Statistical Policy

• Statistical Programs of the United States Government:
  • Fiscal Year 2002 (September 4, 2001) (965k)
  • Fiscal Year 2001 (July 6, 2000) (429k)
  • Fiscal Year 2000 (October 27, 1999) (497k)
  • Fiscal Year 1999 (455k)
  • Fiscal Year 1998 (October 16, 1997) (534k)
  • Fiscal Year 1997
• Strengthening Federal Statistics
• Fiscal Year 2003 (February 4, 2002)
(130k)
• Metropolitan Statistical Areas
  • Standards for Defining Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas (December 27, 2000)  (253k)
  • Final Report and Recommendations From the Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee to the Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the Standards for Defining Metropolitan Areas (August 22, 2000)  (85k)
  • Recommendations from the Metropolitan Area Standards Review Committee to the Office of Management and Budget Concerning Changes to the Standards for Defining Metropolitan Areas (October 20, 1999) (735k)
  • Updated Statistical Definitions of Metropolitan Areas (August 2, 1999) (127k)
  • OMB Bulletin No. 00-04, Integrating the Performance Plan and Budget (June 6, 2000)
  • Revised Statistical Definitions of Metropolitan Areas (MAs) and Guidance on Uses of MA Definitions (June 30, 1999)
  • Alternative Approaches to Defining Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas (December 21, 1998) PDF version (1,149k) or HTML version of text (163k)
  • OMB Bulletin No. 98-06: Revised Statistical Definitions of Metropolitan Areas (MAs) and Guidance on Uses of MA Definitions (161 k) (June 23, 1998)
  • OMB Bulletin No. 95-04: Revised Statistical Definitions of Metropolitan Areas (MAs) and Guidance on Uses of MA Definitions (June 30, 1995)
  • Alternative Approaches to Defining Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas (December 21, 1998) PDF version (1,149k) or HTML version of text (163k)
• Data on Race and Ethnicity
  • Federal Register Notice: Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (January 16, 2001, Volume 66, Number 10, pages 3829-3831)  (13k)
  • Provisional Guidance on the Implementation of the 1997 Standards for Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (December 15, 2000)  (204k)
  • Appendix A, Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (13k)
  • Appendix B, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (12k)
  • Appendix C, The Bridge Report: Tabulation Options for Trend Analysis  (215k)
  • OMB Bulletin No. 00-02, Guidance on Aggregation and Allocation of Data on Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring and Enforcement (March 9, 2000)
  • Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (October 30, 1997)
  • Recommendations from the Interagency Committee for the Review of the Racial and Ethnic Standards (July 9, 1997) PDF version or HTML version
  • Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (August 1995)
  • Advance Notice of Proposed Review and Possible Revision of OMB's Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting (June 1994)
• Federal Statistical Confidentiality Order (June 27, 1997) (430k)
• Press Release - Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms (FSBR) (May 21, 1996)
• Schedule of Release Dates for Principal Federal Economic Indicators
• OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates for 2002 (September 18, 2001) (208k)
• OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates for 2001 (September 19, 2000)
• OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates For 2000 (September 9, 1999)
• OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates For 1999 (December 1, 1998)
• OMB Issues Schedule of Release Dates For 1998 (December 4, 1997)