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Confidentiality and Data Access Committee (CDAC)
Resources for Confidentiality and Data Access Information
CDAC Methodology and Other Reports
The following are reports selected by CDAC for inclusion on this site.
The site is not meant to cover all methodology reports on the topics of
confidentiality, privacy, statistical disclosure limitation, and related topics.
- Checklist on Disclosure Potential of Proposed Data Releases (July
1999) (Available in MSWord Format Only)
- Brief Overview of the Checklist
- Brochure - "Confidentiality and Data Access Issues Among Federal Agencies" [PDF]
- Restricted Access Procedures This document discusses
methods for providing access to statistical data while limiting
the risk of disclosure of confidential information. The methods
include Research Data Centers (RDCs), remote access and on-line
query systems, research fellowships and post-doctoral programs,
and licensing agreements. [ Word
] [ PDF ]
- Panel on Disclosure Review Boards of Federal Agencies:
Characteristics, Defining Qualities and Generalizability
(papers presented at the 2000 Joint Statistical Meetings)
[ Word ]
[ PDF ]
- Identifiability in Microdata Files: This document provides an
understanding of what variables and types of data might make individual
respondents identifiable in a microdata file.
[ Word ] [ PDF ]
- Disclosure Auditing Software: Identifies the lower and upper
bounds on the values of a withheld (suppressed) cell in a tabular
statistical table, among other useful measures. Additional Information on the FCSM Disclosure
Auditing Software (DAS).
- "The
FCSM Confidentiality and Data Access Committee," Alvan O. Zarate,
Jacob Bournazian and Virginia de Wolf Paper presented at the FCSM Statistical
Policy Seminar: Integrating Federal Statistical Information and Processes
(November 8-9, 2000). [PDF]
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA)
- CIPSEA [PDF] is Title V of the E-Government Act of 2002,
Public Law 107-347, that was signed into law on December 17, 2002
- CIPSEA [PDF] Subtitle A, Confidential Information Protection, affords a new level of confidentiality protection to statistical data and information
collected for exclusively statistical purposes by Federal agencies
- CIPSEA [PDF] Subtitle B, Statistical Efficiency, deals with the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis
sharing business data for exclusively statistical purposes
Additional Sources of Information
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