1. SDMX Conference 9-11 January 2007 1 FedStats and SDMX: A national gateway tests an international standard San Cannon Federal Reserve Board

2. SDMX Conference 9-11 January 2007 2 FedStats as a gateway Provides access to statistical information from more than 100 statistical agencies in the United States Also presents data from some agencies in accordance with the International Monetary Fund’s Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board. IMF page

3. SDMX Conference 9-11 January 2007 3 Web page from text files Participating agencies: Federal Reserve Board, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Treasury Department These agencies produce simple text files which are checked twice a day and used to generate the HTML page.

4. SDMX Conference 9-11 January 2007 4 Sample data file ;ID m1.wm ;INDICATOR M1 ;SOURCE Federal Reserve Board ;CURRENT 1343593 ;CURRENT_CAPTION December 18, 2006 ;CURRENT_UNITS $million, seasonally adj ;PREVIOUS 1347354 ;AS_OF December 29, 2006

5. SDMX Conference 9-11 January 2007 5 SDMX pilot? Format is arbitrary – why not use SDMX- ML instead? Requires a key family specifically for the data represented on this page. Each agency could then produce a file or files following the SDMX standard which could be picked up instead.

6. SDMX Conference 9-11 January 2007 6 Sample SDMX file

7. SDMX Conference 9-11 January 2007 7 Where we are Key family and supporting files created. Following the SDMX compact schema Most agencies are ready to go Personnel transitions have led to some delays.

8. SDMX Conference 9-11 January 2007 8 Work in progress We’re hoping to be able to go forward very shortly. After pilot, we can show others how to use SDMX to aid inter-agency exchanges. E-gov is on the horizon – we’re a step or two ahead.

9. SDMX Conference 9-11 January 2007 9 Now I’m really done Collaborators: –San Cannon, Federal Reserve Board –Marshall DeBerry, Bureau of Justice Statistics –Butch Easton, Federal Reserve Board –Steve Holliday, Bureau of Economic Analysis –Rachel LaPorte Taylor, Census Bureau –Michael Levi, Bureau of Labor Statistics