修复美国的统计基础设施
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.
概括
现代化官方政府统计对于明智的决策至关重要. 推迟现代化和预算削减可能会破坏对企业和公众至关重要的联邦数据的可靠性.
科学领域:
- 政府统计
- 信息科学
- 公共政策
背景情况:
- 官方政府统计是信息时代的重要基础设施,支持经济,政府和个人决策.
- 尽管有大量的数字化数据,但由于美国联邦统计系统的现代化延迟,
- 目前的行政行动,包括人员削减和计划终止,加剧了这种脱节.
研究的目的:
- 突出联邦统计的重要作用.
- 确定延迟现代化和当前行政行动对统计机构的负面影响.
- 探索利用当前的行政干扰来现代化联邦统计系统的潜力.
主要方法:
- 分析联邦统计基础设施的现状.
- 对最近影响统计机构的行政行动 (人员,计划,咨询小组) 的审查.
- 在颠覆性环境中探索现代化机遇.
主要成果:
- 由于现代化延迟和最近的行政行动,联邦统计局面临重大挑战.
- 特别是卫生和教育统计数据的项目终止加剧了信息缺口.
- 目前的行政混乱为系统现代化提供了潜在的,尽管具有挑战性的机会.
结论:
- 迫切需要对联邦统计系统进行现代化, 以确保可靠和相关的数据.
- 目前的资源和计划缩减的轨迹对知情决策构成风险.
- 利用当前的颠覆性环境可能是实现现代化的重要途径.
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