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- EIN 32-0444926
- (202) 507-6254
- 2221 S Clark St Arlington VA 22202-3745 USA
- www.copafs.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Mathematics, Technology
Mission: To educate and inform those interested in the federal statistic system; bring users and producers of federal statistics together;and advocate support of federal statistics.
Programs: Provides government decision makers with information that demonstrates the use and use value of federal statistics for informed policy decision making;organizes forums in which federal statisticians and agency representatives interact with the users of their statistics; conducts independent, third-party evaluations of statistical tools, processes and accessibility options, and prepares white papaers; holds seminars, workshops, and webinars on challenges and opportunities facing groups that rely on federal statistics and those facing the federal agencies that produce them; partners with the federal committee on statistical methodology to facilitate major, annual research and policy meetings at which critical cross-fertilization of cutting edge techniques and statistical findings occurs among the federal agencies that collect statistics--a function that furthers those agencies' goal to work collectively and collaboratively--, other governments, academics, and businesses; makes the results of its meetings, conferences, and updates on policy affecting federal statistics available to the public through its website and twitter account.