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Statistical Agencies: Adherence to Guidelines and Coordination of Budgets

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Aug. 9, 1995
Report No. GGD-95-65
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Summary:

This report uses selected guidelines developed by the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate the performance of four statistical agencies--the Bureau of the Census and Economic Analysis in the Commerce Department, the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Labor Department, and the National Center for Health Statistics in the Department of Health and Human Services. The National Academy of Sciences issued these guidelines to describe and to improve the effectiveness of federal statistical agencies and their operations. GAO also provides information on the role of the Office of Management and Budget in coordinating and overseeing the statistical activities of those agencies that constitute the federal statistical system.

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