Considerations from SHADAC: Proposed Revisions to Federal Standards for Collecting Race/Ethnicity Data

On January 26, 2023, the Interagency Technical Working Group on Race and Ethnicity Standards released an initial set of recommended revisions to the Office of Management and Budget regarding the standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting federal data on race and ethnicity. This blog examines State Health Access Data Assistance Center’s comments aimed at supporting the adoption of a revised set of federal standards for collecting race/ethnicity data.