PLEASE NOTE: These external sites represent non-Census resources related to information quality. The U.S. Census Bureau is not responsible for the content of the following links.

StatsPolicy|gov: Is the home of the U.S. Federal statistical system. StatsPolicy.gov brings together important information about our interwoven Federal statistical system, including our members, priorities, and activities across the Federal Government. Key Policy include:

OMB Statistical Policy Directives

• Statistical Policy Directive No. 1, Fundamental Responsibilities of Federal Statistical Agencies and Recognized Statistical Units
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 2, Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 2 Addendum, Standards and Guidelines for Cognitive Interviews
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 3, Compilation and Release of Principal Federal Economic Indicators
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 4, Release and Dissemination of Statistical Products Produced by Federal Statistical Agencies
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 7, Metropolitan Statistical Areas
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 8, North American Industry Classification System: Classification of Establishments
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 10, Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System
• Statistical Policy Directive No. 15, Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity

Department of Commerce Information Quality: The Department of Commerce is the parent agency for the U.S. Census Bureau and is committed to ensuring that the array of information its operating units provides to the public is of the highest quality. Key Directives include:

Departmental Administrative Orders (DAO)

• DAO 205-1 Records Management
• DAO 205-3 Removal of Records and other Documents
• DAO 205-11 Publishing Documents in the Federal Register
• DAO 205-12 Public Information
• DAO 205-16 Managing Electronic Records
• DAO 213-3 Inspector General Auditing, Inspections, and Evaluations
• DAO 216-15 Internal Management Control Systems
• DAO 216-16 Information Resources Management Review Program
• DAO 216-19 Economic and Demographic Statistical Product Releases
• DAO 216-20 Enterprise Risk Management
• DAO 216-21 Program Evaluation
• DAO 216-23 Scientific Integrity
• DAO 216-26 Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products
• DAO 216-27 Establishing Gold Standard Science in The Department Of Commerce To Cement America’s Global Technological Leadership and Usher in The Golden Age Of American Innovation and associated policy page: Gold Standard Science
• DAO 219-1 Public Communications