Rea S. Hederman Jr. is a Senior Policy Analyst and Manager of Operations at The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis. His responsibilities include management of the center's work on legislative analysis and Social Security. In addition, Hederman provides statistical analysis and econometric modeling for many key Heritage policy initiatives including, poverty, income inequality, taxes and welfare. His commentaries have appeared in The Washington Times, The Washington Post and FOXNews.com. Hederman regularly appears on MSNBC and FOX News.