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Fixing the US statistical infrastructure
Nancy Potok1, Erica L Groshen2
1Nancy Potok is chief executive officer of NAPx Consulting, Beltsville, MD, USA and a senior fellow at the Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Abstract:
Official government statistics are critical infrastructure for the information age. Reliable, relevant, statistical information helps businesses to invest and flourish; governments at the local, state, and national levels to make critical decisions on policy and public services; and individuals and families to invest in their futures. Yet surrounded by all manner of digitized data, one can still feel inadequately informed. A major driver of this disconnect in the US context is delayed modernization of the federal statistical system. The disconnect will likely worsen in coming months as the administration shrinks statistical agencies' staffing, terminates programs (notably for health and education statistics), and eliminates unpaid external advisory groups. Amid this upheaval, might the administration's appetite for disruption be harnessed to modernize federal statistics?
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