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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

23 February 2024 - Data plays a key role in global efforts to improve people’s lives on a healthy planet. UN DESA’s Statistics Division is leading efforts, working together with statisticians and data ...

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 ...

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 ...

Suggested Citation: "2 Current Challenges and Opportunities in Federal Statistics." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Innovations in ...

The Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) is a framework of 5 pillars and 22 dimensions to assess the maturity of national statistical systems. The matrix below provides definitions of each pillar ...