About Westat

Westat is an employee-owned corporation known for the quality of its statistical design, data collection, and analysis work.

Capabilities

Since 1963, we have provided research and consulting services across program areas in diverse fields:

  • Health and medicine
  • Alcohol and drug abuse
  • Education
  • Employment and training
  • Social services
  • Housing
  • Environmental protection
  • Transportation
  • Marketing and communication
  • Organizational- and personnel-related studies
  • Military human resources

Given the depth and breadth of our Government service area work, Westat is well placed to assist agencies in meeting today’s research challenges. With headquarters in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, we are located in convenient proximity to our Federal clients.

Westat offers a wide range of relevant services through our Federal Supply Schedule for Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS). MOBIS is a flexible, easy-to-use task order contract that is available to all Federal agencies, the District of Columbia, mixed ownership Government corporations, and the U.S. Postal Service. For more information, see the GSA Schedules [*] page.

Staff

Westat's most important resource is its diverse staff of more than 1,900. Included in this group are social scientists, management analysts, computer programmers, program area specialists, and survey operations professionals. We offer a complete team of organizational change specialists, performance quality experts, and program evaluators. Our statistical staff includes some of the best-known names in the field of research statistics.

Westat uses a project-oriented management approach that enables us to assemble the most appropriate and responsive team for each assignment. With a long tradition of specialized research, our staff are qualified to address the most daunting research and evaluation challenges facing Government agencies.

Facilities

Westat's Washington area facilities provide the resources to support projects with diverse and complex requirements:

  • A telephone research center
  • Facilities to support mailing operations
  • A computer center
  • Data preparation and processing facilities
  • A conference and training center

Many projects also make use of our in-house focus group facility, which includes equipment for monitoring and recording sessions.

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