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Acronym	Agency Full Name
ACF	Administration for Children and Families
AoA	Administration on Aging
ADD	Administration on Developmental Diseases
AHRQ	Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ASPE	Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
BLS	Bureau of Labor Statistics
CBO	Congressional Budget Office
CMS	Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
DHHS	Department of Health and Human Services
DOE	Department of Education
DOJ	Department of Justice
DOT	Department of Transportation
EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Forum	Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
Federal Reserve System	Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
FTC	Federal Trade Commission
GAO	Government Accounting Office
HRSA	Health Resources and Services Administration
HUD	Department of Housing and Urban Development
NCI	National Cancer Institute
NCHS	National Center for Health Statistics
NHLBI	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NIAMS	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
NIA	National Institute on Aging
NICHD	National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NSF	National Science Foundation
OBSSR	Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
ODPHP	Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
OSOPHS	Office of Public Health and Science
SAMHSA	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SSA	Social Security Administration
USDA	Department of Agriculture
VA	Department of Veterans Affairs

Characteristic	Agency	Contact/Email	Telephone
Census Data	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-3770
Centenarians	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2378
Centenarians	NCHS	Robert Anderson	(301) 458-4073
Demographics	USDA	Carolyn Rogers	(202) 694-5436
Estimates (National)	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2385
Estimates (State)	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2385
Ethnicity/Spanish Origin	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2403
Family	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2416
Gender	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2378
Institutionalized Population	Census Bureau	Marcella Jones-Puthoff	(301) 763-6438
Institutionalized Population	NCHS
International	Census Bureau	Wan He	(301) 763-1374
International	NCHS	Sam Notzon	(301) 458-4402
International	SSA	Barbara Kritzer	(202) 358-6213
Living Arrangements	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2416
Marital Status	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2416
Projections (National)	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2438
Projections (State)	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2438
Projections (Actuarial)	SSA	Alice Wade	(410) 965-3009
Race	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2402
Race/Ethnicity	NCHS	Jacqueline Lucas	(301) 458-4355
Rural Aging	HRSA	Joan Van Nostrand	(301) 443-0835
Rural & Nonmetropolitan	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-2419
Rural & Nonmetropolitan	NCHS	Mark Eberhardt	(301) 458-4201
Veterans	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-3239
Veterans	GAO	Cynthia Bascetta	(202) 512-7207
Veterans Demographic Information	VA	Lija Guo	(202) 461-1049

Characteristic	Agency	Contact/Email	Telephone
Earnings	BLS	Staff	(202) 691-6378
Earnings/Statistics	SSA	Greg Diez	(410) 965-5530
Economic	FTC	Connie Wagner	(202) 326-3309
Income	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-3243
Income Security	GAO	Alicia Cackley	(202) 512-7022
Labor Force Data	BLS	Staff	(202) 691-6378
Poverty	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-3213
Research/Retirement	SSA	Joyce Manchester	(202) 358-6404
Retirement Issues	GAO	Alicia Cackley	(202) 512-7022
Retirement Policy	SSA	Pat Vinkenes	(202) 258-6110
Retirement Research/Simulation Models	SSA	Howard Iams	(202) 385-6217
Retirement/Statistics	SSA	Rona Blumenthal	(410) 965-0163
Simulation Model Research	SSA	David Pattison	(202) 358-6240
Social Security Bulletin	SSA	Karyn Tucker	(202) 358-6267
Supplemental Security Income/Statistics	SSA	Clark Pickett	(410) 965-9016
Survivors Insurance	SSA	Rona Blumenthal	(410) 965-0163

Characteristic	Agency	Contact/Email	Telephone
Activities of Daily Living	NCHS	Julie Dawson Weeks	(301) 458-4562
Ambulatory Care	NCHS	Catharine Burt	(301) 458-4126
Arthritis	NIH/NIAMS	Reva Lawrence	(301) 594-5014
Cardiovascular Disease	NIH/NHLBI	Thomas Tom	(301) 435-0710
Deaths	NCHS	Donna Hoyert	(301) 458-4279
Death Rates	NCHS	Robert Anderson	(301) 458-4073
Dental Health	NCHS	Bruce Dye	(301) 458-4199
Diabetes	NCHS	Mark Eberhardt	(301) 458-4201
Disability	DHHS/ACF/ADD	Diane Winford	(202) 690-5963
Disability	DOE	David Keer	(202) 205-5633
Disability	NCHS	Julie Dawson Weeks	(301) 458-4562
Disability Research	SSA	John Kearney	(410) 965-6386
Disability Research/ Evaluation	SSA	Kalman Rupp	(202) 358-6216
Disability/SSI Policy	SSA	Richard Balkus	(202) 358-6012
Environment	EPA	Kathy Sykes	(202) 564-3651
Epidemiology Requests	SSA	Mike Risha	(410) 966-4868
Health and Diet	NCHS	Anne Looker	(301) 458-4352
Health Care	DHHS/ODPHP	Ann Marie Lee	(202) 690-2481
Health Care	HRSA	Kathleen Bond	(301) 443-8681
Health Status	USDA	Mike Haga	(703) 305-2613
Healthy People 2010	DHHS/ODPHP	Deborah Maiese	(202) 401-5809
Healthy People 2010	HRSA	Melissa Clarke	(301) 443-5277
Injury	NCHS	Margaret Warner	(301) 458-4556
Last Year of Life	NCHS	Robert Anderson	(301) 458-4073
Life Cycle	NIH/NICHD	Christine Bachrach	(301) 496-1174
Life Expectancy	NCHS	Robert Anderson	(301) 458-4073
Lifetime Medical Costs	NCHS	Staff	(301) 458-4354
Limitation of Activity	NCHS	Julie Dawson Weeks	(301) 458-4562
Long Term Care	AHRQ	William Spector	(301) 594-6820
Long Term Care	NCHS	Lauren Harris-Kojetin	(301) 458-4369
Medicaid	CMS	Office of Info. Services	(410) 786-0165
Medicare	CMS	Office of Info. Services	(410) 786-3689
Mental Health	NCHS	Laurie Pratt	(301) 458-4447
Mental Health	SAMHSA	Lisa Park	(240) 276-2241
Mortality	NCHS	Robert Anderson	(301) 458-4073
Nursing Homes	NCHS	Lauren Harris-Kojetin	(301) 458-4369
Physical Fitness	DHHS/ODPHP	Christine Spain	(202) 690-5148
Women's Health	DHHS/ODPHP	Saralynn Mark	(202) 690-7650

