Statistical Programs and Standards

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Presidential Messages

• World Statistics Day Message

Programs

• Statutory and Regulatory Authority for Questions Asked in the American Community Survey - June 2012
• Moratorium on New Household Surveys, March – August 2010
• "Strengthening Federal Statistics" from the Analytical Perspectives Budget Volume
• Statistical Programs of the United States Government

Standards

• Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys
• Guidance on Agency Survey and Statistical Information Collections
• Statistical Confidentiality
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 4 - Release and Dissemination of Statistical Products Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 3 - Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Federal Economic Indicators
• 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

Presidential Messages

• World Statistics Day Message (October 19, 2010) (1 page, 136 kb)

Programs

• Statutory and Regulatory Authority for Questions Asked in the American Community Survey (2 pages, 799 kb)
  • American Community Survey -- PDF (42 pages, 413 kb) | XLS (125 kb)
     
• Moratorium on New Household Surveys, March–August 2010 (September 16, 2008) (1 page, 24 kb)
   
• "Strengthening Federal Statistics" from the Analytical Perspectives Budget Volume
  • “Strengthening Federal Statistics" from the FY 2013 Budget (February 2012) (4 pages, 571 kb)
  • “Strengthening Federal Statistics” Chapters for Previous Years
     
• Statistical Programs of the United States Government:
  • Fiscal Year 2012 (December 8, 2011) (102 pages,  823kb)
  • 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. 4 - Release and Dissemination of Statistical Products Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies (March 7, 2008)
   
• 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 2013 (September 28, 2012) (5 pages, 121 kb)
  • OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates for 2012 (September 30, 2011) (5 pages, 122 kb)
  • OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates for 2011 (September 13, 2010) (5 pages, 53 kb)
  • Prior Years' Schedules
     
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)/Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)
   
• Standard Occupational Classification (SOC)
   
• Metropolitan Statistical Areas
  • 2010 Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas; Notice (June 28, 2010 and corrected July 7, 2010) (9 pages, 135 kb)
  • Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (December 1, 2009) (154 pages, 510 kb)
  • 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)
  • Update of Statistical Area Definitions and Guidance on Their Uses (November 20, 2007) (154 pages, 976 kb)
  • 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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