Council of Professional Associations

on 

Federal Statistics

***Serving the Federal Statistical Community Since 1981***

COPAFS’ role is to act as the advocate for the development and dissemination of high-quality federal statistics.  COPAFS is an important intermediary between the federal statistical agencies and the users of information produced by these agencies.  Through COPAFS, members have an opportunity to review and have an impact on issues including timeliness, quality confidentiality, and the relevance of data.

                                                                            Reports

                                                                     News From COPAFS Archives

Final Metropolitan Area Standards                                          Federal Statistics in the FY 2010 Budget

Budget Table-Principal Federal Statistical Agencies                   The Direction of Fertility in the United States

Providing Incentives to Survey Respondents                        Past COPAFS Newsletters   

Poverty, Health Insurance,  and Disability:  A Look Behind  the Scenes – Charles Nelson, U.S. Census Bureau

Sub-County Statistical Areas Program for the 2010 Census

Income, Poverty, Earnings and Health Coverage: 2008 - David S. Johnson

 

2009 KIDS COUNT Data Book Now Available – http://datacenter.kidscount.org/databook/2009/Default.aspx

                                                                                  

                                     

Meetings – Seminars – Conferences

                                                   30th CIRET Conference, October 16, 2010 New York

                                       Contact Ataman Ozyildirim at the Conference Board At:

                                             Ataman.Ozyildirim@conference-board.org

                                         Economic Tendency Surveys and the Service Sector

 

 

        2010 Quarterly Meetings Dates

             March 5

             June 4

             September 24

             December 3

              

          

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Minutes of Quarterly Meetings

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      Presentations From the December 4, 2009 Quarterly Meeting

      The OMB Data.gov Initiative

      The National Survey of Residential Care Facilities

      Local Employment Dynamic: Synthetic Data for OnTheMap Version 4

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         Presentations From The March 6, 2009 Quarterly Meeting

        Estimating and Mapping International Populations at Risk

        Income Data for 2002: A Comparison of Eight Surveys

        Reviewing the Standards for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas

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        Presentations From the June 5, 2009 Quarterly Meeting

       Alternative Price Indexes for Health Care Spending

       Changes to the 2008 American Community Survey Data Products

       A Century of Classification: The Census Bureau’s Urban and Rural Classification 1910-2010

       Issues and Considerations for Defining Urban and Rural in the U.S. and Island Areas

       Estimates Evaluation E (Squared)

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Presentation From the September 11, 2009 Quarterly Meeting

GDP and Beyond: Alternative Measures of the Economic Status of Households and Businesses

The 2010 Census Demographic Analysis Program

2010 Post Enumeration Estimates Using Census Coverage Measurement

 

     

       

                                                                                                    

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Reports For The U.S. Census Bureau Conference: Immigration Statistics: Methodology and Data Quality

 

               Papers From the U.S. Census Bureau Conference: Population Estimates: Meeting User Needs

 

               Papers From the Seminar – Survey Respondent Incentives: Research and Practices                

 

                                                                        2010 Census Milestones                             

 

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                        Judie Mopsik, President           Edward J. Spar, Executive Director

                                              Last Updated: December 7, 2009