Federal Statistical Research Data Centers are partnerships between

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statistical agencies and leading research institutions to provide secure facilities located throughout the

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that provide access to restricted-use

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for statistical purposes to authorized individuals. There are 29 FSRDCs across the country, primarily located at academic institutions and federal reserve banks.

History

The first Census Research Data Center (RDC) was in Suitland, Maryland at

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Headquarters, established at the same time as the

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in 1982. The first remote RDC was established in

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in 1994. In 1998, the

partnered with the

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(NSF) to create the Census Research Data Center program. Under this program, proposed new RDC core locations are evaluated for their potential contribution to scientific research. Approved location are provided initial financial support by the

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. This program expansion was documented in 1998 Federal Register notice, Vol. 68 No. 14. In 2016, the Census Research Data Center program was rebranded as the Federal Statistical Research Data Center (FSRDC) program. The FSRDCs include data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), from the

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(AHRQ), from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), from the

, and data the Census Bureau collects on behalf of other agencies.

Locations

There are 29 FSRDCs around the United States:
Atlanta
* Boston * California - Berkeley * California - Irvine * California - Stanford * California - UCLA * California - USC * Census Bureau Headquarters * Central Plains (Lincoln, Nebraska) * Chicago * Dallas-Fort Worth (opening in 2018) * Georgetown * Kansas City * Kentucky (Lexington) * Maryland (College Park) * Michigan (Ann Arbor) * Minnesota (Minneapolis) * Missouri (Columbia) * New York - Baruch * New York - Cornell * Northwest (Seattle) * Penn State * Philadelphia * Rocky Mountain (Colorado) * Texas (College Station) * Texas - UT Austin * Triangle - Duke * Triangle - RTI * University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Opening 2018) * Wisconsin (Madison) * Yale

References

{{Reflist National statistical services Federal Statistical System of the United States United States Census Bureau

History

Locations

See also

References