Dear Chairmen Reed and Rogers and Ranking Members Wicker and Smith,

As you enter into conference to resolve the differences between the House and Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24 NDAA), we urge you to strike provisions that stoke racial animus, bias, and discrimination, as well as undermine Asian American participation in the Armed Services.

Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC  submits the following comment in response to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Announcement of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders  Meeting and Solicitation for Written and Oral Comments. We are submitting responses to questions from the Language Access Subcommittee and Immigration and Citizenship Status Subcommittee.

The undersigned 58 organizations, representing a diverse spectrum of [state and local advocacy and direct services] organizations welcome the opportunity to submit comments on the initial proposals for updating OMB's Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards. As the nation continues to rapidly diversify, government agencies can best understand, and effectively address, the needs of diverse communities through accurate and standardized race and ethnicity data collection and reporting.

Advancing Justice has been working to eliminate the barriers that have historically resulted in the undercounting and underreporting of Asian Americans and NHPIs in federal data collection and analysis efforts, particularly in the decennial census count. Advancing Justice has conducted comprehensive national, state, and local outreach as well as educational projects focused on Asian American and NHPI communities for Census 2000, Census 2010, and Census 2020.

Advancing Justice has been working to eliminate the barriers that have historically resulted in the undercounting and underreporting of Asian Americans and NHPIs in federal data collection and analysis efforts, particularly in the decennial census count. Advancing Justice has conducted comprehensive national, state, and local outreach as well as educational projects focused on Asian American and NHPI communities for Census 2000, Census 2010, and Census 2020.

Advancing Justice has been working to eliminate the barriers that have historically resulted in 
the undercounting and underreporting of Asian Americans and NHPIs in federal data collection
and analysis efforts, particularly in the decennial census count. Advancing Justice has 
conducted comprehensive national, state, and local outreach as well as educational projects 
focused on Asian American and NHPI communities for Census 2000, Census 2010, and Census 

In defining the metrics of success for engagement for the Digital Equity Competitive Grant  Program, the NTIA should include the percentage of people who participated in digital equity  programs from an organizations’ base membership or audience, rather than just the raw number of people who participated.  Many Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community  organizations that work directly with individuals and communities affected by the digital divide  are local, grassroots organizations that have a smaller but closely connected community

Julie Su’s career demonstrates how uniquely positioned she is to successfully lead the U.S. Department of Labor. Furthermore, her lived experience as a daughter of immigrants, a woman of color, and an Asian American makes her uniquely qualified to lead the Department charged with the immense task of protecting the livelihoods of all Americans in our vibrant and inclusive democracy.

On behalf of OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC,
and the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), we submit our views on Docket No. 22-2
Re. “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Broadband Consumer Labels Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM)”.

There are very few digital divide studies that include AAPIs in their analysis, and the few that do fail to address the needs and challenges that lower income and non-English speaking groups face, excluding them from the data altogether. Surveys that are conducted only in English and online and that aggregate data of over 20 different ethnicities provide a heavily skewed and misrepresentative perspective on broadband access in our communities.