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Formed September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12) Preceding agencies National Statistics OfficeNational Statistical Coordination BoardBureau of Agricultural StatisticsBureau of Labor and Employment Statistics Jurisdiction Government of the Philippines Headquarters CVEA Building, East Avenue,Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines Agency executives Dr. Lisa Grace S. Bersales, National Statistician and Civil Registrar-GeneralJosie B. Perez, Deputy National Statistician for Censuses and Technical Coordination OfficeEstela T. De Guzman, Deputy National Statistician for Civil Registration and Central Support OfficeCandido J. Astrologo, Jr., Assistant National StatisticianMinerva Eloisa P. Esquivias, Assistant National StatisticianWilma A. Guillen, Assistant National StatisticianVivian R. Illarina, Assistant National StatisticianEditha R. Orcilla, Assistant National StatisticianAtty. Maribeth C. Pilimpinas, Assistant National Statistician Similar Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines) | ||
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) was created on September 12, 2013 when the Philippine Statistical Act of 2013 (Republic Act No. 10625) was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III. The new government authority was created by merging the National Statistics Office, the National Statistical Coordination Board, the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics, and the Bureau of Labor and Employment Statistics.
Contents
- Philippine Statistics Authority
- National Statistics Office
- Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
- History
- References
The PSA serves as the central statistical authority on primary data collection in the Philippines by conducting censuses on different sectors of the Philippine economy such as population, housing, agriculture, fisheries and business. It collects, compiles, analyzes and publishes statistical information on economic, social, demographic, political affairs and general affairs of the people of the Philippines. Likewise, it enforces the civil registration functions in the Philippines.
Philippine Statistics Authority
National Statistics Office
The National Statistics Office (NSO) (Filipino: Pambansang Tanggapan ng EstadÃstika), formerly known as Bureau of Census and Statistics is the Philippine government's major statistical agency responsible for collecting, compiling, classifying, producing, publishing, and disseminating general-purpose statistics. The NSO also has the responsibility of carrying out and administering the provision of the Civil Registry Law including the archiving of birth, death and marriage and servicing requests for copies and certifications based on these documents as provided for in Act No. 3753 dated February 1931.
The organization assumed its responsibilities when Commonwealth Act (C.A.) No. 591 was approved on August 19, 1940. It was then known as the Bureau of the Census and Statistics (BCS). It became the National Census and Statistics Office (NCSO) in 1974 until was renamed to be the National Statistics Office.
Bureau of Agricultural Statistics
The Philippines' Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (Filipino: Kawanihan ng Estadistikang Pansakahan, abbreviated as BAS), is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture responsible for being the central information source and server of the National Information Network (NIN) of the Department of Agriculture; and providing technical assistance to end-users in accessing and analyzing product and market information and technology.
History
The emergence of the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) was spurred by government efforts to improve the agricultural data base in the country. In the past, the agricultural data system suffered from significant gaps, some duplications and occasional issues on the relevance of some data series to users. The major reasons were: (1) the agency responsible for agricultural statistics, the then Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAEcon), was originally set up as a user rather than a producer of statistics, (2) the development of agriculture statistics received very low priority in the sharing of limited resources allotted to the statistical system, and (3) the widespread duplication of statistical activities among government agencies resulting in conflicting figures and confusion among data users.
To address this situation, the BAS was established as one of the seven bureaus of the Department of Agriculture under Executive Order No. 116 issued on January 30, 1987, to take charge of the production of statistics on agriculture, fishery and related fields. The BAS has assumed most of the functions of its predecessor, the BAEcon. In year 2000, the BAS structural organization was strengthened and reoriented pursuant to the relevant provisions of DA Administrative Order No. 6 series of 1998 in compliance with the provisions of the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act or RA 8435 of 1997. This law designates BAS as the central information source and server of the National Information Network (NIN) of the Department of Agriculture.