored this week. Data was missing after Aug. 1, according to dataindex.us, a collective of data scientists and advocates who monitor changes in federal data sets.”
apnews.com/article/cens...
apnews.com/article/cens...
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Want to talk with others about the challenges facing the Federal Statistical System and public data? @apduorg.bsky.social has created some useful slides!
#DataRescue #PublicData
docs.google.com/presentation...
#DataRescue #PublicData
docs.google.com/presentation...
Data System Changes and Challenges 2025
NOTES ABOUT THIS SLIDE DECK Please feel free to use information from these slides in your own presentations. Attribution to APDU is appreciated but not required. These slides are intended for an audie...
docs.google.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Want to talk with others about the challenges facing the Federal Statistical System and public data? @apduorg.bsky.social has created some useful slides!
#DataRescue #PublicData
docs.google.com/presentation...
#DataRescue #PublicData
docs.google.com/presentation...
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Added a few items and made some updates to the Applied Demography Toolbox page:
https://applieddemogtoolbox.github.io/
#demography #popmastodon #applieddemogtoolbox
https://applieddemogtoolbox.github.io/
#demography #popmastodon #applieddemogtoolbox
Applied Demography Toolbox
applieddemogtoolbox.github.io
August 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Added a few items and made some updates to the Applied Demography Toolbox page:
https://applieddemogtoolbox.github.io/
#demography #popmastodon #applieddemogtoolbox
https://applieddemogtoolbox.github.io/
#demography #popmastodon #applieddemogtoolbox
Somebody at Commerce will tell him that, wouldn't they?
August 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Somebody at Commerce will tell him that, wouldn't they?
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This is the US Constitution page @ the Library of Congress
Sections 9 and 10 have been removed
9 includes habeas corpus, the courts' review of unlawful detention & imprisonment
This gov't can't change the Constitution w/ sneaky editing, but it's a new low: constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
Sections 9 and 10 have been removed
9 includes habeas corpus, the courts' review of unlawful detention & imprisonment
This gov't can't change the Constitution w/ sneaky editing, but it's a new low: constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is the US Constitution page @ the Library of Congress
Sections 9 and 10 have been removed
9 includes habeas corpus, the courts' review of unlawful detention & imprisonment
This gov't can't change the Constitution w/ sneaky editing, but it's a new low: constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
Sections 9 and 10 have been removed
9 includes habeas corpus, the courts' review of unlawful detention & imprisonment
This gov't can't change the Constitution w/ sneaky editing, but it's a new low: constitution.congress.gov/constitution/
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@ericagroshen.bsky.social adds: "With regard to allegations of altering the data, the process is highly, highly choreographed, with tight deadlines. BLS does this every month, and everybody knows who needs to do what job on what day to get this out on time."
August 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@ericagroshen.bsky.social adds: "With regard to allegations of altering the data, the process is highly, highly choreographed, with tight deadlines. BLS does this every month, and everybody knows who needs to do what job on what day to get this out on time."
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Statement from Friends of BLS on Commissioner McEntarfer’s Removal.
“This escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and integrity of the federal statistical system.”
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
“This escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and integrity of the federal statistical system.”
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
Statement on Commissioner McEntarfer’s Removal — The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Today, President Trump called into question the integrity of the Employment Situation report that the BLS released this morning. He accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of deliberately reporting ...
www.friendsofbls.org
August 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Statement from Friends of BLS on Commissioner McEntarfer’s Removal.
“This escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and integrity of the federal statistical system.”
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
“This escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and integrity of the federal statistical system.”
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
Nice deprivation index dashboard for New York:
mypublicdashboard.ny.gov/t/OJRP_PUBLI...
mypublicdashboard.ny.gov/t/OJRP_PUBLI...
Tableau
mypublicdashboard.ny.gov
July 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Nice deprivation index dashboard for New York:
mypublicdashboard.ny.gov/t/OJRP_PUBLI...
mypublicdashboard.ny.gov/t/OJRP_PUBLI...
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📊 Journey through a gallery of "eureka moments" that expose the hidden complexities of data in government.
Giuseppe Sollazzo draws on two decades of experience to reveal why challenging assumptions and understanding context are paramount for effective data use.
nightingaledvs.com/bus-station-...
Giuseppe Sollazzo draws on two decades of experience to reveal why challenging assumptions and understanding context are paramount for effective data use.
nightingaledvs.com/bus-station-...
