The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is currently in the process of revising its Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (Directive 15), which sets forth the minimum categories that federal agencies must use when they collect information on race and ethnicity. The Leadership Conference and members of our Data Disaggregation Action Network have called for modernized race and ethnicity data standards, including a requirement for disaggregated race and ethnicity data, that will better reflect the diversity of our communities and help to identify and address disparities.

Additional Resources on OMB Race and Ethnicity Data Standards Revision

Comments from the Data Disaggregation Action Network on OMB’s initial proposals for revising Directive 15:

• The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
  • AAJC community sign-on comments
• Arab American Institute
• Asian Health Services
• Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF)
• Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)
• National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund 
  • NALEO community sign-on comments
• Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
• UCLA Center for Health Policy Research – Data Equity Center
• Whitman Walker Institute (with LGBTQI+ coalition partners)