NASEM Requests Nominations for Experts for Study of Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Homeland Security Statistics

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is seeking experts for a new consensus study on the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Homeland Security Statistics. These experts will work with the Office for Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS), housed within the Department of Homeland Security, to ensure statistics within the agency align with federal standards, enhancing “the relevance, credibility, objectivity, and public trust of their statistics to support evidence-based decision making”.

Experts are requested in the following areas:

• DHS programmatic and policy context
• Users and stakeholders of DHS statistics
• U.S. federal statistical system
• Statistical laws and regulatory frameworks
• Data governance
• Data access and confidentiality
• Data integration and linkage
• Statistical methodologies

Nominations can be submitted here by January 8.