The Bus Station That Didn’t Exist, and Other Data Epiphanies, Nightingale
“Data is multidisciplinary” is my mantra—it’s 2025, and I’ve now worked 20 years in every possible flavour of data—data visualization, open...
nightingaledvs.com
July 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
📊 Journey through a gallery of "eureka moments" that expose the hidden complexities of data in government.
Giuseppe Sollazzo draws on two decades of experience to reveal why challenging assumptions and understanding context are paramount for effective data use.
nightingaledvs.com/bus-station-...
Giuseppe Sollazzo draws on two decades of experience to reveal why challenging assumptions and understanding context are paramount for effective data use.
nightingaledvs.com/bus-station-...
I am confused: one moment the GOP want only residents in counts, the next moment they want to exclude only unlawful aliens. Besides both being unconstitutional, which is it?
Also: who is spending money to allow the Census to do the rendering? Will the Bureau get money to cover the additional work?
Also: who is spending money to allow the Census to do the rendering? Will the Bureau get money to cover the additional work?
NEW: In a funding bill for the Census Bureau, House Appropriations Committee Republicans call for excluding people living in the states without legal status from #2030Census results that 14th Amendment says must include “whole number of persons in each state”
appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I am confused: one moment the GOP want only residents in counts, the next moment they want to exclude only unlawful aliens. Besides both being unconstitutional, which is it?
Also: who is spending money to allow the Census to do the rendering? Will the Bureau get money to cover the additional work?
Also: who is spending money to allow the Census to do the rendering? Will the Bureau get money to cover the additional work?
3 Months later, 1 report published, some pushed ahead another three months but I am very disappointed that the Census Bureau decided to withhold publication of numerous reports "While the Census Bureau conducted this assessment, it will not externally release the accompanying report. (June 2025)"
NEW: The Census Bureau has quietly postponed the planned release dates for some reports on 2020 census operational assessments, evaluations and experiments that are supposed to inform #2030Census planning. I've reached to the bureau's public information office to ask why these 17 reports are delayed
Census Evaluations and Experiments
Formal assessments and evaluation reports that measure and document different aspects of the 2020 Census operations.
www.census.gov
July 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
3 Months later, 1 report published, some pushed ahead another three months but I am very disappointed that the Census Bureau decided to withhold publication of numerous reports "While the Census Bureau conducted this assessment, it will not externally release the accompanying report. (June 2025)"
I got my copy in the mail yesterday. I haven't read it all, but I can already highly recommend it.
Census 2030 will be the subject of a prolonged political assault. We can learn a lot from what state and local governments and NGOs did to save the 2020 Census. I document those strategies in my forthcoming @univpressofkansas.bsky.social book. kansaspress.ku.edu/978070063875...
Counting Like a State
An inside look at the 2020 Census that shows the importance of state and local cooperation in the complex federal project of census taking.The census plays a...
kansaspress.ku.edu
June 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I got my copy in the mail yesterday. I haven't read it all, but I can already highly recommend it.
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NO KINGS NOW!!!
NO KINGS FOREVER!!!
NO KINGS FOREVER!!!
June 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NO KINGS NOW!!!
NO KINGS FOREVER!!!
NO KINGS FOREVER!!!
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"These data are not bound by political lines. They benefit Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike. People of all political persuasions can, and do, make use of the treasure trove of data that the U.S. government publishes"
HT Andy Krackov via @datavizsociety.bsky.social
HT Andy Krackov via @datavizsociety.bsky.social
Data About America’s Communities Are In Jeopardy, and Lives May Hang in the Balance, Nightingale
Over the years, I’ve worked with counties across California focused on combating drug overdose in their communities.
nightingaledvs.com
June 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"These data are not bound by political lines. They benefit Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike. People of all political persuasions can, and do, make use of the treasure trove of data that the U.S. government publishes"
HT Andy Krackov via @datavizsociety.bsky.social
HT Andy Krackov via @datavizsociety.bsky.social
It is not too early to get prepared for 2030!
Amid projections for New York to lose at least two more congressional seats after the 2030 census count, a bill that would create a state census office for more accurate counting is being considered at the Capitol.
Experts push for state census office to prevent loss of NY congressional seats
New York lawmakers consider a state census office to improve 2030 count and prevent losing more congressional seats.
www.timesunion.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It is not too early to get prepared for 2030!
I hope that the planning of the 2030 census operations will be funded and free of political interference
NEW: Asked by @npr.org if the Census Bureau still plans to release the first version of its #2030Census operational plan this year, Associate Director Deborah Stempowski said in a statement: "We’ll keep the public informed on a scheduled release date for the 2030 Census Operational Plan Baseline 1"
May 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I hope that the planning of the 2030 census operations will be funded and free of political interference