1. Panel on Economic Development, Labor, and Population Data
Benjamin Simon
Chief Economist
Office of Policy Analysis, Department of the Interior
October 26, 2017

2. DOI is primarily a data user
Program management
Policy decisions
Generally rely on Census, BLS data
Labor Force Report
Changing methods over time
Interested in further collaboration

3. Indian Data MOU with Census
Goal is improving data availability and quality
Broaden membership to other federal agencies

4. Workshop on Federal AIAN Data (September 2016)
Purpose: Bring together producers and users of AI/AN data to share how data is developed and used, limitations of the data, and data gaps in analytic applications.
Discuss federal data inventory
Next steps
Wider access to AIAN data
Review opportunities for linkage
Standards and best practices
Data gaps

5. Workshop on Federal AIAN Data (September 2016), continued
Federal AIAN data inventory: characterizes existing federal AI/AN data by agency, accessibility, and tribal/reservation level availability.
Federal data Workshop summary report:

6. Workshop on data for economic development (July 2017)
Focused on data quality and availability issues and highlighted options to overcome deficiencies.
Themes
Can core data needs be identified?
Can steps be taken to facilitate transparency in methodology for providing data?
Priorities for types of data collected?
Workshop presentations: