The U.S. Census Bureau is assigning technology teams to help other agencies establish their own data sprint programs. Drew Zachary, director of the Census Bureau's Opportunity Project, said she is leading the
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Luis Cano, formerly head of the Census Bureau's Decennial Contract Execution Office, has transitioned to a new role as chief information officer of the agency. He replaced Gregg Bailey, who stepped into
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OMB Announces Graduation of First Group of Federal Employees From Data Science Upskilling Initiative
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that 61 federal employees graduated from its data science upskilling program after undergoing training between Sept. 2020 and Jan. 2021. OMB used the lessons
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Benjamin Overholt, formerly lead statistician at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's office of enterprise data and analytics, has taken the role of deputy director of data at the U.S. Census Bureau. Overholt brings
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The Census Bureau and other agencies are looking for commercial off-the-shelf systems that could help protect data computation and privacy to securely link datasets and generate predictions about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday released a draft bill that would allocate $71.5 billion in fiscal year 2021 funds for the departments of Justice (DOJ) and Commerce (DOC), NASA, National Science
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that the U.S. Census Bureau faces challenges in self-response, operational communication, workforce maintenance, partnerships and other matters amid the COVID-19 pandemic. GAO advises the bureau to
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The U.S. Census Bureau has published a data resource page designed to support organizational decision making amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CB said Thursday its new resource page features demographic, business and economic information
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Census experts held a telephone briefing to discuss with House Oversight and Reform Committee members the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the 2020 Census and the White House's call for Congress
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The Census Bureau is seeking “economic indicator” status from the Office of Management and Budget for one of its experimental data products created using new data methods and sources to address gaps in the
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