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 ...

A healthy and vigorous program for innovation is fundamental for the continued success of any large-scale organization, including the statistical agencies of the U.S. government. 1 The concept of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, February 28, 2020 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors endorsed today a Tax Administration and Statistical System Modernization Project for the Kyrgyz Republic in the amount of ...