2024 Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity

The Chief Statistician of the United States initiated a formal review of OMB’s SPD 15 in June 2022 by convening an Interagency Technical Working Group (Working Group) of Federal Government career staff who represent programs that collect or use race and ethnicity data. The Working Group developed a set of recommendations for improving the quality and usefulness of Federal race and ethnicity data that was submitted to the Chief Statistician. OMB issued revised standards on March 28, 2024, which can be viewed here.

2024 Statistical Policy Directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity [<1.0 MB]

Federal Register: Vol. 89, No. 62 / Friday, March 29, 2024

Initial Proposals for Comment

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested comments on these initial proposals from the Federal Interagency Working Group on Race and Ethnicity Standards (Working Group) from January 27 - April 27, 2023. Note that these proposals were preliminary and do not reflect the settled opinions of the Working Group, the position of OMB, or the positions of the agencies participating on the Working Group.

Page Last Revised - October 16, 2024

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