Statistical
Programs of the United States Government:
Fiscal Year 1997
Table of Contents
IntroductionChapter 1. Budgets for Statistical Programs
Overview of Statistical Program Budgets
Highlights of Congressional Action on the President's FY 1996 Budget Request
FY 1997 Budget Highlights
Reimbursable Programs
Purchases of Statistical ServicesChapter 2. Programs and Program Changes
Health and Safety Statistics
Social and Demographic Statistics
Statistics on Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment
Economic StatisticsStatistical Agency Heads Council
Sharing of Statistical Information
One-Stop Shopping for Federal Statistical Data
2000 Decennial Census Planning
American Community Survey
Economic Statistics Initiative
Revision of the Consumer Price Index
Redesign of the Occupational Compensation Survey Program
Improving and Integrating Agricultural Surveys
Automating the Export Control System
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Improving and Integrating Health Surveys
Economic Classification Policy Committee (ECPC)
Occupational Classification Policy Committee
Metropolitan Areas 2000
Classification of Data on Race and Ethnicity
Definition of Poverty
Supporting the Customer Service Initiative
Reducing Reporting Burden on Business
Appendix: Direct Funding, Reimbursable Programs, and Purchases by Agency, FY 1997 (Table)
Glossary of Agency Abbreviations
Selected Federal Statistical World Wide Web Sites
Introduction
Statistical Programs of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 1997 outlines the funding proposed for Federal statistical activities in the President's budget. The budget requested an estimated $2.8 billion for statistical work in FY 1997.The information in this report covers over 70 Federal agencies that have annual budgets of $500,000 or more for statistical activities. This information was obtained from materials supplied to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during the budget process, with the agencies providing additional details about their expenditures for reimbursable work and purchases of statistical services.
The report fulfills a responsibility of OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Section 3504(e)(2) of Title 44, United States Code) to prepare an annual report on statistical program funding. Inquiries may be directed to the Chief Statistician, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.
Chapter 1: Budgets for Statistical Programs
This chapter provides information about agency budgets for major statistical programs for FY 1995, FY 1996, and FY 1997. It highlights the impact of congressional action on the President's FY 1996 budget request and proposed FY 1997 funding for statistical activities. The chapter includes as well information about statistical work performed by agencies on a reimbursable basis and about agency purchases of statistical services and products. The budget information for FY 1997 is from the President's budget as submitted to the Congress and thus does not reflect congressional action.Overview of Statistical Program Budgets
The following should be kept in mind when reviewing the information in this report:
- Not all
Federal spending on statistical activities is included. The report covers
agencies having direct funding for statistical activities of at least
$500,000 in FY 1995, or estimated direct funding for statistical activities
of at least $500,000 in either FY 1996 or FY 1997. Using these criteria,
the report includes the budgets for statistical programs and activities
for over 70 agencies.
- Funding
for a statistical activity may increase or decrease as a result of the
cyclical nature of a survey. Such increases or decreases should not
be interpreted as changes in agency priorities, but rather as the normal
consequences of the nature of the programs. Agencies also experience
increases or decreases in their budgets because they conduct one-time
surveys or studies in a particular fiscal year.
- Statistical
activities are defined to include the following: (1) planning of statistical
surveys and studies, including project design, sample design and selection,
and design of questionnaires, forms, or other techniques of observation
and data collection; (2) training of statisticians, interviewers, or
processing personnel; (3) collection, processing, or tabulation of statistical
data for publication, dissemination, research, analysis, or program
management and evaluation; (4) publication or dissemination of statistical
data and studies; (5) methodological testing or statistical research;
(6) data analysis; (7) forecasts or projections that are published or
otherwise made available for government-wide or public use; (8) statistical
tabulation, dissemina tion, or publication of data collected by others;
(9) construction of secondary data series or development of models that
are an integral part of generating statistical series or forecasts;
(10) management or coordination of statistical operations; and (11)
statistical consulting or training.
