Roger Herriot Award for Innovation in Federal Statistics

Roger Herriot was the Associate Commissioner of Statistical Standards and Methodology at the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) when he died in 1994. Prior to his service at NCES, he also held several positions at the U.S. Census Bureau, including Chief of the Population Division. Soon after his death, the Social Statistics and Government Statistics Sections of the American Statistical Association (ASA) along with the Washington Statistical Society (a chapter of ASA) established the Roger Herriot Award for Innovation in Federal Statistics. The award is intended to recognize individuals who, like Roger, develop unique and innovative approaches to the solution of statistical problems in federal data collection programs. The award is meant to reflect the special characteristics that marked Roger's career:

• Dedication to issues of measurement.
• Improving the efficiency of data collection programs.
• Increasing the use of statistical data for policy analysis.

Past Award Winners

• 1995 Joseph Waksberg (Westat)
  
  
• 1996 Monroe Sirken (NCHS)
  
  
• 1997 Constance Citro (CNStat)
  
  
• 1998 Roderick Harrison (Census Bureau), Clyde Tucker (BLS)
  
  
• 1999 Thomas Jabine (SSA, EIA, CNStat)
  
  
• 2000 Donald Dillman (Washington State University)
  
  
• 2001 Jeanne Griffith (OMB, NCES, NSF)
  
  
• 2002 Daniel Weinberg (Census Bureau)
  
  
• 2003 David Banks (FDA, BTS, NIST)
  
  
• 2004 Paula Schneider (Census Bureau)
  
  
• 2005 Robert E. Fay III (Census Bureau)
  
  
• 2006 Nathaniel Schenker (NCHS)
  
  
• 2007 Nancy Kirkendall (EIA)
  
  
• 2008 Nominations due April 1, 2008

Chair of the 2008 Herriot Award Committee is Brian Harris-Kojetin bharrisk@omb.eop.gov.