AAI Comment on Initial Proposals for Updating OMB’s Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards

APRIL 2023

AAI’s comment in response to the Federal Register Notice supports the revision of the race and ethnicity standards, including updating Directive 15 to include the addition of “Middle Eastern or North African (MENA)” as a new minimum reporting ethnic category, supporting a combined question format on race and ethnicity, and the mandatory collection of detailed race and ethnicity by default.