- Major
statistical programs differ in organizational structure and in the means
by which they are funded. Some major statistical programs, such as labor
force statistics and energy statistics, are carried out by agencies
(the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Energy Information Administration,
respectively) whose sole missions are statistical; these organizations
are referred to as principal statistical agencies and appear as line
items in the President's budget. In other cases, agencies have statistical
programs that support their program planning and evaluation functions
or that are an outgrowth of their administrative responsibilities. In
these cases, the budget for statistical activities is a portion of the
total appropriation for that agency. A stati stical program is not always
executed by the agency that sponsors it. In these instances, the work
is done on a reimbursable basis by another Federal statistical agency
or by a private organization under contract.
- Whether statistical work is done inside or outside the agency, the direct obligations reflect the level of statistical activities in support of the agency's mission. Table 1 presents direct program funding for FY 1995, FY 1996, and FY 1997 for major statistical programs, by department and agency.
Table
1: DIRECT FUNDING FOR MAJOR STATISTICAL PROGRAMS,
FY 1995 - FY 1997
(In millions of dollars)
| Department | Agency | 1995
Actual |
1996
Estimate |
1997
Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGRICULTURE | ARS | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.0 | ERS | 53.8 | 53.1 | 54.9 |
| FAS | 32.0 | 34.2 | 35.7 | FCS | 20.2 | 21.8 | 22.2 | FS | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.9 | NASS | 81.3 | 81.1 | 102.6 |
| NRCS | 87.6 | 90.5 | 106.3 | |
| COMMERCE | BEA | 41.3 | 41.5 | 48.6 |
| Census | 271.7 | 292.9 | 404.1 | |
| current | 132.6 | 133.6 | 150.7 | |
| periodic | 139.1 | 159.3 | 253.4 | |
| 1990 census | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2000 census | 40.9 | 50.6 | 105.9 | |
| ESA | 6.1 | 5.4 | 4.9 | |
| ITA | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.6 | |
| NOAA | 46.7 | 48.5 | 49.3 | NMFS | 22.3 | 24.1 | 24.7 |
| USTTA | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.0 | |
| DEFENSE | Corps Eng | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| DIOR | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | |
| DMDC | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.3 | |
| EDUCATION | NCES* | 90.0 | 88.0 | 91.9 |
| ENERGY | EIA | 82.0 | 76.5 | 66.1 |
| ES&H | 28.4 | 36.5 | 30.5 | |
| OER | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| HHS | ACF | 22.4 | 22.5 | 18.9 |
| AHCPR | 66.3 | 29.3 | 43.3 | |
| AoA | 3.8 | 1.3 | 3.2 | |
| ATSDR | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | |
| CDC | 166.6 | 168.0 | 182.7 | |
| NCHS | 81.4 | 77.7 | 88.5 | HCFA | 14.1 | 14.0 | 13.6 |
| HRSA | 10.1 | 10.0 | 9.6 | |
| IHS | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | |
| NIH | 307.6 | 315.6 | 322.6 | |
| NCI | 71.3 | 74.1 | 77.1 | |
| NEI | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| NHLBI | 41.3 | 42.6 | 43.3 | |
| NIA | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | |
| NIAAA | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | |
| NIAID | 26.2 | 27.5 | 28.9 | |
| NIAMSD | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| NICHD | 29.1 | 30.0 | 30.0 | |
| NIDA | 38.1 | 39.4 | 40.1 | |
| NIDCD | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| NIDDK | 62.1 | 64.6 | 65.7 | |
| NIDR | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | |
| NIEHS | 18.5 | 18.9 | 19.3 | |
| NIGMS | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| NINDS | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | |
| OD | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | |
| OASPE | 20.1 | 20.0 | 20.0 | |
| SAMHSA | 70.2 | 54.5 | 49.9 | |
| HUD | CP&D | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Housing | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| OFHEO | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | |
| PD&R | 24.9 | 23.9 | 26.5 | |
| P&IH | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| INTERIOR | BoM | 15.9 | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| FWS | 7.9 | 7.1 | 7.3 | |
| MMS | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| NBS | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| USGS | 60.7 | 77.5 | 79.8 | |
| JUSTICE | BJS* | 25.4 | 25.0 | 26.9 |
| BoP | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | |
| DEA | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | FBI | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| INS | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.2 | |
| LABOR | BLS | 349.6 | 343.1 | 372.4 |
| ESA | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | |
| ETA | 39.6 | 39.6 | 41.6 | |
| MSHA | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | |
| OASP | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | |
| OSHA | 18.9 | 16.5 | 16.9 | |
| TRANSPORTATION | BTS | 17.0 | 19.5 | 28.1 |
| FAA | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | |
| FHWA | 30.9 | 30.0 | 32.7 | |
| FRA | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
| FTA | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.0 | |
| MARAD | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |
| NHTSA | 21.8 | 22.1 | 26.7 | |
| OST | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | |
