"Federal statistical programs produce key information to illuminate public and private decisions on a range of topics, including the economy, the population, agriculture, crime, education, energy, the environment, health, science, and transportation. The share of budget resources spent on supporting Federal statistics is relatively modest—about 0.04 percent of GDP in non-decennial census years and roughly double that in decennial census years—but that funding is leveraged to inform crucial decisions in a wide variety of spheres. The ability of governments, businesses, and the general public to make appropriate decisions about budgets, employment, investments, taxes, and a host of other important matters depends critically on the ready availability of relevant, accurate, and timely Federal statistics."
Opening paragraph, "Strengthening Federal Statistics" Chapter, FY2012 Analytical Perspectives, p. 65.
The numbers for the Federal Statistical Agency Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) Budget Requests were released this morning (2/14/11):
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Overview. In general, it appears the administration requested roughly the same numbers as for FY11.
The table below has the FY10 enacted levels and the FY11 requested levels, along with the FY12 requested levels. Keep in mind that the FY11 budget has not yet been settled, so one should compare the FY12 request with both the FY10 enacted level and FY 11 requested level. I'll add the FY11 enacted level as they are settled.
Agency (amounts in millions of $)
|
FY10
|
FY11 Request
|
FY12 Request
|
Bureau of Economic Analysis
|
93 |
108
|
108
|
| Bureau of Justice Statistics |
69
|
70
|
66 |
Bureau of Labor Statistics
|
611
|
645
|
647
|
| Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
27 |
30 |
35
|
Census Bureau
|
7225
|
1267
|
1025
|
Economic Research Service
|
82
|
87
|
86
|
Energy Information Administration
|
111 |
129
|
124 |
National Agricultural Statistics Service
|
162 |
165
|
165 |
National Center for Education Statistics
|
264 |
279
|
279 |
National Center for Health Statistics
|
139 |
162 |
162 |
| Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics, SSA |
28 |
32 |
35 |
| Statistics of Income Division, IRS |
43
|
44 |
44 |
The FY10 and FY12 numbers come from p. 68 of
the Special Topics section of the FY2012 Analytical Perspectives and the FY11 request numbers from p. 319 of
the Special Topics section of the FY2011 Analytical Perspectives.
For more on the FY12 request, see my article for the
APDU newsletter (must be an APDU member to view) or my article in the April
Amstat News:
"Administration Affirms Role of Data-Driven Decisionmaking with FY12 Budget Requests."
To offset some of the Census Bureau's FY12 initiatives, the Administration has proposed the follow Census Bureau terminations (from
http://www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/12CJ/Census_Bureau_FY_2012_Congressional_Submission.pdf; p. CEN-6):
• Terminate Current Industrial Reports – a decrease of $4.0 million (-35 FTE)
• Reduce Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign – a decrease of $1.5 million (-9 FTE)
• Terminate Foreign Research and Analyses – a decrease of $1.5 million (-12 FTE)
• Terminate Federal Financial Statistics – a decrease of $0.7 millon (-6 FTE)
• Reduce Data Processing Systems – a decrease of $1.7 million (-0 FTE)
• Reduce Measuring E-business – a decrease of $1.5 million (-0 FTE)
• Terminate Statistical Abstract – a decrease of $2.9 million (-24 FTE)
• Terminate Demographic Call Center – a decrease of $0.9 million (-5 FTE)
• Terminate Population Distributions – a decrease of $1.2 million (-6 FTE)
If there are other statistical agency FY12 request details you'd like me to include, please email me.
See also
- The COSSA Proposed FY 2012 Budgets For Social and Behavioral Science 4/4/11 document, “Winning the Future Amidst a Mountain of Debt”
- Congress and Administration Considering Budgets for Two Fiscal Years
- "President Obama Releases Proposed FY 2012 Budget," COSSA Washington Update, February 21, 2011, Volume 30, Issue 4.
- "Science and Statistical Agencies Fare Well in 2011 Budget Request," April, 2010 Amstat News story on FY11 request.
- 3/14/11: See 3/11/11 testimony by Andrew Reamer in support of FY12 budgets for Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis and NSF NCSES before the House Commerce, Science and Justice Appropriations Subcommittee.
- 3/14/11: See 3/11/11 testimony by Howard Silver (COSSA) in support of FY12 budgets for NSF, BJS and NIJ before the House Commerce, Science and Justice Appropriations Subcommittee.