Preliminary Program 11/03/2008 

2008 FCSM Statistical Policy Seminar 

Beyond 2010: Confronting the Challenges 

Tuesday November 18th 

8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction 

Katherine K. Wallman, OMB 

9:00 to 9:45 a.m. Keynote Speech: Hermann Habermann, former 

Director, U.N. Statistics Division and former Deputy Director, U.S. Census Bureau 

9:45 a.m. Break 

 

10:00 to 12 noon (Sessions 1 and 2 run concurrently) 

1. Statistical Uses of Administrative Records in Federal Agencies 

Chair: Thomas Petska, SOI/IRS 

Organizers: Bill Iwig, NASS; and John Eltinge, BLS 

Bill Iwig, NASS 

Opportunities and Challenges with Using Administrative Records 

Chris Cox and Kimberley Lochner, NCHS 

Evaluating partial SSN matching in probabilistic record linkage: An application to 

the National Death Index 

Dawn Haines and Patricia Melvin, Census Bureau 

Expanding the Person Identification Validation System: Exploring the Census 

Bureau’s Role in Eliminating Federal Reliance on the Social Security Number 

Discussant: 

John Czajka, Mathematica Policy Research 

2. Cell Phones: The New Frontier in RDD surveys 

Chair: Ed Sondik, NCHS 

Organizer: Clyde Tucker, BLS 

Stephen Blumberg, NCHS 

Estimates of Cell phone populations and potential effects on published estimates 

J. Michael Brick, Westat 

Sampling and weighting in RDD surveys incorporating cell phones 
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Michael Link, The Nielsen Company 

Operational Aspects of including cell phones in RDD surveys 

Scott Keeter, Pew Research Center 

Cost implications of including cell phones 

12:00 noon Lunch on Your Own 

1:00 to 3:00 p.m. (Sessions 3 and 4 run concurrently) 

3. Profiles in Success of Statistical Uses of Administrative Data 

Chair: Katherine Smith, ERS 

Organizers: Mark Prell, ERS; Bill Iwig, NASS; and Shelly Martinez, OMB 

Stephen Cornman, NCES 

Designing Memorandums of Understanding (MOU's) to Bridge the Data Gap 

Mark Prell, ERS 

Elements of Success in Sharing Administrative Data 

Discussant: 

Linda Bilheimer, NCHS 

4. New Perspectives and Practices on Non-Response Bias Analyses 

Chair: Barry Nussbaum, EPA 

Organizer: Brian Harris-Kojetin. OMB 

Robert Groves, University of Michigan 

Alternative Practical Measures of Representativeness of Survey Respondent 

Pools 

Frauke Kreuter, JPSM, University of Maryland 

Using Proxy Measures and Other Correlates of Survey Outcomes to Adjust for 

Nonresponse: Examples from Multiple Surveys 

Marilyn Seastrom, NCES 

NCES Nonresponse Bias Task Force: Results and Implications 

Discussant: 

Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 
 

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3:00 to 3:30 p.m. Break 

3:30 to 5:30 p.m. (Sessions 5 and 6 run concurrently) 

5. Making Survey Processes More Robust in Response to Funding 

Reductions 

Chair: Keith Hall, BLS 

Organizers: John Eltinge, BLS; and Jennifer Madans, NCHS 

Panelists 

Chris Chapman, NCES 

Cliff Johnson, NCHS 

François Laflamme, Statistics Canada 

Bill Mosher, NCHS 

6. Issues of Data Capacity and Statistical Quality to Support Modeling 

and Microsimulation Efforts 

Chair: Rosemary Marcus, BEA 

Organizers: Steven Cohen, AHRQ; and Dennis Fixler, BEA 

Steven B. Cohen, AHRQ 

Supporting Healthcare Policy Initiatives through Modeling and Microsimulation 

Efforts: Issues of Data Capacity and Statistical Quality 

Baoline Chen, BEA 

A Balanced System of Accounts for the US and Estimated Distribution of 

Statistical Discrepancy by Industry 

Discussants: 

Michael L. Cohen, Committee on National Statistics 

Tracy Foertsch, Treasury Department 

Wednesday November 19th 

8:30 to 10:30 a.m. (Sessions 7 and 8 run concurrently) 
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7. 2010 Census Program of Evaluations and Experiments 

Chair: Steve Murdock, Census 

Organizer: Susan Schechter, Census 

Panelists: 

Joan Hill, Census Bureau 

Courtney Reiser, Census Bureau 

David Whitford, Census Bureau 

Discussant: 

Michael L. Cohen, Committee on National Statistics. 

8. Current Issues in Privacy and the Safekeeping of Personally 

Identifiable Information 

Chair: Michael Sinclair, BJS 

Organizer: Marilyn Seastrom, NCES 

Panelists: 

Chris Chapman, BLS 

Mary Frazier, Census Bureau 

Marilyn Seastrom, NCES 

 Al Zarate, NCHS 

10:30 to 11:00 a.m. Break 

11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Sessions 9 and 10 run concurrently) 

9. Current Trends in Access to Restricted-Use Data 

Chair: Stuart Kerachsky, NCES 

Organizer: Neil Russell, NCES; Howard Iams, SSA; and Larry Cox, NCHS 

Jim Sears, Social Security Administration; and Fritz Scheuren, NORC 

Synthetic data at Census for SIPP 

Lionel P. Deang, Social Security Administration 

Access Restrictions and Privacy Protections in the Health and Retirement Study 

Philip Steel, Census 

Web Based Access to Restricted-use Data 

Anco Hundepool, Statistics Netherlands 

Remote Access: Data Safely at Your Desk 
2:30 to 4:30 p.m. (Sessions 11 and 12 run concurrently) 

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10. Management of Survey Costs and Risks in Disrupted 

Environments 

Chair: Howard Gruenspecht, EIA 

Organizers: John Eltinge, BLS; and Larry Cox, NCHS 

Panelists: 

John Eltinge, BLS 

Alan Karr, NISS 

Myron Katzoff, NCHS 

Discussant: 

Carol House, NASS 

1:00 to 2:15 p.m. Luncheon Hosted by COPAFS 

Speaker: Katherine K. Wallman, OMB 

11. Development and Management of Human and Institutional Capital 

in Statistical Organizations 

Chair: Cynthia Clark, NASS 

Organizers: John Eltinge, BLS; and Shelly Martinez, OMB 

Panelists: 

Mary Batcher, Ernst and Young 

Daniel Kasprzyk, Mathematica Policy Research 

Steve Miola, Merck 

David Morganstein, Westat 

Nancy Potok, McManis & Monsalve Associates 

12. Survey Respondent Incentives 

Chair: Lynda Carlson, NSF/SRS 

Organizers: Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB; and Ed Spar, COPAFS 

Panelists: 

Sandra Berry, RAND 

David Cantor, Westat 

Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Richard Kulka, Abt