# Presentation: 388526

## Overview of the MEMR - EIA Winter 2000 Program

- Dr. Mark Rodekohr
- Energy Information Administration
- January 2000

## Overview

- Workshop Topics
- Schedule
- Staff Introductions
- Objectives

## Topics

- Workshop #5 - Statistical Frame Development and Methods of  Ensuring  Data Confidentiality (Mike Griffey)
- Workshop #6** - ** Design and Construction of Internet Based Information Systems (Mark Rodekohr)
- Workshop #7 -  Financial Reporting (Jon Rassmusen)

## Statistical Frame Development and Methods of  Ensuring  Data Confidentiality (Mike Griffey)

- Objective: Review techniques and statistical methods that are used to ensure confidentiality of data.
- Subtopics:
- Statistical Frame Development
- Methods of Ensuring Data Confidentiality

## Statistical Frame Development

-  Introduction
-  Definitions
-  Desirable features
-  Matching and record linkage
-  Matching Objectives/terminology
-  Types of Results
-  Fields, blocking, rules, and thresholds
-  Methodology
-  Frame surveys
-  Frame accuracy
-  Recommendations

## Methods of Ensuring Data Confidentiality

- Definition of Disclosure Avoidance
- Objectives
- Cell suppression
- Complementary suppression
- Identifying sensitive data cells
- Masking micro data files
- Use of noise
- Petroleum marketing suppression programs
- Census Bureau programs
- Interagency Confidentiality and Data Access Group (ICDAG)
- Checklist on disclosure potential of proposed data releases
- Suppression auditing software
- Recommended practices

## Design and Construction of Internet Based Information Systems (Mark Rodekohr) 

- Objective: Review web based design and construction standards and practices.
- Subtopics:
- Site Design
- Creating a Site
- Site Management
- Site Evaluation

## Site Design

## Site Design

- Determine the purpose of the site
- Who are the users and how are they equipped
- File structure
- ISP versus in house servers
- Hardware and software options

## Creating a Site

- - HTML coding
- - PDF coding
- - Software options
- - Developing coding and other standards
- - Advanced topics (search engines etc.)
- - Tutorial construct a simple web site

## Site Management 

- - Owners, groups and other methods of control
- - Security
- - Monitoring

## Site Evaluation

- - Log file analysis
- - Using customer feedback
- - Cognitive testing

## Financial Reporting (Jon Rassmusen) 

- Objective: Discuss and review how energy companies report their financial results to the U.S. government.
- Subtopics:
- Introduction and Overview of Financial Reporting
- Financial Reporting by Energy Lines of Business and Development of the Financial Reporting System
- Doing Financial Analysis
- Applications of Financial Reporting System Information

## Introduction and Overview of Financial Reporting

- What can financial reporting tell us?
- The primary components – income, cash flow, and investment
- Measuring performance – the company perspective
- Measuring performance -  the investor perspective

## Financial Reporting by Energy Lines of Business and Development of the Financial Reporting System

- Why energy is different
- Clarifying the picture: Line-of-Business Reporting
- Measuring performance – linking outlays to physical results
- Some cases and findings

## Doing Financial Analysis

-   - Developing a strategy
-   - Information resources – public data and the Internet
-   - Profiling companies operating in  Bangladesh

## Applications of Financial Reporting System Information

- - A Financial History of the Major Petroleum Companies: 1973-1999
- - Using financial information to look into the future

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## Michael J. Griffey 

- Michael J. Griffey has directed a staff responsible for the development and implementation of petroleum surveys and the revision of ongoing systems and statistical procedures since July, l98l.  During this period, his group has designed and developed the current petroleum product survey forms, processing systems, and publications.  In addition, they have developed innovative sample designs, suppression techniques, estimation procedures, matching programs, etc

## Dr. Mark E. Rodekohr 

- Dr. Rodekohr is presently the Director of the Energy Markets and Contingency Information Division which consists of approximately 25-30 economists and other professionals. He has worked in the energy analysis and forecasting area of the Federal government for more than 20 years.  In his current position, Dr. Rodekohr is responsible for short-term energy market forecasting, contingency analysis, and financial statistics.  These activities result in the following Energy Information Administration (EIA) publications

## Jon A. Rasmussen 

- Dr. Rasmussen is a senior-level economist in the Office of Energy Markets and End Use within the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and serves as the EIA’s principal financial economist. Dr. Rasmussen has worked in the area of energy economics and finance at the EIA for nearly 20 years. He has directed numerous projects resulting in reports and other presentations in the areas of oil and gas resource development, petroleum refining and marketing, taxation of energy enterprises, energy subsidies, environmental costs, and energy industry restructuring. He is the principal author of the annual report, *Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers*.