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

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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Federal aid. Statistics. Cities and towns. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	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. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.