Note: This is a comment letter signed by 87 economists and addressed to the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. The American Enterprise ...

Karin Orvis last week started her tenure as the new U.S. chief statistician. Orvis will oversee the decentralized Federal Statistical System, ensuring the government has high-quality, actionable data ...

On December 10, 2024, a rule from the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) innocuously titled “Fundamental Responsibilities of Recognized ...

The Council today adopted changes to the EU legal framework on the development, production and dissemination of European statistics, marking a significant milestone in the modernisation of the ...

Without independence from political control, official statistics lack credibility and value. We must repair our nation’s trust in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and in federal statistics ...

The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) contributes to a better understanding of important national issues by working to improve the statistical methods and information on which public policy ...

Reliable, accurate, and timely data are the foundation of sound policy, business strategy, and public trust. For generations, the U.S. federal statistical system has been the global benchmark, ...

It is clear from the presented papers and ensuing discussion at this workshop that the nations health statistics system, while reasonably comprehensive in content, is unable to fully meet the nations ...

Based on internal data, this paper finds that the capacity development program of the IMF’s Statistics Department has prioritized technical assistance and training to fragile and conflict-affected ...

What is the goal of the new Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI)? The Statistical Performance Indicators measure the capacity and maturity of national statistical systems by assessing the use of ...