To verify names, dates, company statistics, board member bios, a nonprofit's history, etc.

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Officials briefed the members on the collection of tourism statistics, and how this had changed since responsibility for their collection had passed from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).

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Division of Research and Statistics, Federal Reserve Board (August 1999).

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In North Carolina, where a Democratic presidential candidate hasn't won in 33 years, state election board Deputy Director Johnnie McLean has been watching the early balloting statistics pour in since voting began on October 16.

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He added that the board's internal audit - which looked at a sample of statistics - found no evidence of "deliberate instructions" being given to members of staff regarding the "inappropriate use of waiting times codes".

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Long waits in some departments do not appear in official statistics if other departments treat everyone quickly, as each health board only has to report an overall compliance rate of 90%.

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On paper, Frederic Larson is just one data point in five years of U.S. government statistics showing underemployment in dozens of industries and stagnant income growth across the board.

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Other involvements include National Agriculture Statistics Service Advisory Committee, Extension Indian Reservation Program Advisory Committee, Indian Land Tenure Foundation Board Member, Chairman of the Agriculture Committee for the National Congress of American Indians and also serves on his local school board.

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