| RSPA | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.2 | |
| TREASURY | Customs | 7.3 | 7.9 | 8.2 |
| IRS | 37.3 | 36.0 | 35.0 | |
| SOI | 28.8 | 26.1 | 26.8 | |
| VETERANS AFFAIRS | 53.5 | 54.7 | 58.2 | |
| OTHER AGENCIES | AID | 22.9 | 18.6 | 18.6 |
| CPSC | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.5 | |
| EEOC | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | |
| EPA | 125.6 | 140.3 | 137.5 | |
| NASA | 23.7 | 16.9 | 16.9 | |
| NSF | 49.8 | 50.7 | 51.8 | |
| SBA | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| SSA | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.9 | |
| TOTAL | 2,548.9 | 2,541.5 | 2,754.6 | |
| TOTAL
without 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses |
2,507.4 | 2,490.9 | 2,648.7 | |
* Note: Figures shown in Table 1 have been provided by the agencies and are derived from "total direct program" funds (line 00.91) shown in the program and financing schedule for these agencies in the President's FY 1997 budget. The amounts for BJS and NCES include estimated salary and expenses that are not directly appropriated; the amounts for BEA and EIA include prior year balances. Components may not add to stated totals because of rounding.
Highlights
of Congressional Action on the
President's FY 1996 Budget Request
The figures
for FY 1996 in Table 1 reflect congressional action on the President's budget
request for funding of statistical activities. The following are highlights
of the impact of these appropriation levels on the programs of the principal
statistical agencies:
Bureau of the Census : The FY 1996 appropriation was $48.5 million below the President's request. The primary effects on current programs involved cancellations of the monthly and annual nonresidential permits survey, the semiannual investment plans survey, and the survey of pollution abatement costs and expenditures; the quarterly Trade and Employment report, the annual Output, Exports, and Imports report, the Exports From Manufacturing Establishments report, the Current Population Reports on the Black, Hispanic, and Asian and Pacific Islander populations, marital status and living arrangements, geographic mobility, and school enrollment; individual reports on income, poverty, and non-cash benefits; and the quarterly and annual reports on housing vacancy and home ownership. The 1996 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) was reduced from 50,000 to 37,000 households, and data collection began two months later than planned. Implementation activities for the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) were deferred. Other reductions were in planned program improvements in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), construction, and industry estimates; developing electronic reporting of business data and distributing of demographic reports; and studies on population projection methodologies for metropolitan areas. Effects on the Census Bureau's periodic programs included eliminating the 1997 Survey of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises, the Taxable Property Survey, and the 1997 Economic Censuses and Agriculture Census of Puerto Rico and the outlying areas; delaying or not implementing tests of new methods for reducing costs for the 2000 census; cancelling the production of 1995 subcounty population estimates; cancelling the updating of the periodic surveys' sample; eliminating a site from the 1996 American Community Survey; delaying the conversion of surveys to automated data collection; and delaying development of the 2000 census address list.
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) : The FY 1996 appropriation was $11 million below the President's request. Including prior year balances, the net reduction was $10 million. As a result of this decrease, funds were not provided to support improvements in BEA's economic accounts proposed under the Economic Information Infrastructure Initiative. In addition, BEA's base programs were scaled back in the areas of foreign direct investment, pollution abatement and control expenditures, and regional projections. The regional projections program and pollution abatement and control programs are being phased out, and establishment-level data on foreign direct investment from a joint project with the Census Bureau will be produced on a five-year rather than an annual cycle.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) : FY 1996 funding was appropriated at $0.6 million below the President's request that included a base increase.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) : The FY 1996 appropriation was $33.6 million below the President's request. This reduction resulted in eliminating State level estimates for the household employment survey; eliminating the Foreign Direct Investment program; truncating price indexes for imports and exports; eliminating collective bargaining data; reducing funds for State level occupational safety and health statistics; and eliminating Federal productivity statistics. A key reengineering initiative is the planned combination of the Occupational Compensation Survey, the Employment Cost Index, and the Employee Benefits Survey into a new program called COMP2000.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) : The FY 1996 appropriation was $2.5 million below the President's request. This reduction resulted in delays in producing results from the 1995 American Travel Survey and the Commodity Flow Survey.
