Metropolitan Area Designations by OMB : History, Current Definitions, and Uses.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal aid.

Statistics.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Examines OMB metropolitan area program to provide standards for collecting, tabulating, and publishing Federal statistics for U.S. geographic areas, focusing on Dec. 2000 OMB announcement of new standards and June 2003 release of lists showing the actual delineations of the areas. Provides details about the 2000 standards, and discusses the difficulty of ascertaining how metropolitan area designations affect Federal funds allocation.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Metropolitan Area Designations by OMB

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