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FEDERAL STATISTICAL AGENCIES AND UNITS
Pages 17-20

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... A federal statistical agency or unit is defined in law (most recently by the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, hereafter the Evidence Act, see Appendix A) as follows: An agency or organizational unit of the executive branch whose activities are predominantly the collection, compilation, processing, or analysis of information for sta tistical purposes.13 Statistical agencies and units must be recognized as such by the director of the OMB.
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From page 18...
... Using information for a statistical purpose includes description, estimation, or analysis of the characteristics of groups, without identifying the individuals or organizations that comprise such groups; and includes the development, implementation, or maintenance of methods, technical or administrative procedures, or information resources that support the [statistical] purpose.15 In contrast, a nonstatistical purpose is defined as using data in identifiable form for such purposes as "administrative, regulatory, law enforcement, adjudicatory, or other purpose that affects the rights, privileges, and benefits of a particular, identifiable respondent."16 As an example, consider information that might be collected on a person's income by a federal agency.
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... To achieve the long-term goals of greater use of government administrative and survey data for statistical purposes and for the public good, the broader statistical, research, and evaluation communities will need to come together in a productive dialogue regarding the appropriate principles and practices for these expanding statistical and evaluation activities and the programs and units within which they are occurring.
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