What is the DRB?
The DRB is comprised of Census Bureau staff who have the responsibility to ensure that individuals cannot be identified through published Census Bureau products. BTS Director Ashish Sen writes to Census Bureau Acting Director William Barron In response to the DRB’s initial determination that called for the minimum threshold of 50 unweighted records, Dr. Sen wrote to Mr. Barron explaining that by limiting the release of information to this minimum threshold would make this data set essentially useless for transportation planning. Administrators Jennifer Dorn (FTA) and Mary Peters (FHWA) also sent a letter conveying their support of Dr. Sen’s letter. In response, a sub-group of the DRB was assigned to meet with the CTPP Working Group. CTPP Working Group meets with DRB Subgroup On the basis of the discussions with the DRB Subgroup, the CTPP Working Group submitted a revised set of tables that favor simple 1-way tabulations for counts, but also includes 2-way tables for summary measures (m