The impact of the Internet on statistical organisations

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Nowack, Marlene^{; 1}

Affiliations: The Federal Statistical Office of Germany, Gustav-Stresemann Ring 11, D-65180 Wiesbaden, Germany

Note: [1] The paper was first presented to the Forty-fifth plenary session of the CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN STATISTICIANS in Geneva, June 1997.

Abstract: Since March 1996, the Federal Statistical Office has been present in the Internet as a data provider with its own server. During a testing phase of over one year, the Office has acquired knowledge of how to use this medium, so that it is possible now to exchange experience with other institutions. What can be said already now is that the expectations regarding the acceptance of the German statistical data supply in the Internet have even been exceeded. The Internet offers a suitable tool for marketing, sale and support.

DOI: 10.3233/SJU-1997-14403

Journal: Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 345-355, 1997