Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC)
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.
The FederalCommitteeon Statistical Methodology (FCSM) oversees the
Confidentiality andData Access Committee (CDAC)
CDAC
The American Statistical Association (ASA) has the following committee:
For information on the project: ComputationalAspectsof Statistical Confidentiality