Economic Research Service (ERS) : FY 1996 funding was appropriated at $1.6 million below the President's request that included a base increase.
Energy Information Administration (EIA) : The FY 1996 appropriation was $12.4 million below the President's request. Including prior year balances, the net reduction was $8.2 million. This decrease resulted in eliminating the Residential Transportation Energy Consumption Survey; eliminating or reducing the frequency of collecting data on manufacturing facility fuel switching capability, electricity generation, petroleum refining and sales; reducing mid-term forecasting and related analysis; and eliminating or reducing publications and computer disaster recovery systems.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) : The FY 1996 appropriation was $8.7 million below the President's request. Funds were not provided for three initiatives: the enhanced distributed processing data base systems for the State Statistical Offices, the Pesticide Use Data Program, and the Integrated Pest Management/Restricted Use Pesticide Data program.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) : The FY 1996 appropriation was $16.1 million below the President's request. This funding level required changing the periodicity of some core surveys from a two-year to a three-year cycle; cancelling an assessment of adult literacy, workplace literacy, and postsecondary education skills; cancelling preparatory activities for a national survey of how classrooms operate; delaying development of procedures to include special populations in NCES surveys and assessments; cancelling the science assessment in grade 4; and delaying a test of the arts in grade 12.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) : The FY 1996 appropriation was $3.7 million below the President's request. This decrease required the agency to obtain additional reimbursable funds to supplement resources for preparatory activities for the 1998 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
FY 1997 Budget Highlights
As shown in Table 1, the FY 1997 estimated budget submitted by the President for statistical activities covered by this report is estimated at $2,754.6 million. The following are highlights of proposed program changes in the principal statistical agencies and their associated costs (in millions of dollars). Additional details about these changes are provided in Chapter 2 of this report.Bureau of the Census : Increases are provided for the Periodic Demographic Statistics program for the 2000 census (+$57.8) and the Intercensal Demographic Estimates program (+$0.5); other demographic statistics programs and support for those programs comprising the Continuous Measurement program that includes the American Community Survey (+$10.0), Computer-Assisted Survey Information Collection (CASIC) (+$6.9), sample redesign (+$1.7), geographic support (+$8.1), and data processing systems modernization (+$16.1); the Periodic Economic Statistics program to conduct the 1997 Economic Censuses (+$7.8) and the 1997 Census of Governments (+$1.7); and the Current Economic Statistics program to expand coverage of service industries statistics (+$2.5), begin implementation of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (+$5.5), remedy deficiencies in nonresidential reconstruction and retail and wholesale trade statistics (+$2.6), and expand the use of automated data programs for reporting business data (+$1.8).
Bureau of Economic Analysis : Increases are provided to strengthen and extend the underlying source data for the economic accounts (+$4.9) and to develop a customer-oriented data dissemination system (+$2.3).
Bureau of Justice Statistics : The request does not include any program changes but does include an increase to the base program from the FY 1996 appropriated level (+$1.5).
Bureau of Labor Statistics : Increases are requested for continuing work on the periodic revision of the Consumer Price Index (+$4.6); participation in the government-wide development of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (+$2.5); and reinstating funds for State level occupational safety and health, and occupational employment statistics (+$6.1).
Bureau of Transportation Statistics : The request provides for Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) authorized increases (+$5.0); restoration of a Federal-aid Trust Fund rescission (+$3.0); and for computer processing modernization for the Office of Airline Information (+$0.6).
Economic Research Service : Increases are provided to collect and analyze data on farm pesticide use linked to environmental conditions and economic performance (+$1.1).
Energy Information Administration : The budget request, coupled with expected reimbursable projects, provides for approximately the same level of available funds as in FY 1996.
National Agricultural Statistics Service : Increases are provided for the transfer of the Census of Agriculture to NASS (+$17.5); the Integrated Pest Management program (+$1.5); the Postharvest Pesticide Survey (+$0.6); and the Pesticide Data Program (+$1.0).
