The Government Statistical Service of the UK has released the first public version of StatBase. StatBase--which supersedes the online edition of The Guide to Official Statistics--was developed to provide a comprehensive database of key national statistics derived from a wide array of official data sets. Users may browse the database at the theme, subject, or topic level; or they may conduct simple text searches. Currently, StatBase contains 140 data sets spanning 17 statistical themes. The standard format for data downloaded from StatBase is CSV. For users who need software packages to view and manipulate acquired data, StatBase provides two statistical applications, which are available for downloading: Navidata 3 and Beyond 20/20.