goals should reflect the SRS’s understanding of priorities that take into account the conflicting interests that compete for resources related to the collection of the SESTAT data. SRS goals should include expanding and maintaining meaningful contact with academic colleagues and with users from all sectors, including academia, business, and government.

Recommendation 10: SRS should regularly monitor the quality of the SESTAT data and perform more in-house research to foster increased intellectual curiosity, deep knowledge of the SESTAT data, and data-driven re-design activities. To this end, SRS should develop a well-planned agenda for subject matter analysis and for methodological research.