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b'The Department of Homeland Security is pledging to promote greater transparency and data-driven analysis through the Office of Homeland Security Statistics as part of a bid to centralize statistical activities across all its major missions.\\nThe new organization announced on Thursday will replace and expand on DHS\\u2019s Office of Immigration Statistics. While immigration-related data will continue to be a major focus of OHSS, the office will also publish reports on areas ranging from law enforcement use-of-force incidents to cyber attacks on federal networks.\\n\\u201cIn establishing this new office, we\\u2019ll begin releasing data more quickly, with greater granularity and covering a broader scope of DHS activities,\\u201d Marc Rosenblum, executive director of OHSS said, during an inauguration event at DHS headquarters on Thursday. \\u201cSimply growing the reporting and data governance that accompanies that will be a big undertaking.\\u201d\\nRobert Silvers, under secretary of homeland security for strategy, policy and plans, said the creation of OHSS is part of \\u201cmaturing\\u201d DHS and going from \\u201cad hoc, to institutionalized and systematic\\u201d in its processes.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'