The first of three reports from a National Academies Committee on National Statistics panel explains why the US needs a revamped infrastructure. Committee chair Robert M. Groves answers questions about the panel’s vision.
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June CNSTAT Workshop Focused on Privacy
The Committee on National Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences held a workshop June 6–7 to discuss new approaches to protecting data confidentiality, with a focus on methods that offer formal guarantees of privacy protection such as differential privacy.
Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency Released
The fifth edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency from the National Research Council’s Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) was publicly released May 8. P&P (as it is known) describes four fundamental principles and recommends 13 practices that best position a federal statistical agency to provide accurate and credible statistical information to policymakers and the public.