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DCCUKENT RESURE
06262 - (B1646656]
Federal Statistical Activity Control Act, H.S. 11253. June 9,
1978. 7 pp.
Testimony before the House Committee on Rules: Rules and
Orqanization of the the House Subcommittee; by Victor L. Lowe,
Director, General Goverpment Div.
Contact: Gnneral Government Dir.
Conqressional Relevance: House Committee on 24les: Rules and
Orqanization of the House Subccmsittee.
Authority: Federal Statistical Activity Control Act; H.S. 11253
(95th Conq.).
Two issues pertaining to H.E. 11253 wbich will affect
its successful implementation and achievement Cf its desired
results are: (1) Federal statistical progrfms should be grouped
by some common denominator when presented to the Congress for
evaluation; and (2) a t;o-step approach is needed for evaluating
all Federal statistical programs. Possible appzoaches tc program
qroupinqs are: focusing attention on agencies involved;
concentrating on groups of statistically related series;
approacbinq oversight from sources of information gathered by
Federal statistical agencies; a cross-Governmert look at
statistical collection, disseminatior, and use (the approach
favored by GAO); and looking at individual statistical series
with evaluation assistance provided by the Bureau of the Census
and leqislative aqencies (the apprcacb described in H.1. 11253).
In the two-step approach, tailored evaluaticn criteria must
first be established which would define statistical program
objectives and means of neasuring how well objectives are met.
The Conqress would then be in a pcsiticn to establish a
reasonable timetable for reauthorizaticn. the second step of
makinq the actual evaluation could then be acccmp]ished, tHTV)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobadyab0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)