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B SELECTED STATISTICAL AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS
Pages 116-119

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... Department of the Treasury Statistical Bureau created by law in 1866; made part of the new Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903; made part of the Department of the Treasury in 1913; merged with Compliance Research in 1996. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
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From page 117...
... Bureau of the Census Current programs Periodic programs (censuses) Bureau of Economic Analysis Bureau of Justice Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Transportation Statistics Energy Information Administration National Agricultural Statistics Service National Center for Education Statistics National Center for Health Statistics Statistics of Income, Internal Revenue Service 145.0 210.5 40.9 21.4 360.8 24.8 70.9 100.2 82.6 86.0 24.7 NOTE: Funding levels shown for NCES and BJS do not include salaries and expenses from other departmental sources.
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From page 118...
... staff for major statistical units within each modal administration. Most statistical units have assistance from contractor staff who supplement their own staff; for example, BTS has an estimated 52 contract employees, not including Census Bureau staff who work on the Commodity Flow Survey and the American Travel Survey; the Safety Data Services Division of the Federal Aviation Administration has an estimated 28 contract employees; and the National Center for Statistics and Analysis of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has an estimated 12 contract employees.
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From page 119...
... National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Total FY 1997 Budget: $300 million Major Statistical Unit: National Center for Statistics and Analysis; operates the Fatal Accident Reporting System and National Accident Sampling System; 40 federal employees; FY 1997 budget of $27 million.
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