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GGD-79-5 1 (1978-12-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaayhd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 07922 - fC34685621 - - - 7 rCollection and Publication of Statistics on Nation's Hispanic Populationi. GGD-79-5; B-159853. Deccmber 7, 1978. Released December 13, 1978. 3 pp. + 4 appendices (7 pp.). Report to Rep. Edward R. Roybal; by Allen R. Vrss, Director, General Government Div. Issue Area: Data Collected from Non-Federal Sources: Reliability and Accuracy of Information (3101). Contact: General Government Div. Budqet Function: General Government: Other General Government (806). Organization Concerned: Department of Commerce; D,3pa.tment of Labor; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Department of Agriculture; Office of danagement and Eudget. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Rep. Edward R. Roytal. Authority: Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 195C, as amended (31 U.S.C. 18b). P.L. 94-311. Executive Order 12013. OMB Circular A-4O. OFSPS Directive 15. Fedgral agency efforts to implement P.L. 94-311 vhich mandates that executive branch agencies improve the collection and publication of statistics on the Nation's Bispanic Population were reviewed. Of the agencies mentioned in the law, thc! Departments of Labor, Commerce, and Health, Educatic i, and Welfare have adopted policies which will improve the statistical visibility of the Nation's Spanish-origin population. The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that, in addition to rec-it publications containing data on Hisparics, it will publish mouuhly nonseasonably adjusted labor force statistics on the national Hispanic population effective with the availability of January 1979 data. The Bureau of the Census is acting to give the Spanish origin population coverage in All statistical pro,.rams equal to that of blacks and whites. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare agancies have moved to develop statistics reflecting the mortality, natality, and social welfare conditions of the Spanish origia populaticn. The Department of Agriculture has no plans to collect social statistics, but it does identify Hispanic participation in its programs. The Department of CommeLci's Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards is the agency responsible for developing and coordinating Federal statistica.L policy. No instances have been found where funding was mentioned as a factor prohibiting agencies from implementing the provisions of P.L. 94-311. (RRS)

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