CIPSEA provides a uniform and standardized pledge to individuals and businesses concerning the protection of information they report to the government.
CIPSEA provides assurances to the public that information will be held in confidence and will be used only for statistical purposes.
Important changes made to CIPSEA as part of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 include the following:
To the extent practicable, each statistical agency should seek to expand data access for developing evidence while protecting these data from inappropriate access and use.
The U.S. Office of Management & Budget shall establish a Standard Application Process (SAP) through which agencies; the Congressional Budget Office; state, local, and tribal governments; researchers and other individuals may apply to access a statistical agency’s data assets for purposes of developing evidence.
