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Emerging Best Practices

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

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  • Formal and public acknowledgement of the independent position of the statistical agency
  • Independence and autonomy of statistical agency head, with direct access to the Department secretary
  • A position of authority in making IT and confidentiality decisions that may affect the agency’s operations
  • Authority to release statistical information without prior clearance for the statistical content by Department policy officials