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Letter to the Office of Management and Budget Director on Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency (2003) / Chapter Skim
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... be implemented in a manner that enables federal statistical agencies to be effective in their mission, which is to procluce objective, credible information for public and policy use. As discussed in the enclosed report, statistical agency effectiveness requires cre(libility among data users and trust among (lata providers, which, in turn, requires a strong position of independence.
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... ~ I) proposes "building strong privacy protections into the E-Government initiatives." However, if not carefully implemented, consolidation of IT systems across agencies within a department could inadvertently make it possible for administrative or enforcement agencies to gain access to confidential information provided by individual respondents solely for statistical purposes.
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... Sincerely yours, John E Rolph, Chair Committee on National Statistics cc: Katherine K
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