National Center for Education Statistics : Increases are provided for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)(+$3.9).
National Center for Health Statistics : Increases are provided to continue preparatory activities for conducting the next National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 1998 (+$10.8).
Reimbursable Programs
Agencies whose missions are primarily or entirely statistical often perform statistical work for others on a reimbursable basis. These reimbursements come from other agencies within the same department or other Federal agencies, State governments, and occasionally the private sector or foreign governments. Some agencies that have reimbursable programs, for example, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (OASPE) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), do not necessarily perform all the work. Rather, part of the reimbursable program money is used to purchase statistical work from other Federal agencies or the private sector. Table 2
presents a list of agencies that reported performing at least $100,000
of statistical work on a reimbursable basis for State and local governments,
the private sector, and/or other Federal agencies, ranked by the estimated
size of the reimbursable program for FY 1997. As shown in the Appendix,
of the estimated total of $408.9 million in reimbursable work, an estimated
$310.8 million is performed for other Federal agencies. A large portion
of the reimbursable work performed for other Federal agencies is funded
through intradepartmental transfers, as discussed below.
Table
2: ESTIMATED AGENCY REIMBURSEMENTS FOR
STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES, FY 1997
(In millions of dollars)
| Agency | Direct
Funding |
Total
Reimbursable Program |
State/Local
Gov'ts |
Private
Sector |
Other
Federal Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census | 404.1 | 160.5 | 3.1 | 21.0 | 136.5 |
| USGS | 79.8 | 100.2 | 52.3 | 2.9 | 44.9 |
| AHCPR | 43.3 | 48.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 48.5 |
| NCHS | 88.5 | 16.9 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 16.2 |
| BLS | 372.4 | 11.9 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 10.8 |
| CDC (w/o NCHS) | 94.2 | 10.6 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 9.9 |
| NASS | 102.6 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| ERS | 54.9 | 7.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 7.2 |
| OASPE | 20.0 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| EIA | 66.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| NOAA | 49.3 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 2.4 |
| NRCS | 106.3 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| ESA (DoC) | 4.9 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 |
| ARS | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| FAS | 35.7 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| IRS/SOI | 35.0 | 1.8 | -- | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| NSF | 51.8 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| ITA | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| CPSC | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| EPA | 137.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| FS | 9.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | -- | 0.2 |
| NCES | 91.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| BEA | 48.6 | 0.6 | -- | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| BJS | 26.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| BTS | 28.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| HRSA | 9.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| FHWA | 32.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| INS | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
For FY 1997, the Census Bureau has the largest reimbursable program, totaling $160.5 million. Most of this work ($136.5 million) entails data collections and preparation of tabulations for other Federal agencies. In particular, the Census Bureau expects to perform approximately $48.6 million of reimbursable work for the Department of Labor, including the Current Population Survey, the Point of Purchase Survey, and the Consumer Expenditure Survey for BLS.
Examples of reimbursable work that the Census Bureau expects to perform for other Federal agencies include: the National Schools and Staffing Surveys and the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System Survey for NCES; the National Health Interview Survey, the National Hospital Discharge Survey, and the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey for NCHS; the American Housing Survey and the Housing Sales Survey for the Department of Housing and Urban Development; the National Crime Survey and National Prisoner Statistics Program for BJS; the Commodity Flow Survey and the American Travel Survey for the Department of Transportation; and the Survey of College Graduates for the National Science Foundation. In addition, the Census Bureau receives funds from the Agency for International Development and from foreign governments for training and advising in statistical techniques.
The Water Resources Division in the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has the second largest reimbursable program estimated at $100.2 million. Among the Federal agencies, USGS performs the largest amount ($52.3 million) of work for the States through a Federal-State Cooperative Program. This program provides for water resources appraisals, hydrologic data collection and analysis, areal water-resources appraisals and special analytical and interpretive studies. The Water Resources Division also expects to perform almost $45 million in statistical work for other Federal agencies including: hydrologic data collections and analyses for the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, Energy, State, and Transportation; other agencies in the Department of the Interior; the Environmental Protection Agency; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) in HHS has the third largest reimbursable program estimated at $48.5 million. This reimbursable work is conducted through the use of grants, contracts, and interagency agreements for other agencies within HHS. These intradepartmental transfers of funds will be used for the National Medical Expenditure Survey and the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
Approximately two-thirds of BLS's reimbursable work is done for other agencies in the Department of Labor. This work includes, for example, an estimated $5.3 million that will be transferred to BLS from the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) for the Mass Layoffs Statistics Program, for surveys of training availability in companies and displaced workers, for the National Longitudinal Wage data base project, and for providing labor statistics for Vietnam era veterans. In addition, the Employment Standards Administration will transfer $1.8 million to BLS to conduct studies of occupational wages in selected areas and industries.
