The chief statistician of the United States is a position in the U.S. federal government's Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Chief Statistician is charged with providing coordination, guidance, and oversight for U.S. federal statistical agencies and activities.
The Chief Statistician heads the Statistical Policy Branch of the OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA). The Chief Statistician is appointed by the Administrator of the OIRA. [1]
Katherine Wallman was the Chief Statistician from 1992 to January 2017. [2] Nancy Potok held the position from January 2017 to December 2019. [3] After Potok left office, a job posting was listed on USAJobs to find a replacement. [4] Dominic (Dom) Mancini was the acting replacement. The position remained vacant until April 2022, when Karin Orvis was appointed. [5]
The current position of Chief Statistician was created by the Paperwork Reduction Act in 1980. [1]
An earlier U.S. chief statistician, Stuart Rice, chaired the nuclear session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in 1946. [6] [7]
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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, policies, and procedures to see whether they comply with the president's policies and coordinates inter-agency policy initiatives.
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Federal agencies should promulgate only such regulations as are required by law, are necessary to interpret the law, or are made necessary by compelling public need, such as material failures of private markets to protect or improve the health and safety of the public, the environment, or the well-being of the American people.
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