State Data Agency
The State Data Agency of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Valstybinė duomenų agentūra), sometimes referred as the National Data Agency, and until 2023 known as the Department of Statistics of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos statistikos departamentas), officially the Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, is an institution in Lithuania which is responsible for collecting, processing, presenting and analysing statistics concerning the topics economy, society and environment, and governance regarding the state data.A Director General, appointed by the Prime Minister, oversees its operations.An advisory body, the Statistical Council, consists of representatives from the governmental bodies, NGOs, researchers, the media, and other interested parties; the council's makeup and operations are subject to governmental regulation.The institution in its current form was re-established on 18 April 1990 and codified by the Law on Statistics of the Republic of Lithuania.On 1 January 2023, the department was reorganized into an agency, as part of the Lithuanian Governance reform.