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{{#badges: Front groups}}The '''Statistical Assessment Service''' (STATS) touts itself as a "non-profit, non-partisan organization" but is that describes itself on the front page of its Web site as a stealth PR operation "sister organization" of the [[Center for Media and Public Affairs]] (CMPA).

STATS is a [[501(c)3]] non-profit organisation but its 2006 annual return to the Internal Revenue Service states that "salary costs for the organization are shared with the [[Center for Media and Public Affairs]]. CMPA ... reports the salary costs and files payroll reports under its tax identification number. DCFC is a related organization."<ref>Statistical Assessment Service, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/521/844/2006-521844456-02d22851-9.pdf 2006 Annual Return], page 15.</ref> (It is not clear what "DCFC" refers to). The report also states that the relationship between STATS and CMPA is one of "common control".<ref>Statistical Assessment Service, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2006/521/844/2006-521844456-02d22851-9.pdf 2006 Annual Return], page 18.</ref> Since STATS shares the offices (in the "K Street" lobbying district of Washington) and staff of CMPA, it should be considered as a front, rather than a subsidiary or spin-off.

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