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Explores the importance of a federal statistics agency, examining the role and benefits of such an agency.

The Current Population Survey (CPS), the US government survey from which the unemployment rate is calculated each month, recently underwent a major redesign, culminating in a revised questionnaire & automated data collection procedures that became operational at the beginning of 1994. Traced here is the research process that produced the revised questionnaire, noting some examples of the changes made & pointing to probable changes in the data as indicated by an overlap sample. It is concluded that although changes in the data collection procedure for an important government time series such as that produced by the CPS could cause difficulties, the costs of standing still & the risk that the data from a static survey will increasingly lose their relevance outweigh the costs of change. 3 Tables, 15 References. AA

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History and Assessment of BTS -- 3 Focusing on Data Quality -- 4 Ensuring Relevance -- 5 Building an Agency -- Acronyms Used in the Report -- References -- APPENDIX A The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991: References to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics -- APPENDIX B Selected Statistical Agencies and Programs -- APPENDIX C Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: How BTS Compares -- APPENDIX D Improving National Transportation Statistics: Airline Safety as a Case Study -- APPENDIX E Descriptions of CD-ROM Products on the BTS Web Site -- APPENDIX F Integrating Data and Filling Gaps: The Case of Household Travel -- APPENDIX G Biographical Sketches.

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- Change and the 2020 Census: Not Whether But How -- References -- Appendix A: Charge of the Panel to Review the 2010 Census -- Appendix B: Site Visits by Panel Members and Staff -- Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff -- Committee on National Statistics.