" The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is a government agency that is primarily responsible for the implementation of the objectives and provisions of Republic Act (RA) 10625. It consists of the board and offices of sectoral statistics, censuses and technical coordination, civil registration and central support and field statistical services. The PSA Board is the highest policy-making body on statistical matters. The data produced by the PSA are the official statistics of the government.

The PSA was constituted from among the existing personnel of the former statistical agencies that were abolished persuant to RA 10625, namely the National Statistics Office (NSO), the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB), the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) of the Department of Agriculture and Employment Statistics (BLES) of the Department of Labor and Employment." --- Villafe P. Alibuyog, Regional Director