A large portion of the reimbursable work in HHS is done within the Department. As noted above, most of the reimbursable work performed by AHCPR will be funded from transfers from the Public Health Service one-percent evaluation fund. Most of the reimbursable statistical work performed by NCHS is done for other agencies within HHS, in particular, for other parts of its parent organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ($13.2 million). The CDC does almost 40 percent of its reimbursable work for HHS agencies.
Intradepartmental transfers also support much of the reimbursable work shown in Table 2 for Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies. Approximately $6 million of NASS' reimbursable work is done for other agencies in USDA. In particular, NASS will receive from the Economic Research Service (ERS) $3.2 million for survey support in the areas of farm costs and returns. The NASS will also be reimbursed by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) for providing training and technical assistance in statistics ($1 million). ERS will receive approximately $7.2 million for performing evaluation studies and analyses for other USDA agencies. FAS will provide an estimated $2.1 million in statistical services to the Commodity Credit Corporation in support of export programs. The Natural Resources Conservation Service will receive approximately $0.2 million for soil survey work on Forest Service land.
At EIA, $6.5 million of the $7 million in reimbursable work will be performed for other energy agencies. The largest EIA reimbursable project ($5 million) will be to collect and process data on energy consumption, greenhouse gas, and integrated end-use energy for the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy area.
Purchases of Statistical Services
Agencies contract for statistical services with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, or with private sector organizations. Table 3 shows the agencies with total purchases of at least $1 million, ranked by total purchases; information on agencies with smaller estimated purchases is provided in the Appendix.
Table
3: ESTIMATED AGENCY PURCHASES OF
STATISTICAL SERVICES, FY 1997
(In millions of dollars)
| Agency | Direct
Funding |
Total
Purchases |
State/Local
Gov'ts |
Private
Sector |
Other
Federal Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLS | 372.4 | 131.5 | 77.9 | 0.0 | 53.6 |
| CDC (w/o NCHS) | 94.2 | 105.9 | 46.1 | 35.9 | 23.9 |
| NIH | 322.6 | 99.1 | -- | 91.1 | 8.1 |
| NCES | 91.9 | 83.3 | 2.4 | 72.0 | 8.9 |
| NCHS | 88.5 | 65.0 | 14.8 | 27.3 | 22.9 |
| NSF | 51.8 | 53.4 | 0.0 | 49.9 | 3.5 |
| SAMHSA | 49.9 | 47.0 | 17.6 | 28.9 | 0.5 |
| ETA | 41.6 | 40.6 | 40.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| FHWA | 32.7 | 31.9 | 9.9 | 15.6 | 6.4 |
| AHCPR | 43.3 | 30.3 | 0.5 | 29.8 | 0.0 |
| OASPE | 20.0 | 27.3 | 0.0 | 22.6 | 4.7 |
| PD&R | 26.5 | 26.5 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 23.0 |
| ES&H | 30.5 | 25.7 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 20.1 |
| EPA | 137.5 | 24.3 | 4.7 | 18.3 | 1.3 |
| NASS | 102.6 | 23.4 | 20.6 | 2.8 | -- |
| FCS | 22.2 | 22.2 | 0.0 | 22.1 | 0.1 |
| BJS | 26.9 | 21.9 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 15.3 |
| NHTSA | 26.7 | 21.2 | 6.0 | 15.2 | 0.0 |
| EIA | 66.1 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 0.0 |
| ACF | 18.9 | 18.9 | 0.4 | 16.0 | 2.5 |
| BTS | 28.1 | 15.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.9 |
| HCFA | 13.6 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 13.5 | 0.1 |
| ERS |
