Improving Business Statistics Through Interagency Data Sharing: Summary of a Workshop (2006)
Chapter: Appendix A Workshop Agenda and Attendees
Appendix A
Workshop Agenda and Attendees
Workshop on the Benefits of Interagency Business Data Sharing
October 21, 2005
The Keck Center of the National Academies
Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
Welcome and Introductory Comments
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9:00 am |
Background, Workshop Goals, and Agenda |
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Charles Schultze, workshop chair (Brookings Institution) |
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9:10 |
Welcome from the Sponsor |
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Steven Landefeld, Dennis Fixler (BEA) |
Benefits of Data Sharing to the Statistical Agencies
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9:15 |
Improving Business Lists: The Business Register Comparison and Reconciliation Projects |
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Jim Spletzer (BLS); Paul Hanczaryk (Census Bureau) |
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9:45 |
Open Discussion |
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10:15 |
An Overview of IRS Data: Data-Sharing Arrangements, and Data Needs of Primary Customers and Researchers |
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Mark Mazur, Nick Greenia (IRS) |
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10:45 |
Open Discussion |
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11:15 |
An Overview of the Role of Data Sharing in the Production of Federal Statistics |
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Steven Landefeld, Dennis Fixler (BEA) |
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11:45 |
Open Discussion |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch and Discussion |
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Recent Developments in Data-Sharing Regulations and Legislation |
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Katherine Wallman (OMB) |
Research and Policy Perspectives on the Benefits of Data Sharing
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1:00 |
Introduction to the Session |
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Charles Shultze |
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1:15 |
Monetary Policy and Research at the Federal Reserve |
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Carol Corrado (Federal Reserve Board) |
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1:45 |
Open Discussion |
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2:00 |
Productivity and Real Output Measurement |
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Dale Jorgenson (Harvard University) |
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2:30 |
Open Discussion |
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2:45 |
Break |
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3:00 |
Tax Data Needs for Improving Estimates of Corporate Profits |
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George Plesko (University of Connecticut) |
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3:30 |
Open Discussion |
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3:45 |
The Importance of Accurate Data and Data Sharing for Budget Forecasting |
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin (CBO) |
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4:15 |
Open Discussion |
Conclusions: Data Sharing, Data Quality, and Informed Policy
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4:30 |
Key Points from the Presentations: Directions for the Future |
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Robert Parker (federal statistics consultant) |
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Concluding Remarks from the Statistical Agencies |
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Kathleen Utgoff (BLS); Howard Hogan (Census Bureau); Rosemary Marcuss (BEA) |
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5:30 |
Adjourn |
ATTENDEES
(* indicates a presenter)
Thomas Anderson, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Stephen Andrews, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Anthony Apostolides, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Lisa Blumerman, Census Bureau
Ruth Bramblett, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Stephanie Brown, Census Bureau
Carolyn Carroll, STAT TECH, Inc.
Chris Chapman, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Constance Citro, National Research Council
Carol Corrado, Federal Reserve Board*
Ruth Detlefsen, Census Bureau
Chris Ellis, RTI International
Joel Elvery, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Vincent Fang, MacroSys Research and Technology
Daniel Feenberg, NBER (steering committee member)
Jason J. Fichtner, Joint Economic Committee
Dennis Fixler, Bureau of Economic Analysis*
Lucia Foster, Census Bureau
Charles Funk, Census Bureau
John Galvin, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gerald Gates, Census Bureau
John Golmant , Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Nancy M. Gordon, Census Bureau
Nick Greenia, Internal Revenue Service*
Keith Hall, Department of Commerce
John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland (steering committee member)
Charlie Han, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Paul Hanczaryk, Census Bureau*
Brian A. Harris-Kojetin, Office of Management and Budget
Maurine Haver, Haver Analytics
Brian Higginbotham, Joint Economic Committee
Tina Highfill, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Paul L. Hsen, Census Bureau
Howard Hogan, Census Bureau*
Brian Holly, Census Bureau
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Congressional Budget Office*
Ned Howenstine, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Ron Jarmin, Census Bureau
Dale Jorgenson, Harvard University*
Arthur Kennickell, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Sanders Korenman, Baruch College, CUNY
Meredith Krug, Federal Reserve Board
Caryn Kuebler, National Research Council
Herbert Lacayo Jr., Environmental Protection Agency
Steven Landefeld, Bureau of Economic Analysis*
Timothy (Bogong) Li, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Juanita Tamayo Lott, Census Bureau
Christopher Mackie, National Research Council
Rosemary Marcuss, Bureau of Economic Analysis*
Sandra Mathieson, Census Bureau
Mark Mazur, Internal Revenue Service*
Thomas Mesenbourg, Census Bureau
Harry Meyers, National Academy of Public Administration
Kimberly Moore, Census Bureau
Brent Moulton, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Patrick Mullen, Government Accountability Office
Sue Okubo, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Robert Parker, federal statistics consultant*
Thomas Petska, Statistics of Income, Internal Revenue Service
George Plesko, University of Connecticut*
Thomas Plewes, National Research Council
Dylan Rassier, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Ralph Rector, The Heritage Foundation (steering committee member)
Brooks Robinson, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Ruth Runyan, Census Bureau
Ken Ryder, National Academy of Public Administration
Hossain Sanjani, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Charles Schultze, Brookings Institution (steering committee member)
Molly Shannon, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Gerald Silverstein, Treasury Department
Michael Siri, National Research Council
Timothy Slaper, Joint Economic Committee
Jim Spletzer, Bureau of Labor Statistics*
Bryce Stephens, National Academy of Public Administration
Miron Straf, National Research Council
Ovuokerie Ubogu, Temple University
Kathleen Utgoff, Bureau of Labor Statistics*
Katherine Wallman, Office of Management and Budget*
Diane Willimack, Census Bureau
Ewen Wilson, Census Bureau
Henry Wulf, Census Bureau
Qingshu Xie, MacroSys Research and Technology
