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Committee on National Statistics

The mission of CNSTAT is to provide advice to the federal government and the nation grounded in the current best scientific knowledge and practice that will lead to improved statistical methods and information upon which to base public policy. CNSTAT seeks to advance the quality of statistical information, contribute to the statistical policies and coordinating activities of the federal government, and help provide a forward-looking vision for the federal statistical system and national statistics more broadly in service of the public good.

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AI Day for Federal Statistics

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Save the Date for our upcoming April 30, 2026 workshop exploring the implications of AI for federal statistics and sharing best practices for using AI to drive government efficiency, modernize the federal workforce, and address challenges facing the federal statistical system. Submit poster applications by March 26, 2026

Mar 3, 2026

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Public Seminar: Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency: A Timeless Resource

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Join us online or in-person to learn about the eighth edition of our flagship report.

Dec 4, 2025

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A Data Infrastructure for Measuring the Care Economy

Approaches for Assessing and Communicating the Quality of National Statistics: A Workshop

8th Edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency

Future Directions for Social and Behavioral Science Methodologies in the Next Decade: A Workshop

Cybercrime Classification and Measurement

Approaches to Improving the Measurement of Death by Suicide of Law Enforcement Officers in the United States: A Workshop

Workshop on Considerations for Returning Individual Genomic Results from Population-Based Surveys: Focus on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

2020 Census Data Products: Workshop on the Demographic and Housing Characteristics Files

An Integrated System of U.S. Household Income, Wealth, and Consumption Data and Statistics to Inform Policy and Research

A Roadmap for Disclosure Avoidance in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)

Future Directions for Applying Behavioral Economics to Policy

Policies and Programs to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty

Strengthening the Evidence Base to Improve Economic and Social Mobility in the United States: A Workshop

The Implications of Using Multiple Data Sources for Major Survey Programs

The Scope, Components, and Key Characteristics of a 21st Century Data Infrastructure

Approaches for Data Governance and Protecting Privacy

Toward a Vision for a New Data Infrastructure for Federal Statistics and Social and Economic Research in the 21st Century

Panel to Evaluate the Quality of the 2020 Census

Improving Consent and Response in Longitudinal Studies of Aging: A Workshop

Opportunities for the National Assessment of Educational Progress in an Age of AI and Pervasive Computation: A Pragmatic Vision

Foundation for Assessing the Health and Vitality of the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s Research Communities

Evaluation and Improvements to the Supplemental Poverty Measure

A Vision and Roadmap for Education Statistics

Panel to Evaluate the Quality of Compensation Data Collected from U.S. Employers by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission through the EEO-1 Form

Measuring Sex, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation for the National Institutes of Health

Building Data Capacity for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research: An Agenda for 2021 to 2030

Work, the Workplace, and Aging: A Planning Meeting

Implications of “Convergence” for How the National Center for Science And Engineering Statistics Measures the Science and Engineering Workforce – A Workshop

Measuring the Transformation of Retail Trade and Related Activities

Understanding the Aging Workforce and Employment at Older Ages

Improving Cost-of-Living Indexes and Consumer Inflation Statistics in the Digital Age

Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Safety Culture: Phase 1