§3561. Definitions — Inbound Citations
44 U.S.C. § 3561
Cited by 23 provisions in release 119-102.
Citations to 44 U.S.C. § 3561 as a whole
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(4) The term “evidence” has the meaning given that term in section 3561 of title 44.
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(6) The terms “statistical activities”, “statistical agency or unit”, and “statistical purpose” have the meanings given those terms in section 3561 of title 44.
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(11) ensure that, to the extent practicable, the agency maximizes the use of data in the agency, including for the production of evidence (as defined in section 3561), cybersecurity, and the improvement of agency operations;
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(13) serve as the agency liaison to other agencies and the Office of Management and Budget on the best way to use existing agency data for statistical purposes (as defined in section 3561); and
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(1) To the extent necessary to comply with statistical laws, the Chief Data Officer of an agency shall delegate any responsibility under subsection (c) to the head of a statistical agency or unit (as defined in section 3561) within the agency.
Citations to §3561(2)
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(i) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect the authority of the Congress, including its committees, members, or agents, to obtain data or information for a statistical purpose, including for oversight of an agency’s statistical activities.
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(e) A statistical agency or unit may designate agents, by contract or by entering into a special agreement containing the provisions required under section 3561(2) for treatment as an agent under that section, who may perform exclusively statistical activities, subject to the limitations and penalties described in this subchapter.
Citations to §3561(7)
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(d) Data or information acquired by the Energy Information Administration under a pledge of confidentiality and designated by the Energy Information Administration to be used for exclusively statistical purposes shall not be disclosed in identifiable form for nonstatistical purposes under—(1) section 12, 20, or 59 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 771, 779, 790h);(2) section 11 of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 796); or(3) section 205 or 407 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7135, 7177).
Citations to §3561(8)
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(c) This subchapter shall not be construed as authorizing the disclosure for nonstatistical purposes of demographic data or information collected by the Bureau of the Census pursuant to section 9 of title 13.
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(d) Data or information acquired by the Energy Information Administration under a pledge of confidentiality and designated by the Energy Information Administration to be used for exclusively statistical purposes shall not be disclosed in identifiable form for nonstatistical purposes under—(1) section 12, 20, or 59 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 771, 779, 790h);(2) section 11 of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 796); or(3) section 205 or 407 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7135, 7177).
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(h) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as restricting or diminishing any confidentiality protections or penalties for unauthorized disclosure that otherwise apply to data or information collected for statistical purposes or nonstatistical purposes, including, but not limited to, section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Citations to §3561(10)
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(B) conduct credible and accurate statistical activities;
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(C) conduct objective statistical activities; and
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(1) The term “accurate”, when used with respect to statistical activities, means statistics that consistently match the events and trends being measured.
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(3) The term “objective”, when used with respect to statistical activities, means accurate, clear, complete, and unbiased.
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(i) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect the authority of the Congress, including its committees, members, or agents, to obtain data or information for a statistical purpose, including for oversight of an agency’s statistical activities.
Citations to §3561(11)
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(1) Each statistical agency or unit shall—(A) produce and disseminate relevant and timely statistical information;(B) conduct credible and accurate statistical activities;(C) conduct objective statistical activities; and(D) protect the trust of information providers by ensuring the confidentiality and exclusive statistical use of their responses.
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(2) Each statistical agency or unit shall adopt policies, best practices, and appropriate procedures to implement the responsibilities described in paragraph (1).
Citations to §3561(12)
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(d) Data or information acquired by the Energy Information Administration under a pledge of confidentiality and designated by the Energy Information Administration to be used for exclusively statistical purposes shall not be disclosed in identifiable form for nonstatistical purposes under—(1) section 12, 20, or 59 of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 771, 779, 790h);(2) section 11 of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 796); or(3) section 205 or 407 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7135, 7177).
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(e) This subchapter shall not be construed to limit any authorities of the Congressional Budget Office to work (consistent with laws governing the confidentiality of information the disclosure of which would be a violation of law) with databases of Designated Statistical Agencies (as defined in section 3576(e)), either separately or, for data that may be shared pursuant to section 3576(c) or other authority, jointly in order to improve the general utility of these databases for the statistical purpose of analyzing pension and health care financing issues.
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(g) Notwithstanding section 3572, information collected by an agency for exclusively statistical purposes under a pledge of confidentiality may be provided by the collecting agency to a law enforcement agency for the prosecution of submissions to the collecting agency of false statistical information under statutes that authorize criminal penalties (such as section 221 of title 13) or civil penalties for the provision of false statistical information, unless such disclosure or use would otherwise be prohibited under Federal law.
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(h) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as restricting or diminishing any confidentiality protections or penalties for unauthorized disclosure that otherwise apply to data or information collected for statistical purposes or nonstatistical purposes, including, but not limited to, section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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(i) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect the authority of the Congress, including its committees, members, or agents, to obtain data or information for a statistical purpose, including for oversight of an agency’s statistical activities.