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  NBS embarks upon ambitious collaborations to underpin Vision 20:2020 (in: News roundup)
Sep 6, 2010
logo for Nigerian National Bureau of StatisticsNigeria's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is set to collaborate with a range of other organisations to generate the data required for implementation of the country's Vision 20:2020 programme.
  RSS asks ONS for census confidentiality clarification
Sep 3, 2010
RSS vice-president, Jill Leyland, has written to the Director General of ONS, Stephen Penneck, asking how ONS would respond to requests for census information if asked by the police or security services.
  Inspirational Leadership within a Statistical Organisation, 14 & 15 October 2010 - Early Bird Deadline extended (in: Your career)
Sep 1, 2010
Register by Friday 3rd September to benefit from discounted registration fees for this event.
  RSS calls for comprehensive review of inflation measures
Aug 31, 2010
A comprehensive review of issues relating to the measurement of inflation is being urged by the President of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), David Hand, in a letter to the chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir Michael Scholar.
  StatsCan boss acknowledges that autonomy is convention only, but essential to credibility (in: Official Statistics)
Aug 27, 2010
The acting head at Statistics Canada has said that its the relationship with government is "arm's-length" by "convention rather than a legal fact", and that in his view the "convention continues to be respected".
  FiveThirtyEight launches on New York Times (in: News roundup)
Aug 26, 2010
FiveThirtyEight, the blog that provides statistical analysis of developments in politics, society and sports has made its debut on the New York Times website.
  Government disputes new IFS critique of "regressive" budget (in: News roundup)
Aug 26, 2010
The government has described a new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) of the impact of its June 2010 budget as "selective".
  Registration opens for SUF annual conference probing statistical issues of recession and recovery (in: statistics/data users)
Aug 25, 2010

Registration has now opened for the 2010 SUF conference (27 October 2010, Savoy Place, London) examining the recession from the point of view of statistics users, exploring the economic and social implications and consequences. The conference will also consider what may happen as we move through to the recovery.
  Malaysian census chief pledges to make good count inadequacies (in: Official Statistics)
Aug 24, 2010
Though counting in Malaysia's fifth census has ended offically, any members of the public not visited by enumerators have been asked to contact a Department of Statistics hotline.
  Springer on-line statistical encyclopaedia goes live
Aug 23, 2010
Springer StatProb, the encyclopaedia sponsored by Statistics and Probability Societies, has been launched.
 
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