TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The Federal Statistical System: The Local Government Perspective
JO  - Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
A1  - Salvo, J. J.
A1  - Lobo, A. P.
SP  - 75
EP  - 88
VL  - 631
IS  - 1
N2  - Federal data are crucial to state and local governments, enabling them to assess the level of need in a community, to establish appropriate funding levels for programs, and to implement programs in a cost-effective manner. This article first demonstrates how data from the decennial census and American Community Survey have been used by a local government—New York City’s—to identify and target the population eligible for public health insurance but not enrolled. It then examines critical data issues that need to be resolved if local governments are to continue to receive data of the highest quality.<p />
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SN  - 0002-7162
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716210374414
ID  - ref1
ER  -