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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

federal government produces a wide 

array of statistical data that are a critical 

national resource. The use of these data 

are central to our democracy and 

include: Supporting constitutional 

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These statistics use well-tested and 

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administrative records. However, the 

federal government is facing a number 

of challenges for these traditional 

methods supporting informational 

needs of the future. It is well 

documented 1 that survey response rates 

are declining, and costs are rising. At 

the same time, data users increasingly 

demand much more timely and granular 

information, such as local rather than 

national data. To meet the needs of the 

many stakeholders and policy-makers 

who depend on high quality, reliable 

federal statistical data, the statistical 

agencies must take advantage of new 

technologies and data sources to both 

reduce costs and make improvements. 

We believe there are many opportunities 

to increase the efficiency of the 

statistical system and reduce the 

response burden on people and 

businesses. 

The Chief Statistician of the United 

States and SSP are well aware of these 

issues and are seeking to change the 

paradigm underlying the production of 

these statistics. The Federal Statistical 

System must adopt new methods and 

standards to provide statistics that 

continue to meet the data needs of our 

nation for the 21st century. Given the 

existing environment, an important 

component of this transformation will 

be based on combining data from 

multiple sources to produce statistical 

products and information. 

Important work in the area of 

combining data from multiple sources 

has been conducted; see, e.g. National 

Research Council (2017; www.nap.edu/ 

catalog/24652/innovations-in-federalstatistics-combining-data-sources-whileprotecting-privacy); the related 

information provided through: http://

sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/ 

CNSTAT/DBASSE_170268; and 

references cited therein. However, much 

more research must be carried out 

before the Federal Statistical System can 

adopt these techniques for the 

production of its key statistics. The 

Chief Statistician is therefore seeking to 

set priorities and coordinate Federal 

Statistical System resources to focus on 

such a program of continued research 

and therefore is requesting relevant 

information. 

Request for Public Comment 

This RFI seeks to identify published 

works, current and planned research, 

and descriptions of best practices taking 

place in private sector firms and 

academic institutions related to 

combining data from multiple sources to 

produce statistical data and products. 

The RFI is also seeking suggestions for 

new areas of research that the federal 

government should pursue in order to 

adopt new methods for combining data 

from multiple sources to produce 

statistics. These include but are not 

limited to: Computational environments 

for accessing and processing multiple 

data sources; measurement and 

documentation of the quality of 

statistical data derived from combining 

multiple data sources; new techniques 

for harmonizing and linking multiple 

data sources; issues regarding privacy 

and disclosure avoidance, standards for 

describing the fitness for use of key 

statistics based on combined data 

sources; and principles for curating and 

disseminating these new data and 

associated products. In addition, 

descriptions of and citations to papers 

or projects where data have been 

combined to do analyses that highlight 

sources of data that may be useful for 

government data integration, or how 

new data sources can be helpful in 

assessing how federal statistics can be 

better structured and presented to 

increase their value to the nation, are 

welcome. Finally, the RFI is seeking 

information on tested best practices 

related to securing partnerships across 

data holders and providing access to 

secondary users. 

The Chief Statistician of the United 

States and SSP plan to consider this 

input in focusing Federal Statistical 

System research efforts, including the 

Federal Committee on Statistical 

Methodology, on a program that informs 

policy and provides guidance on the 

Federal use of data combined from 

multiple sources. 

Footnotes 

1. National Research Council. 2013. 

Nonresponse in Social Science 

Surveys: A Research Agenda. 

Washington, DC: The National 

Academies Press. https://doi.org/ 

10.17226/18293. 

Nancy Potok, 

Chief, Statistical and Science Policy, Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs. 

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