This page provides links and conventionalreferences to much of the research sponsored by the U.S. Census Bureauin the areas ofstatistical disclosure control, confidentiality, and disclosurelimitation. Some of the work cited was conducted by the DisclosureLimitation Research Group within the Statistical Research Division(SRD) of the U.S. Census Bureau. 

 
Documents used by the Census Bureau's Disclosure Review Board
           Questionsand Answers about Clearing Data for PublicRelease     (FAQ; pdf)
           CensusBureau Checklist (filled out for each data product)   (Checklist; pdf)     (Checklist; wpd)

Recent Census Bureau sponsored book on Confidentiality:
           "Confidentiality,Disclosure and Data Access,   Theory and PracticalApplicationsfor Statistical Agencies"

    For an abstract and orderinginformationsee publisher's page:   ElsevierScience

    Two sections of this book canbeviewed and/or printed.

        1. Chapter 1:   Introduction

        2. Annotated bibliography ofsomerecent papers in SDC     (excerpted from chapter by AbowdandWoodcock)

 
List of References:  Microdata Confidentiality  References
Tables useful for Testing Tabular SDC  programs (suppliedby Ramesh.Dandekar@eia.doe.gov)
Count Tables (7 tables inazip file)           Magnitude Tables (2 Twenty Dimtables in a zip file)
HIER13D5.ZIP

Links to other agencies and organizations doing work in SDC

The FederalCommitteeon Statistical Methodology (FCSM) oversees the

Confidentiality andData Access Committee (CDAC)    CDAC

 
The American Statistical Association (ASA) has the following committee:

 Privacy and Confidentiality Committee

 
For information on the project:     ComputationalAspectsof Statistical Confidentiality

(CASC) funded by the European Union SDC group. CASC (European Union)

 A selection of  recent  SDCResearch Papers by Census authors

Maintained by:    Rolando A. Rodríguez    rolando.a.rodriguez@census.gov