U.S. Census Bureau

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

Questions and Answers about Clearing Data for Public Release:  
(FAQ; pdf)

Census Bureau Checklist (filled out for each data product)
(Checklist; .doc)
(Checklist; .pdf)


Recent Census Bureau sponsored book on Confidentiality:
"Confidentiality,Disclosure and Data Access,   Theory and Practical Applicationsfor Statistical Agencies"
For an abstract and ordering information, see publisher's page:   ElsevierScience

Two sections of this book can be viewed and/or printed:
2. Annotated bibliography ofsomerecent papers in SDC     (excerpted from chapter by Abowd and Woodcock)

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

Federal Register Notice on Confidentiality Criteria at the U.S. Census Bureau

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

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Research Division,
Disclosure Limitation Research Group
Date Created :  October 9, 2001
Last Revised: October 29, 2008 at 09:51:01 AM