1.  Changes in the methodology of collecting statistics has made comparisons with previous years impossible, the office said.

2.  Speaking in the spring at a NABE gathering, Greenspan urged increased spending for collecting statistics.

3.  The House version of the legislation would eliminate the Commerce Department, the cabinet-level agency whose functions range from collecting economic statistics to weather forecasting.

4.  Israel on Sunday officially handed over to the Palestinians control of municipal affairs and collecting statistics, Palestinian sources said.

5.  Also, Israel officially handed over to the Palestinians control of municipal affairs and collecting statistics.