Formal opposition to codifying NCVS gender-identity removals in OMB clearance
- Date
- Actor
- Bureau of Justice Statistics (clearance action); civil-society commenters
- Agency
- Bureau of Justice Statistics (DOJ) (BJS)
- Type
- Data/communications
Summary
BJS's Paperwork Reduction Act clearance package for the NCVS formalized the removal of gender-identity items, drawing coordinated public comments in September 2025 — including a September 22, 2025 letter to the BJS Victimization Statistics Unit and comments joined by the League of Women Voters and research organizations — opposing the deletions on data-quality and civil-rights-monitoring grounds.
Status
Removals stand; NCVS continues fielding without gender-identity measures.
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