Deadline extended: Public comments requested on the initial proposals for updating OMB's race and ethnicity statistical standards

OMB is extending the public comment period for this notice to April 27, 2023.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is seeking public comment on the initial proposals for updating OMB's race and ethnicity statistical standards. These recommendations?developed by a Technical Working Group representing more than 20 federal agencies?seek to ensure that the standards better reflect the diversity of the American people. Interested stakeholders can visit the Working Group?s new website; read the full Federal Register notice; participate in one of the Working Group?s virtual, bi-monthly listening sessions or upcoming public virtual town halls; and schedule a listening session.

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Alexis R. Piquero, PhD, is the director.

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