Sponsoring Section/Society: Government Statistics Section
Session Slot: 4:00- 5:50 Sunday
Estimated Audience Size: xx-xxx
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Panel Session Title: Changing Our Core Classifications:
Challenges and Opportunities
The Federal Statistical System provides
data about a number of key variables used by a broad
array of users, including Congress, the Administration,
state and local governments, and the social science
research community. To ensure that data collected by
the various decentralized statistical agencies are
comparable, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
develops, regulates and, when necessary, revises
standard classifications of such ``core'' variables as
race/ethnicity status, occupation, and industry code to
be used in all Federal government surveys. In doing
this, OMB, in consultation with users, faces a number
of challenging decisions, including: what variables
should have standard codes? How often should standard
codes be revised? What revisions are needed for
specific codes? Since users have differing needs,
there are not simple answers to these questions. This
panel will describe current practices, challenges, and
opportunities exist with regard to developing,
regulating, and revising the core classifications and
will discuss possible future directions for work in
this area.
Theme Session: Yes
Applied Session: Yes/No
Session Organizer: Shettle, Carolyn National Science Foundation
Address: National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: 703-306-1774 x 6906
Fax:
Email: cshettle@nsf.gov
Session Timing: 110 minutes total (Sorry about format):
Opening Remarks by Chair - 5 minutes First Speaker - 30 minutes () Second Speaker - 30 minutes Third Speaker - 30 minutes Discussant - 10 minutes Floor Discusion - 10 minutes
Session Chair: Wallman, Katherine Office of Management and Budget
Address: Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20603
Phone: 202-395-3093
Fax:
Email: WALLMAN_K@a1.eop.gov
Pinzlerm, Isabel Department of Justice
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Gage, Linda California State Finance Department
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Pearson, Willie Jr. Wake Forest University
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List of speakers who are nonmembers: None