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Most government departments don’t have research in their mandate and are underfunded/staffed.
by ellisv 4y ago
Most government departments don’t have research in their mandate and are underfunded/staffed.
- htag 4y agoThis type of record collecting and academic collaboration might be a good responsibility for The Library of Congress.
- tomrod 4y agoIt's a completely reasonable question -- reach out to your Congressional representatives to kick off the initiative!
- woodruffw 4y agoNot research, but most government departments do have dedicated statistical bureaus! This would probably fall under the BLS[1] or BEA[2], which are bureaus of the DOL and DOC, respectively. Another potential fit would be the IRS's SOI[3] division. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Economic_Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Economic_Analysis [3]: https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-statistics-of-income https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-statistics-of-i...