Delivery order 0001NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES

Description of requirement

IGF::CT::IGF "CRITICAL FUNCTION". THE STATISTICAL STANDARDS PROGRAM (SSP) IN THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER PERIODICALLY REQUIRES EXPERT HELP INVOLVING THE SERVICES OF NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS THROUGH WORKING GROUPS FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC STATISTICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOPICS. THE NCES STATISTICAL STANDARDS PROGRAM (SSP) PROVIDES METHODOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL SUPPORT TO NCES, AS WELL AS TO FEDERAL AND NONFEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE IN STATISTICAL WORK IN SUPPORT OF NCES'S MISSION. SSP TAKES THE LEAD IN DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING THE STATISTICAL AND SURVEY METHODOLOGY STANDARDS THAT ENSURE THE QUALITY OF STATISTICAL SURVEYS, ANALYSES AND PRODUCTS (2002 NCES STATISTICAL STANDARDS); CONSULTS AND ADVISES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARDS FOR ALL NCES PROJECTS; CONDUCTS INTERNAL TECHNICAL REVIEWS FOR ALL NCES PUBLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS (SEE THE NCES ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION CATALOG AT HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/PUBSEARCH/ FOR EXAMPLES OF EXISTING NCES PUBLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS); AND COORDINATES THE REVISION OF THE NCES STATISTICAL STANDARDS. SSP ALSO MONITORS AND ADMINISTERS CONFIDENTIALITY PROCEDURES (SEE HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/STATPROG/CONFPROC.ASP FOR INFORMATION ON THE NCES CONFIDENTIALITY PROGRAM) AND RELATED RESTRICTED-USE DATA LICENSES (SEE HTTP://NCES.ED.GOV/STATPROG/INSTRUCT.ASP FOR INFORMATION ON THE LICENSING PROCESS) FOR NCES DATA PRODUCTS. IN ADDITION, SSP CONSULTS AND ADVISES ON EMERGING STATISTICAL ISSUES AND INITIATES, MONITORS OR PARTICIPATES IN LONG-TERM STATISTICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS.