Transparency in Statistical Information for the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics and All Federal Statistical Agencies (2022)
Chapter: Appendix C: Public Meeting Agendas
Appendix C
Public Meeting Agendas
MEETING 1
May 21, 2019
Keck Center of the National Academies, Room 100
500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC
Tuesday, May 21
OPEN SESSION
| 8:45 am | A. Introduction of Panel and Staff |
| Breakfast will be provided in Room 100 | |
| 9:30 |
B. Welcomes
Emilda B. Rivers, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) Monica Feit, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Brian Harris-Kojetin, Committee on National Statistics Questions from the Committee |
| 10:15 | Break (informal discussion and further Q&A with presenters) |
| 10:30 |
C. Charge from NCSES and the Federal Context
Overall Charge Emilda B. Rivers NCSES Data Management, Dissemination and User Perspective May H. Aydin, NCSES Open/Transparent Data Goals and Machine-Readable Data and Metadata Francisco Moris, NCSES Transparent Reporting for Integrated Data Quality: Assessing the User’s Perspective Mark Prell, Economic Research Service Questions from Committee and Open Discussion |
| 11:50 | Working Lunch in Atrium (continue discussions of presentations) |
| 12:50 pm |
D. Challenges During the Statistical Survey Cycle: Data Documentation, Archiving, and Dissemination
Role of Contractors in NCSES Data Production, Archiving and Documentation May H. Aydin The Future of NCSES Data Systems: Metadata Explorer, APIs, and Interactive Data Tool Tiffany Ann Julian, NCSES Open Data and Metadata Schema Philip Ashlock, General Services Administration Documentation and Archiving Metadata Practices and Needs Marilyn Seastrom, National Center for Education Statistics Questions and Discussion |
| 2:50 | Break (informal discussion and further Q&A with presenters) |
| 3:05 |
E. Approaches to Data Documentation, Archiving, and Dissemination within the Federal Statistical System
Statistical Metadata and Statistics Registries Daniel W. Gillman, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistical Workflow Processes and Internal Metadata Capture/Management Christopher N. Carrino, U.S. Census Bureau Transparency, Quality, Documentation, and Dissemination: International Standards John L. Czajka and Mathew Stange, Mathematica Policy Research |
| Questions and Discussion | |
| 4:50 |
Concluding Remarks
Emilda B. Rivers, May H. Aydin, Francisco Moris, and Michael Cohen |
| 5:05 pm | Adjournment |
MEETING 2
September 9, 2019
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC
Monday, September 9, 2019, Room 100
OPEN SESSION
| 8:45 am | Welcome/Introductions/Goals for the Day Breakfast will be provided outside of Room 100 |
| 9:00 |
Driving Official Statistics to its Modernization
Juan Muñoz, National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Mexico) |
| 9:45 |
Producing the National Income and Product Accounts: An Illustration Using Personal Consumption Expenditures Dennis Fixler, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
| 10:30 | Break (informal discussion and further Q&A with presenters) |
| 10:45 |
Transparency and Reproducibility in the Design, Testing, Implementation and Maintenance of Procedures for the Integration of Multiple Data Sources John Eltinge, U.S. Census Bureau |
| 11:30 |
Data Curation and Transparent Federal Statistics: Some Suggestions Leighton L. Christiansen, Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
| 12:30 pm | Working Lunch (continue discussions of presentations) |
| 1:30 |
Metadata Driven Statistical Data Management Pascal Heus, Metadata Technology North America |
| 2:30 |
Building an Open Ecosystem for Data Discovery Natasha Noy, Google |
| 3:30 | Break (informal discussion and further Q&A with presenters) |
| 3:45 |
Transparency for the Modern Evidence Ecosystem: Trust and Accountability to Support Effective Policymaking Nick Hart, Data Coalition |
| 4:30 |
Recent OMB Efforts to Increase the Transparency and Reproducibility of Federal Statistics Nancy Potok, Office of Management and Budget |
| 5:00 |
Closing Remarks Staff from National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |
| 5:15 pm | Adjourn Open Session |
MEETING 3
November 5–6, 2019
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
OPEN SESSION, Room 208
| 8:45 am |
Welcome/Introductions/Goals for the Day Dan Kasprzyk, Panel Chair Emilda Rivers, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |
| 9:00 |
Overview and Uses of SDMX David Barraclough, OECD |
| 10:00 | Break (informal discussion and further Q&A with presenters) |
| 10:15 |
Census Bureau’s Approach to Data Dissemination Zach Whitman, U.S. Census Bureau |
| 11:15 |
Disseminating Methodological Processes Bill Bell, U.S. Census Bureau |
| 11:45 | Working Lunch (continue discussions of presentations) |
| 1:00 pm |
Transparency and User’s Needs Olivier Dupriez, World Bank |
| 1:45 |
Uses of Various Metadata Standards and Tools Outside of U.S. Jeremy Iverson and Dan Smith, Colectica Heidi Koumarianos, National Institute of Statistics and Economics Studies (France) |
| 3:15 | Break (informal discussion and further Q&A with presenters) |
| 3:30 |
Role of Contractors in Archiving Data and Methods Brad Edwards, Westat Marcus Berzofsky, RTI International Marilyn Seastrom, National Center for Education Statistics |
| 4:45 |
Closing Remarks Staff from NCSES |
| 5:00 pm | Adjourn Open Session |
MEETING 4
February 6, 2020
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC
Wednesday, February 6, 2020
OPEN SESSION, Room 106
| 8:45 am |
Welcome/Introductions/Goals for the Day (Breakfast available at 8:30 am) Dan Kasprzyk, Panel Chair Emilda Rivers, NCSES |
| 9:00 |
Transparency and User’s Needs Olivier Dupriez, World Bank |
| 10:00 | Break (informal discussion and further Q&A with presenters) |
| 10:15 |
Experiences in Analyzing NCSES Data Anne-Marie Knott, Washington University in St. Louis Kimberlee Eberle-Sudre, Association of American Universities |
| 11:00 |
American Community Survey Data Users Group and Related Activities Jason Jurjevich, University of Arizona Tori Velkoff, U.S. Census Bureau |
| 11:45 am | Adjourn Open Session |
