Annex: Glossary
| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ASA | Advertising Standards Agency, the UK media regulator |
| ExCo | Executive Committee, the UK Statistics Authority committee focussing on business delivery in the Office for National Statistics |
| GSG | Government Statistician Group, statisticians working in government who have passed a ‘badging’ exercise |
| GSS | Government Statistical Service, a community of all civil servants involved in the collection, production and dissemination of official statistics in the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments |
| IAC | Inter Administration Committee, a GSS committee that promotes coherence across the administrations of the UK and resolves inter-administration issues at a strategic level |
| ICO | Information Commissioners Office, the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights |
| ISI | International Statistical Institute, the independent international statistical organisation |
| NISRA | Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, an executive agency within the Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) that is the principal source of official statistics and social research. All government statisticians working in Northern Ireland are employed by NISRA, but can be based in other Northern Ireland departments or arm’s length bodies. |
| NSEG | National Statistics Executive Group, the senior executive committee for system-wide statistical and analytical matters |
| Ofcom | Office of Communications, the UK regulator for communications services |
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