The chief statistician of the United States is a position in the U.S. federal government's Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The Chief Statistician is charged with providing coordination, guidance, and oversight for U.S. federal statistical agencies and activities.
The Chief Statistician heads the Statistical Policy Branch of the OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
[3] After Potok left office, a job posting was listed on USAJobs to find a replacement.
[1] An earlier U.S. chief statistician, Stuart Rice, chaired the nuclear session of the United Nations Statistical Commission in 1946.