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
  
  • Recommendations From the Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area Standards Review Committee to the Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the 2000 Standards for Defining Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (February 12, 2009) (7 pages, 120 kb)
  • Update of Statistical Area Definitions 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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