Statistical Programs and Standards

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• Statistical Programs of the United States Government
• "Strengthening Federal Statistics" from the Budget Analytical Perspectives Section 4

Standards

• Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys
• Guidance on Agency Survey and Statistical Information Collections
• Statistical Confidentiality
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 3 - Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Federal Economic Indicators
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 4 - Release and Dissemination of Statistical Products Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies
• Schedule of Release Dates for Principal Federal Economic Indicators
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)/Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
• Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
• Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Data on Race and Ethnicity

Programs

• "Strengthening Federal Statistics" from the FY 2008 Budget - Analytical Perspectives Section 4(February 2007) (8 pages, 185 kb)
  
   
• Statistical Programs of the United States Government:
  • Fiscal Year 2009 (September 23, 2008) (118 pages, 907 kb)
  • Reports for Previous Years

Standards

• Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys
  • Federal Register Notice Announcing Final Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys (September 22, 2006) (2 pages, 74 kb)
  • Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys (41 pages, 318 kb)
  • Summary and Response to Public Comments (18 pages, 95 kb)
  • Public Comments received on Proposed Standards for Statistical Surveys (34 pages, 212 kb)
  • Background Documents
    
     
• Guidance on Agency Survey and Statistical Information Collections (January 20, 2006) (99 pages, 814 kb)
  
   
• Statistical Confidentiality
  • Implementation Guidance for Title V of the E-Government Act, Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA) (June 15, 2007) (17 pages, 243 kb)
  • Title V of the E-Government Act, Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA) (December 17, 2002) (9 pages, 78 kb)
  • Public Comments received on Proposed Implementation Guidance for Title V of the E-Government Act, Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA) (10 pages, 172 kb)
  • Background Documents
     
  • Federal Statistical Confidentiality Order (June 27, 1997) (8 pages, 430 kb)
  
   
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 3 - Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Federal Economic Indicators (September 25, 1985) (3 pages, 153 kb)
  
   
• Schedule of Release Dates for Principal Federal Economic Indicators
  • OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates for 2009 (September 5, 2008) (5 pages, 20 kb)
  • OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates for 2008 (September 27, 2007) (6 pages, 115 kb)
  • Prior Years' Schedules
    
     
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)/Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
  
   
• Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
  
   
• Metropolitan Statistical Areas
  
  • Update of Statistical Area Definations and Guidance on Their Uses (November 20, 2008) (154 pages, 983 kb)
  • Combined Statistical Areas (September 2008) (1 page, 11 kb)
  • Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (November 20, 2007) (154 pages, 976 kb)
  • Combined Statistical Areas - Information Note (September 2007)
  • Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (December 18, 2006) (155 pages, 990 kb)
  • Correction to OMB Bulletin No. 06-01, Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (May 26, 2006) (2 pages, 33 kb)
  • Correction to OMB Bulletin No. 06-01, Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (April 25, 2006) (1 page, 28 kb)
  • Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (December 5, 2005) (as corrected May 26, 2006) (152 pages, 976 kb)
  • Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (February 22, 2005)
  • Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Additional Guidance on Their Uses (February 18, 2004)
  • Revised Definitions of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, New Definitions of Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Statistical Definitions of These Areas (June 6, 2003)
  • Revised Statistical Definitions of Metropolitan Areas (MAs) and Guidance on Uses of MA Definitions (June 30, 1999)
  • Standards for Defining Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (December 27, 2000) (12 pages, 253 kb)
  • Background Documents
    
     
• Data on Race and Ethnicity
  • Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (October 30, 1997)
  • OMB Bulletin No. 00-02, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (March 9, 2000)
  • Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (December 15, 2000) (102 pages, 204 kb)
  • Provisional Guidance Appendices:
    • Appendix A, Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (6 pages, 13 kb)
    • Appendix B, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (4 pages, 12 kb)
    • Appendix C, The Bridge Report: Tabulation Options for Trend Analysis (88 pages, 215 kb)
  • Background Documents

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