THE U.S. Census Bureau opens in a new Research Laboratory of the North Carolina Research Triangle Park

The Center for Economic Studies is the u.s. Census Bureau in cooperation with the RTI International, begins at the start of the new research Data Center (RDC) laboratory at North Carolina Research Triangle Park.

New course has a branch there is a triangle in the RDC, Durham, N.C. RDCs Duke University is a Census Bureau premises, in which researchers, academia, Federal agencies and other institutions with access to approved projects will be limited for unpublished Census Bureau demographic and economic access to the premises of these protected files. Census Bureau employees who need the information folder and which meet all physical and computer security for confidential data.

RTI International is a community organisation, which makes the social and economic research, as well as federal and private entities.

While many researchers at Duke University have used triangle harms us or our affiliates-RDC during the year, the opening of the course, more is located in Research Triangle Park offers facilitation in the expanding in the area of triangle-group of researchers, and the size of holding.

Census Bureau Director Robert Groves "Census Bureau recognizes that it is translated into statistical information on the substantial investment by the American public," said. "These Census Research Data centers to increase the return on public investments in improvements and the use of such information. These RDCs provide valuable feedback loop researchers Census Bureau data, the quality of their products. "

"The Agency's commitment to scientific methods, such as the Census Bureau encourages research to help us improve how we can do our work."

Before gaining access to the data, researchers shall impose on distribution companies to the Council proposals for the RDC and the Census Bureau for approval. The review process to ensure that the proposed research is feasible, scientific has the advantage of the benefits, and the Census Bureau programs.In addition, the RDC work procedures, strict safety and a strong legal guarantees required by the provisions of this law declares to be to safeguard the confidentiality of the data.Researchers must pass through the entire background investigation and is sworn by the life they use violations of significant financial and legal sanctions, in order to protect the confidentiality of the information with.

Duke at in order to supplement the already centres responsible for the course has been established in Boston;Berkeley Calif.;Los Angeles;Washington; Chicago; Ann Arbor, Mich.;New York City; and Ithaca, n.y.berkeley, Center is a branch from Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.

Another new Centre in Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Grand opening is scheduled for October 27. [1] [2], the Centre is also slated to open In the spring of 2011.

For more information about the Center for Economic Studies and research data center program, please visit its website at .