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APPENDIX B: Organization of the Federal Statistical System
APPENDIX B: Organization of the Federal Statistical System
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, the principal statistical agencies and other recognized statistical units, and a brief description of statistical programs in the departments represented on the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy (ICSP) .59 Brief History and Structure of the U.S.
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The current ICSP membership includes the heads of the 13 principal statistical agencies and statistical officials from the other CFO Act agencies. Figure B-1 depicts reporting relationships for the 13 principal statistical agencies, from the relevant congressional appropriations subcommittee to the cabinet secretary and any other intermediate levels of authority.
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'$($,-+ -$) ( FIGURE B-1 Principal statistical agencies by congressional appropriations committee and parent department/agency.
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As noted in Appendix A, OMB establishes statistical policies and standards, identifies priorities for improving programs, evaluates statistical programs for compliance with OMB guidance, reviews statistical agency budgets, approves information collections for many of the principal statistical agencies, and coordinates U.S. participation in international
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that are all members of the ICSP. The information presented here includes origins, authorizing legislation or other authority, and status of agency head (presidential appointee, career senior executive service official)
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BJS publishes annual statistics on criminal victimization, populations under correctional supervision, law enforcement management and administration, case processing in the state and federal courts, and sexual violence in prisons under the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act. Its periodic data series covers the administration of law enforcement agencies and correctional facilities, prosecutorial practices and policies, state court case processing, felony convictions, criminal justice expenditure and employment, civil case processing in state courts, and special studies on other criminal justice topics.
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agency by the Department of Labor Act in 1888; it was made part of the Department of Commerce and Labor (as the Bureau of Labor) in 1903, and it was transferred to the newly created Department of Labor in 1913.
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OST-R also includes the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office; the Office of Research, Development, and Technology; the Transportation Safety Institute; and the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. BTS's director is a career senior executive service appointee who reports to the assistant secretary.
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Beginning in 1850, a separate census office was established each decade to supervise the census. In 1902 a permanent Census Bureau was established; it was made part of the new Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903, and it moved to the newly created Department of Commerce in 1913.
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, reports to the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics. The administrator of ERS is a career senior executive service appointee.
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ERS jointly funds two primary data collection efforts: (1) the Agricultural Resources Management Survey on farm household and business income and crop practices, also funded by the National Agricultural Statistics Service; and (2)
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. The administrator of NASS is a career senior executive service appointee.
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The Office of Education was part of the newly created Federal Security Agency from 1939 to 1953, when it was made part of the newly created U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
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. The NCHS director is a career senior executive service appointee.
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. Its director is a career senior executive service appointee.
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ORES is headed by an associate commissioner, who is a career senior executive service appointee. SSA began as the Social Security Board in 1935; it became part of the Federal Security Agency in 1939, part of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1953, and part of DHHS in 1980; it regained independent agency status in 1995.
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The director is a career senior executive service appointee. SOI's history traces back to the enactment of authority to levy individual income taxes in the 16th amendment to the U.S.
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Selected tax return data are also available, under strict confidentiality protection provisions, for use by the Census Bureau, the BEA, and the National Agricultural Statistics Service: the purposes of this access are for structuring censuses and national economic accounts and conducting related statistical activities authorized by law. OTHER AGENCIES WITH STATISTICAL OFFICIALS As noted in Appendix A, agencies without principal statistical agencies or units were required under the Evidence Act to designate qualified statistical officials, who would also serve on the ICSP.
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-- which provides data related to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.69 Department of Veterans Affairs The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a source of federal current demographic and health statistics.
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NASA collects remotely sensed data on climate, weather, and natural hazards and supports the National Climate Assessment. Nuclear Regulatory Commission The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
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applies to recognized statistical units in addition to principal statistical agencies. This directive requires a statistical agency or unit's department to recognize the agency or unit's independence (see Appendix A)
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Other CBHSQ statistical programs include the Behavioral Health Services Information System and its associated surveys, which are the primary data sources for information on the nation's substance abuse treatment system and outcomes; the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) , a public health surveillance system that monitors drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments, as well as drug-related deaths investigated by medical examiners and coroners; and other programs.
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Department of Agriculture established the National Animal Health Monitoring System Program Unit (NAHMS) in 1983 to collect, analyze, and disseminate data on animal health, management, and productivity across the United States.77 The NAHMS staff conduct national studies on the health and health management of U.S.
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