Characteristic	Agency	Contact/Email	Telephone
Behavioral & Social	NSF	Cheryl Eavey	(703) 292-5111
Behavioral & Social Research	NIH/NIA	Georgeanne Patmios	(301) 496-3131
Behavioral & Social Sciences Research	NIH/OBSSR	Ronald Abeles	(301) 496-7859
Crime	DOJ	Duane Ragan	(202) 307-2021
Crime (Statistics)	DOJ	Patsy Klaus
Crime (Statistics)	DOJ	Larry Greenfeld	(202) 616-3281
Housing	HUD	Mark Schroder	(202) 708-0614
Housing	HUD	Carolyn Lynch	(202) 402-5910
Housing Conditions	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-3237
Population & Housing	USDA	Sue Harris-Green	(202) 720-1660
Productivity & Technology	DOL	Linda Moeller	(202) 691-5035
Substance Abuse	SAMHSA	Lisa Park	(240) 276-2241
Transportation	DOT	Elizabeth Alicandri	(202) 366-4000
Transportation	DOT	Essie Wagner	(202) 366-1361
Transportation	DOT	John Eberhard	(202) 366-5595

Characteristic	Agency	Contact/Email	Telephone
Aging-Related Statistics	Federal Forum	Traci Cook	(301) 458-4082
Current Population Survey	BLS	Staff	(202) 691-6378
Current Population Survey	Census Bureau	Gregory Weyland	(301) 763-3806
Data Resources	AoA	Robert Hornyak	(202) 357-0150
Data Resources	Indian Health Service	Edna Paisano	(301) 443-1537
Data Resources	NIH/NCI	Brenda Edwards	(301) 496-8506
Data Resources	Library of Congress	Carol O'Shaughnessy	(202) 707-7329
Data Warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging	NCHS	Staff	(301) 458-4241
Decennial Census	Census Bureau	Staff	(301) 763-3770
Longitudinal Studies of Aging	NCHS	Julie Dawson Weeks	(301) 458-4562
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey	CMS	Gerry Adler	(410) 786-7938
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey	AHRQ	Karen Beaureguard	(301) 594-0454
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (Nursing Home Component)	AHRQ	D.E.B. Potter	(301) 594-1061
Nat’l Health and Nutrition Examination Survey	NCHS	Clifford Johnson	(301) 458-4292
NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study	NCHS	Staff	(301) 458-4164
National Health Interview Survey	NCHS	Jane Gentleman	(301) 458-4001
National Health Interview Survey on Disability	NCHS	Jane Gentleman	(301) 458-4001
National Home and Hospice Care Survey	NCHS	Barbara Haupt	(301) 458-4263
Nat’l Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey	NCHS	Catharine Burt	(301) 458-4126
National Hospital Discharge Survey	NCHS	Robert Pokras	(301) 458-4439
National Longitudinal Survey	BLS	NLS Staff	(202) 691-7410
National Medical Expenditure Survey	AHRQ	D.E.B. Potter	(301) 594-1061
National Mortality Followback Survey	NCHS	Jim Weed	(301) 458-4561
National Nursing Home Survey	NCHS	Lauren Harris-Kojetin	(301) 458-4369
National Nursing Home Follow-up Survey	NCHS	Staff	(301) 458-4469
National Survey of Ambulatory Surgery	NCHS	Robert Pokras	(301) 458-4439
Policy (Senate Special Committee on Aging)	Senate	Staff	(202) 224-5364
SSA Data Sharing Agreements	SSA	Joel Packman	(410) 965-5530
SSA OP Library	SSA	Concepcion McNeace	(202) 358-6276
SSA OP Web Master	SSA	Laurie Brown	(202) 358-6406
SSA Publication Requests	SSA	Karyn Tucker	(202) 358-6274
SAMHSA Policy & Program Coordination	SAMHSA	Lisa Park	(240) 276-2241
Survey of Consumer Finances	Federal Reserve System	Arthur Kennickell	(202) 452-2247
Survey of Income & Program Participation	Census Bureau	Jason Fields	(301) 763-3242
VA Surveys	VA	Marybeth Matthews Laura Bowman	(202) 273-9179 (202) 461-7108