How do Alberta Official Statistics support Public Policy Development?
Alberta Official Statistics are applied throughout the policy development process to ensure impartiality and transparency of government decisions as reflected in documents such as Minister’s Reports, Cabinet Reports, Concept Papers, Budgets and Business Plans. Alberta’s elected officials set direction and make policy decisions, and rely on the public service to provide the best analysis and advice possible to support the decision-making process. Use of Alberta Official Statistics that have been developed and presented according to generally accepted statistical principles will provide elected officials, their advisors and the public with confidence in the data, statistics and key information used to support the public policy decision-making process. The availability and use of the initial suite of Alberta Official Statistics, demonstrates a public service commitment to consistent, credible, transparent application of key statistics to its policy and decision-making responsibilities wit
