Overview

Dan Melnick, Ph.D. draws on a variety of professional assignments to help clients find, understand, use, and apply statistical results to further public policy goals. Dr. Melnick was the head of the Statistical Policy section at the Congressional Research Service and led two federal statistical offices [the Science Resources Studies Division at NSF, and the Office of Applied Studies in the PHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration].

While at CRS, Dr. Melnick consulted for a large number of Members of Congress and Congressional Committees and served as nonpartisan professional staff charged with presenting balanced analyses in a highly partisan context. This experience prepared him to work in a wide variety of consulting assignments. He provided professional research support for the drafting of legislation, during committee hearings and prepared reports for publication by Congress. This work focused on federal statistical agencies—such as the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Center for Health Statistics.

Dr. Melnick served in senior staff positions at the National Science Foundation and was a senior advisor to 2 Assistant Directors.

Since leaving the government, Dr. Melnick has consulted for several federal agencies including

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and the Chief Information Officer at the US Department of Health and Human Services

The Rural Housing Service at the US Department of Agriculture and

The National Center for Education Statistics

He also served as a consultant to the National Academy of Science.


Program Management

Dr. Melnick has extensive government experience in project management. He served as a member of the Senior Executive Service. He was awarded the Superior Service Award from the Library of Congress and the Special Recognition award from the Assistant Secretary for Health for his program management activities.

Since leaving the government he has led several team efforts under contract with federal agencies. As well, he was engaged as director, time use survey project by Yale University under its Program on NonMarket Research.

Finding Statistical Resources

Dr. Melnick has extensive experience helping clients find the appropriate statistical resources to match their requirements. He is the author of “Finding and Using Health Statistics” a web based course sponsored by and running on the website of the National Library of Medicine.

He also design the Gateway to Data and Statistics—a website based on an online catalog that help users find appropriate statistical resources related to health and human services.

He has helped numerous private organizations and clients identify the statistical information that they need to solve particular problems.

Related Web Design

Dan Melnick Research partners with CAMS, Ltd of Cochin India to implement specialized web solutions related to statistical resources. These include building data base solutions and online catalogs.