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Focus on Statistics

Federal Economic Statistics: We Are on the Right Track

by Kathleen B. Cooper

Kathleen Cooper was the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs of the U.S. Department of Commerce, serving from 2001 to 2005. She is also a past president of NABE.

An overview of the recent efforts to reform the economic statistics process in the Federal Government.