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2012 FCSM Statistical Policy Seminar 

Collaborating to Achieve Innovation and Efficiencies: 

Advances and Opportunities 

December 4-5, 2012 

Washington Convention Center 

Support Provided By 

Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality  Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Bureau of Justice Statistics  Economic Research Service  Energy 

Information Administration  Environmental Protection Agency  National 

Agricultural Statistics Service  National Center for Education Statistics 

National Center for Health Statistics  Office of Research, Evaluation, and 

Statistics of the Social Security Administration  Statistics of Income Division of 

the Internal Revenue Service  U.S. Census Bureau 

Tuesday, December 4th

Salon G & H 

7:30 a.m. Registration

Room 103AB 

8:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

 Katherine K. Wallman, 

 Office of Management and Budget 

Room 103AB 

9:00 to 9:50 a.m. Keynote Speech 

 Robert M. Groves, Georgetown University 

9:50 to 10:10 a.m. Break 

 
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10:10 to 12:00 Noon (Session 1 and 2 run concurrently) 

Salon G 

1. Changing Organizational Structures to Achieve Innovation and 

Efficiencies (Organizers: Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB; Chris Chapman, NCES; Patrick 

Flanagan, NRCS; Renee Miller, EIA) 

Chair: Adam Sieminski, Energy Information Administration

Panelists: 

 Nancy Potok, U.S. Census Bureau 

 Joe Reilly, National Agricultural Statistical Service 

 Howard Gruenspecht, Energy Information Administration 

 Jack Buckley, National Center for Education Statistics 

Salon H 

2. Dueling Official Statistics: What Would It Take to Call a Truce? 

(Organizers: Deborah Griffin, Census; Jennifer Madans, NCHS; William Sabol, BJS; 

Renee Miller, EIA; Dennis Fixler, BEA; Nancy Bates, Census; Steve Cohen, AHRQ) 

Chair: Jack Galvin, Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Speakers: 

 The Reality of Dueling Official Estimates

Deborah Griffin, U.S. Census Bureau 

Minimizing Differences through Cross Agency Development of 

 Methods 

Julie Weeks, National Center for Health Statistics 

Understanding Sources of Differences from Interagency 

 Research

William Sabol, Bureau of Justice Statistics 

Reducing User Confusion with Joint Data Releases and User 

 Education 

Howard R. Hogan, U.S. Census Bureau 

Discussant: 

Jennifer Madans, National Center for Health Statistics 

12:00 noon Lunch on Your Own 
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1:30 to 3:20 p.m. (Session 3 and 4 run concurrently) 

Salon G 

3. Program and Policy Issues Associated with Integrating Adaptive 

Design in Federal Surveys (Organizers: Deborah Griffin, Census; Nancy 

Bates, Census; Jennifer Madans, NCHS) 

Chair: Tom Mesenbourg, U.S. Census Bureau 

Speakers:

Considering Culture and Policy in the New Era of Adaptive 

Survey Design 

Michael Thieme, U.S. Census Bureau 

Responsive Design on the National Health Interview Survey: 

Opportunities and Challenges 

Renee Gindi, National Center for Health Statistics 

Responsive Design and Management in the National Survey of 

Family Growth 

William D. Mosher, National Center for Health Statistics

Adaptive Design and Sample Management: Issues in 

Establishment Surveys 

Jaki S. McCarthy, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Salon H 

4. New Ideas in Dissemination and Table Display (Organizers: Steve H. 

Cohen, NCSES; Steven B. Cohen, AHRQ; Jeri Mulrow, NCSES) 

Chair: Patricia Hu, Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

Speakers:

Science & Engineering Indicators State Data Tool 

Robin Pentola, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics 

OntheMap 

Matthew Graham, U.S. Census Bureau 

AHRQ's MONAHRQ tool: Innovative Reports on Healthcare 

Quality Data 

Carol Sniegoski, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Web Analytical Tools 

Jeff Rhoades, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 

3:20 to 3:40 p.m. Break 
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3:40 to 5:30 p.m. (Session 5 and 6 run concurrently) 

Salon G 

5. Data Communities Coming Together to Support the Enhanced Use 

of Administrative Records (Organizers: Shelly Martinez, OMB, Bill Iwig, NASS, 

John Eltinge, BLS) 

Chair: Susan Boehmer, Internal Revenue Service 

Panelists: 

Shelly Wilkie Martinez, Office of Management and Budget 

Shelley Metzenbaum, (invited) Office of Management and Budget 

Dennis Culhane, University of Pennsylvania 

Robert Goerge, University of Chicago 

Salon H 

6. Development and Policy-Relevant Applications of Small Domain 

Estimates (Organizers: Nat Schenker, NCHS; Gordon Willis, NCI; John Eltinge, 

BLS; Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB) 

Chair: James Lynch, Bureau of Justice Statistics 

Speakers: 

