Statistics are not a technical afterthought—they are the bedrock of economic security. This report examines how federal data ...

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 ...

The Trump administration has been undermining the integrity of the country’s statistical system by playing politics with it, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Reliable, usable, high-quality statistics are vital for global prosperity and progress. The Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) provide an open-source framework for assessing the performance of ...