Dear all

The next meeting of the RSS Official Statistics Section will be held on 
Thursday 12 June at 5pm at the RSS HQ, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX 
(nearest tube: Moorgate or Barbican), and tea/coffee will be available from 
4.30pm. The meeting will include a presentation from Dr. Peg Young of the 
US Department of Transportation who will describe the structure and working 
of the US federal statistical system, and some of the key issues it 
currently faces.

I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible. There is no charge to 
attend the meeting, although it would be helpful if you registered to 
attend via [log in to unmask] Further details about the meeting are 
provided below

Regards

Ross

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PEG YOUNG (US Department of Transportation)
THE US FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM

This presentation will describe the structure of the highly decentralised 
federal statistical agencies in the US, and it will provide insight into 
how the various federal statistical agencies work collectively to provide 
needed information on the United States.  The description of the Federal 
Statistical System will include the history, activities, outputs and 
customers of the 70+ federal agencies whose responsibilities include the 
production of statistical information, along with the coordination between 
them.  Also included in Peg's talk will be a discussion of the debates over 
centralisation versus decentralisation of the statistical system, agency 
principles and practices, privacy and confidentiality, and other issues 
regarding the organization and functioning of the system.