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Practice 13: Coordination and Collaboration with Other Statistical Agencies
Practice 13: Coordination and Collaboration with Other Statistical Agencies
Pages 117-122
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An effective statistical agency actively seeks opportunities to conduct research and carry out other activities in collaboration with other statistical agencies to enhance the value of its own information and that of the system as a whole. Such collaboration is essential for smaller statistical agencies with limited resources and equally important for larger agencies so that they do not overlook useful innovations outside their own agency.
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, which issues guidelines and recommendations on statistical issues common to a number of agencies, typically by working through subcommittees.93 FCSM also hosts research conferences and statistical policy seminars that facilitate professional interaction and development.94 SSP encourages the Committee on National Statistics at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to serve as an 91 SSP annually prepares a compilation of information on the full range of federal statistical programs; the latest volume, known as the "Blue Book," is for fiscal 2017 (U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 2017)
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Current interagency collaborative efforts include a systemwide initiative to facilitate the statistical uses of administrative records and other nonsurvey data sources;96 a multiagency program for research on survey methodology administered by the National Science Foundation's Division of Social and Economic Sciences on behalf of the federal statistical agencies; a collaboration of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau to update the supplemental poverty measure; and continued work on internationally comparable measures of disability led by the Washington Group on Disability Statistics established under the United Nations Statistical Commission (for a description, see U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 2017:73–80)
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Under the leadership of SSP, they contribute to the deliberations of the United Nations Statistical Commission, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and other international organizations; participate in the development of international standard classifications and systems; support educational activities that promote improved statistics in developing countries; and learn from and contribute to the work of established statistical agencies in other countries in such areas as survey methodology, record linkage, confidentiality protection techniques, and data quality standards. Two continuing collaborative efforts in the United States for providing statistical information to the public in a broad area of interest are the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (Aging Forum)
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CHALLENGES AND REWARDS FOR COLLABORATION Collaborative activities, such as sharing and integrating data compiled by different statistical and program agencies, standardizing concepts and measures, reducing unneeded duplication, and working together on methodological challenges, invariably require effort to overcome differences in agency missions and operations. Yet with constrained budgets and increasing demands for more relevant, accurate, and timely statistical information, collected at reduced costs and burden, the importance of proactive collaboration and coordination among statistical agencies cannot be overstated.
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