 The Role of Local Specificity in the Interpretation of Small Area 

 Estimates 

Benmei Liu, National Cancer Institute

Improving Small-Area Health Data: Developing an Outcome 

Screening Procedure to Support Small-Area Estimation Models 

Pavlina Rumcheva, National Center for Health Statistics 

Application of a Small-Area Model for a Voting Rights Act 

Tabulation

Patrick Joyce, U.S. Census Bureau 

Discussants: 

Alan Zaslavsky, Harvard University 

 John Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics 

 
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Wednesday, December 5th 

9:00 to 10:50 a.m. (Session 7 and 8 run concurrently) 

Salon G 

7. New Perspectives on the Quality of Administrative Data (Organizers: 

Bill Iwig, NASS; John Eltinge, BLS; Shelly Martinez, OMB) 

Chair: Barry Nussbaum, Environmental Protection Agency

Speakers: 

Assessing the Quality of Administrative Data 

Bill Iwig, National Agricultural Statistical Service 

Aligning Perspectives on Administrative Data - Building Support 

for Data Use 

Matt Green, National Center for Education Statistics 

Data Quality Issues Affecting Statistical Uses of Federal and 

State Criminal Records 

Gerry Ramker, Bureau of Justice Statistics 

What’s in a Name – Accounting for Naming Conventions in NCHS 

Data Linkages

Eric Miller, National Center for Health Statistics

How Good is Good Enough? 

David Stevens, Jacob France Institute, University of Baltimore

Salon H 

8. Protecting Confidential Statistical Data: The Impact of Government 

Wide Cybersecurity Initiatives (Organizers: Marilyn Seastrom, NCES; Chris 

Chapman, BLS) 

Chair: John Gawalt, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

Panelists: 

 Jake Bournazian, Energy Information Administration

 Eve Powell-Griner, National Center for Health Statistics

 Paul Bugg, Office of Management and Budget 

Discussant: 

Hermann Habermann, Committee on National Statistics, Consultant 

 

10:50 to 11:10 a.m. Break 
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11:10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Session 9 and 10 run concurrently) 

Salon G 

9. How Do Stakeholders React to Revisions and What Can 

Agencies Do to Help to Clarify Their Use (Organizers: William Sabol, BJS; 

Dennis Fixler, BEA) 

Chair: Steve Landefeld, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Panelists: 

 Katharine Abraham, Council of Economic Advisors 

Harry Vroomen, The Fertilizer Institute 

Joe Gfroerer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

 Neil Irwin, Washington Post

Salon H 

10. New Directions in Measuring Race and Ethnicity: Implications 

From the 2010 Census Alternative Questionnaire Experiment 

(Organizers: Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB)

 Chair: Manuel de la Puente, Social Security Administration

Panelists: 

Nicholas Jones, U.S. Census Bureau 

Roberto Ramirez, U.S. Census Bureau 

Marilyn Seastrom, National Center for Education Statistics 

Susan Schechter, National Opinion Research Center

1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Lunch on Your Own 

 
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2:30 to 4:20 p.m. (Sessions 11 and 12 run concurrently) 

Salon G 

11. Does Cloud Computing Offer a Viable Option of the Control of 

Statistical Data: How Safe are Clouds? (Organizers: Marilyn Seastrom, 

NCES; Chris Chapman, BLS) 

Chair: Jack Buckley, National Center for Education Statistics

Panelists: 

 Harry Lee, U.S. Census Bureau

 Marilyn Seastrom, National Center for Education Statistics 

 Brian Taylor, National Center for Education Statistics

Discussant: 

Scott Bernard, Office of Management and Budget

Salon H 

12. Enhancements in Federal Data Resources to Inform the Affordable 

Care Act (Organizers: Steven B. Cohen, AHRQ; Jennifer Madans, NCHS) 

Chair: Margo Schwab, Office of Management and Budget

Panelists: 

Steven B. Cohen, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 

 Clarice Brown, National Center for Health Statistics 

Jim Scanlon, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS

 Jason Petroski, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 

 
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Legend

AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 

BEA - Bureau of Economic Analysis 

BJS - Bureau of Justice Statistics 

BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics 

BTS - Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

CENSUS – U.S. Census Bureau 

CNSTAT - Committee on National Statistics 

COPAFS - Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics 

DOJ - Department of Justice 

DOT - Department of Transportation 

EIA - Energy Information Administration 

ERS - Economic Research Service 

FCSM - Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology 

FDA - Federal Drug Administration 

FRB - Federal Reserve Board 

FTC - Federal Trade Commission 

GAO - Government Accountability Office 

HUD - Housing and Urban Development 

JPSM - Joint Program in Survey Methodology 

NAS - National Academy of Sciences 

NASS - National Agricultural Statistics Service 

NCES - National Center for Education Statistics 

NCHS - National Center for Health Statistics 

NCI - National Cancer Institute 

NCSES – National Center for Sciences and Engineering Statistics 

NISS - National Institute of Statistical Sciences 

NORC - National Opinion Research Center 

NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service 

ODEP - Office of Disability Employment 

OMB - Office of Management and Budget 

ORES – Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics 

RTI - Research Triangle Institute 

SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 

SOI IRS - Statistics of Income - Internal Revenue Service 

SSA - Social Security Administration