Wyoming Statutes
Article 32 - Department of Administration and Information
Section 9-2-3208 - Duties Performed Through Division of Economic Analysis.

9-2-3208. Duties performed through division of economic analysis.
(a) The department through the division of economic analysis, in cooperation with other governmental and private agencies, shall:
(i) Assist state agencies in developing statistical and informational management programs by collecting, compiling, analyzing and distributing information and statistics when the information is readily available from other agencies, and eliminate the duplication of collection, compilation and distribution of information or data prepared by agencies;
(ii) Act as overall supervisory and coordinating authority for statistical, informational or research programs conducted by or on behalf of agencies;
(iii) Conduct statistical research and studies on its own authority or as requested by other governmental bodies;
(iv) Establish uniform criteria for collecting, distributing, compiling, reporting and analyzing statistical and other information generated by agencies;
(v) Establish and maintain a central depository of statistical and other data relative to the operation of state government for the economic and environmental life of this state;
(vi) Consolidate into digest form information and reports which lend themselves to compilation;
(vii) Establish uniform criteria for collecting, compiling, analyzing, reporting and distributing economic data for all Wyoming counties related to uses of and economic impacts to state and federal surface and mineral lands, including but not limited to development of agriculture, grazing, minerals, timber, water, industrial resources, recreation and energy production;
(viii) Utilize a nationally recognized model for the compilation and the analysis of the data described in paragraph (vii) of this subsection;
(ix) Collect, compile, analyze, maintain, update, report, distribute and consolidate into digest form the economic data described in paragraph (vii) of this subsection. The analysis shall be independent pertaining to the data collected and shall not express any opinion of the economic impacts determined under paragraph (vii) of this subsection. Any economic data collected, compiled, analyzed, maintained, updated, reported or consolidated by the division of economic analysis under this subsection, other than information that is not available for inspection under W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205, shall be available for public review and comment. This data shall be updated at least once every three (3) years;
(x) Supervise and coordinate statistical, informational or research programs conducted by the division on behalf of counties and establish and maintain a central depository of economic, statistical and other data relative to Wyoming counties;
(xi) Prepare an annual catalog listing the type of statistical information available from state agencies and other sources.

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