The last time a Federal Statistical Agency (FSA) was established in the United States was in 1991, so few people have first-hand knowledge of successful approaches to establishing an FSA. Moreover, the legal and technical landscape has changed significantly since then. Each FSA adapts to the needs of its parent agency and builds on legislative language, administrative guidance, and public service to meet the federal agency’s need for information to improve decision-making and provide transparency to the parent agency. We need to form activities that represent the interests of the people. Agency.
Although this report represents the Homeland Security Statistics Service (OHSS) starting from scratch, the agency’s leadership, staff, and resources are drawn from the former Office of Immigration Statistics. OHSS extends across multiple information domains and represents operational and administrative data from all components of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and is an independently recognized statistical agency or division under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). (RSAU).
The Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center was tasked with supporting the OHSS Executive Director’s implementation of the delegation of authority. The researchers reviewed the literature and practice, interviewed other FSA leaders and other subject matter experts and stakeholders, drafted a framework, hosted workshops, and participated in conferences. , addressed this task by presenting synthesized findings and recommendations.
This study was conducted by the Randland Homeland Security Research Division’s Infrastructure, Immigration, and Security Operations Program with support from the Bureau of Homeland Security Statistics.
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