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Federal Statistical Activity Control Act, H.R. 11253. April 13,
1978. 12 pp. + enclosure (8 pp.).
Testimony before the House Committee rn Post Office and Civil
Service: Census and Population Subcommittee; by Victor L. Lome,
Director, General Government Div.
Contact: General Government Div.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Post 3ffice and
Civil Service: Census and Population Subcommittee.
Authority: Congressional Budget Act of 1974. Federal Statistical
Activity Control Act. H.R. 11253 (95th Cong.).
Federal agencies that conduct soos type of statistical
inquiry can be grouped into four categories: a central
coordinating agency, five general purpose statistical collection
aqencies, analytic and rerearch agencies which use statistics
collected by other agencies for interpretive pLrposes, and
administrative and regulatory agencies which collect statistics
primarily as a result of their administrative and operating
responsibilities. Oversight of Federal statistical programs can
be approached from several directions: attenticn could he
focused on the .iqencies invo]ved; concentration on groups of
stetistically related series, crossing agency lines; sources of
information gathered by Federal statistical agencies; a
cross-Government look at statistical collection, dissemination,
and use; and the approach in H.R. 11293 which involves looking
at individual statistical series with evaluation assistance
provided by the Bureau of the Census. Vhile H.R. 11253 Vrovides
a mechanism for detailed examination of Federal statistical
progrrss, it only provides for one step to the reauthoriaation
process. Congress' purposes would be botter served by pore
front-end consideration of how oversight of Federal statistical
programs can best be accoaplished. Since January 1974, GAO has
issued 14 reports reviewing Federal statistical programs, and 6
reviews are currently underway. The management of Federal
statistical activities should either be maintained in the Office
of Management and Budget or should be set up as a separate
agency with sufficient authority to establish and enforce
standards on the executive agencies. (RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadxyt0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)