Statistical Programs of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2016 outlines the funding proposed for Federal statistical activities in the President’s Budget.

This report fulfills OMB's responsibility under the Paperwork Reduction Act to report annually to Congress on the status and budget for each major statistical program. The report provides information on more than 80 agencies that have budgets of $500,000 or more for statistical activities for FY 2010, FY 2011, or FY 2012. Chapter 1 highlights Congressional action on the President's FY 2011 budget request and the President's proposed FY 2012 funding for statistical activities. The chapter also includes information about statistical work performed by agencies on a reimbursable basis and about agency purchases of statistical services and projects. Chapter 2 presents significant changes proposed for Federal statistical activities in the FY 2012 budget. Chapter 3 provides information on plans for improving Federal statistical programs.

The environment for obtaining information and providing statistical data for policy makers and the public has changed significantly in the past decade, raising questions about the fundamental survey paradigm that underlies federal statistics. New data sources provide opportunities to develop a new paradigm that can improve timeliness, geographic or subpopulation detail, and statistical efficiency. It also has the potential to reduce the costs of producing federal statistics. The panel's first report described federal statistical agencies' current paradigm, which relies heavily on sample surveys for producing national statistics, and challenges agencies are facing; the legal frameworks and mechanisms for protecting the privacy and confidentiality of statistical data and for providing researchers access to data, and challenges to those frameworks and mechanisms; and statistical agencies access to alternative sources of data. The panel recommended a new approach for federal statistical programs that would combine diverse data sources from government and private sector sources and the creation of a new entity that would provide the foundational elements needed for this new approach, including legal authority to access data and protect privacy. This second of the panel's two reports builds on the analysis, conclusions, and recommendations in the first one. This report assesses alternative methods for implementing a new approach that would combine diverse data sources from government and private sector sources, including describing statistical models for combining data from multiple sources; examining statistical and computer science approaches that foster privacy protections; evaluating frameworks for assessing the quality and utility of alternative data sources; and various models for implementing the recommended new entity. Together, the two reports offer ideas and recommendations to help federal statistical agencies examine and evaluate data from alternative sources and then combine them as appropriate to provide the country with more timely, actionable, and useful information for policy makers, businesses, and individuals.

Identifies and describes specific government assistance opportunities such as loans, grants, counseling, and procurement contracts available under many agencies and programs.

"[C]ontains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President's priorities, budget overviews organized by agency, and summary tables"--V. 1.

This report highlights the important role data can play in creating conditions that improve public services, increase the effectiveness of public spending and inform ethical and privacy considerations. It presents a data-driven public sector framework that can help countries or organisations assess the elements needed for using data to make better-informed decisions across public sectors.

Contains analyses that are designed to highlight specified subject areas or provide other significant presentations of budget data that place the budget in perspective. This volume includes economic and accounting analyses; information on Federal receipts and collections; analyses of Federal spending; detailed information on Federal borrowing and debt; baseline or current services estimates; and other technical presentations.