Federal Statistical Agencies

DHS vows greater transparency, evidence building under new statistics office

The new office aims to bring more transparency and evidence-based decision-making to DHS, but it will require the buy-in of the department’s many components.

Open Data/Transparency

White House wants agencies to increase, improve collection of LGBTQ data

Big Data

FILE - This Wednesday, May 13, 2020, file photo made with a fisheye lens shows a list of the confirmed COVID-19 cases in Salt Lake County early in the coronavirus pandemic at the county health department in Salt Lake City. Health officials later moved to tracking the cases in an online database, but the white board remains in the office as a reminder of how quickly the coronavirus spread. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

It’s a fact: Government relies on statistics

Tom Temin Commentary