IA Testifies at House Appropriations Committee on Census Bureau Ask U.S. Panel Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 5/13/2022 11:01:00 AM The leading nonprofit trade association for the insights industry delivered testimony today at the House Appropriations Committee about the U.S. Census Bureau’s “Ask U.S. Panel” project and the legislative solutions the association has sought to bring transparency to the wasteful project. Read More
Ask U.S. Panel: Census Bureau Project Under Greater Scrutiny Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 5/6/2022 10:57:00 AM The Insights Association (IA) continues to raise concerns about the Census Bureau's Ask U.S. Panel project, which would subsidize a private entity to develop a probability-based online research panel instead of purchasing the service from existing providers that already offer the service on the open market. Read More
IA Discusses Census Bureau Ask U.S. Panel on Research Business Daily Report Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 2/23/2022 9:46:00 AM Research Business Daily Report (RBDR) explored the growing controversy over the Census Bureau’s attempt to launch their own probability-based online panel to compete with the insights industry, and spoke with the Insights Association to learn more. Read More
Census Bureau Plan to Launch an Online Panel Duplicative of Private Sector Insights Providers Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 2/7/2022 9:02:00 AM The Insights Association contended that a Census Bureau plan "to develop a probability-based research panel would be duplicative, at best; numerous private sector insights companies and organizations already provide well-established high-quality probability-based panels. The Bureau’s plan is also anti-competitive, given these existing panels and the Bureau’s intent to fund an additional insights firm to build one." Read More