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or sudden dislocation of their local

economic structure. This assistance

provides funding for both planning and

implementation to address economic

change.

The Trade Adjustment Assistance

program helps U.S. f‌irms and industries

injured as the result of economic

globalization. A nationwide network of

Trade Adjustment Assistance Centers

offers low-cost, effective professional

assistance to certif‌ied f‌irms to develop

and implement recovery strategies.

For information on the EDA’s regional

off‌ices, visit http://www.eda.gov/

AboutEDA/Regions.xml.

For further information, contact the Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce,

Washington, DC 20230. Phone, 202–482–2309. Fax, 202–273–4723. Internet, http://www.eda.gov.

Economic and Statistics Administration

Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230

Phone, 202–482–3727. Internet, http://www.esa.doc.gov.

Under Secretary for Economic Affairs REBECCA M. BLANK

Deputy Under Secretary NANCY POTOK

Associate Under Secretary for Management KEN ARNOLD

Chief Economist MARK E. DOMS

Director, Bureau of the Census ROBERT GROVES

Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis J. STEVEN LANDEFELD

The Economics and Statistics

Administration (ESA) provides broad

and targeted economic data, analyses,

and forecasts for use by Government

agencies, businesses, and others, as well

as develops domestic and international

economic policy. The Under Secretary

is the chief economic adviser to the

Secretary and provides leadership and

executive management of the Bureau of

the Census and the Bureau of Economic

Analysis.

ESA provides key business, economic,

and international trade information

products that American business and

the public can use to make informed

decisions through www.stat-usa.gov.

Bureau of the Census

[For the Bureau of the Census statement

of organization, see the Federal Register

of Sept. 16, 1975, 40 FR 42765]

The Bureau of the Census was

established as a permanent off‌ice by

act of March 6, 1902 (32 Stat. 51). The

major functions of the Census Bureau are

authorized by the Constitution, which

provides that a census of population

shall be taken every 10 years, and by

laws codif‌ied as title 13 of the United

States Code. The law also provides

that the information collected by the

Census Bureau from individual persons,

households, or establishments be kept

strictly conf‌idential and be used only for

statistical purposes.

The Census Bureau is responsible for

the decennial censuses of population

and housing; the quinquennial censuses

of State and local governments,

manufacturers, mineral industries,

distributive trades, construction

industries, and transportation; current

surveys that provide information on many

of the subjects covered in the censuses

at monthly, quarterly, annual, or other

intervals; compilation of current statistics

on U.S. foreign trade, including data on

imports, exports, and shipping; special

censuses at the request and expense

of State and local government units;

publication of estimates and projections

of the population; publication of

current data on population and housing

characteristics; and current reports on

manufacturing, retail and wholesale

trade, services, construction, imports

and exports, State and local government

f‌inances and employment, and other

subjects.

The Census Bureau makes available

statistical results of its censuses, surveys,