On 29 October 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) approved the conduct of the 2018 Study on the Employability of Technical and Vocational Educational Training (TVET) Graduates (SETG) of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

On 16 October 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) approved the conduct of the National Health Expenditure Survey (NHES) - Round 1 of the Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Health Policy Plus and European Union (EU) - Philippine Health Sector Reform Contract Technical Assistance. The field activities will be undertaken by the Philippine Survey and Research Center (PSRC), a third-party survey firm.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance to the conduct of the Primary Data Collection for the Baseline Study on Policy and Governance Gaps for the Local Government Support Fund Assistance to the Municipalities (LGSF-AM) on 27 September 2018.