The Government Accountability Office has asked the U.S. Census Bureau to change the bureau’s life-cycle cost estimating process in order to meet GAO’s recommended characteristics for what a cost estimate entails. GAO said Thursday the bureau’s 2015 cost estimate for the 2020 Census did not contain the characteristics of what auditors referred …
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Avi Bender, former chief technology officer for the U.S. Census Bureau, has been appointed to lead the Commerce Department‘s National Technical Information Service that distributes federal science and engineering information and data. Commerce said Monday Bender has played a role in the Census Bureau’s modernization efforts and has previous executive leadership experience from other federal agencies …
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The Government Accountability Office has found that the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau lacks certain procedures to handle interdependencies between the Census Enterprise Data Collection and Processing program and the 2020 Decennial Census initiative. GAO said in a report released Thursday the bureau has failed to implement a single dependency schedule and does not have a combined …
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The Census Bureau has named Kevin Smith, who previously worked under the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as chief information security officer, as associate director for information technology and chief information officer. The Census Bureau said Monday Smith will serve as principal adviser to the director and deputy director regarding information resources and …
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The U.S. Census Bureau plans to integrate a commercial off-the-shelf platform with systems developed by in-house experts to collect and process data for the 2020 census. Census Bureau Director John Thompson wrote in a blog post published Thursday that the bureau’s development teams are working on prototypes that could aid digital data collection for 2020 census field tests and help the …
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Ron Thompson, Department of Health and Human Services’ executive director of information technology infrastructure and operations, will join the Department of Veterans Affairs as the Office of Information and Technology’s principal deputy assistant secretary, FedScoop reported Thursday. Billy Mitchell writes Thompson will serve as the lead adviser to VA Chief …
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The U.S. Census Bureau aims to reduce its data gathering and logistics costs by $5.2 billion with the help of a contract with AT&T that is intended to centralize the data management platform, Fedscoop reported Wednesday. Grayson Ullman writes the Census Bureau’s field workers will perform surveys with AT&T’s 4G LTE network and Internet …
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The U.S. Census Bureau has introduced an online data platform to help small business owners choose the type of business they want to open and determine potential locations for their businesses. Census Bureau director John H. Thompson wrote in a blog post published Wednesday the agency built Census Business Builder: Small Business Edition for …
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The National Priorities Project has unveiled its State Smart website that publishes information on the paid taxes and received budget of each state in an interactive format. Becky Sweger reports the website uses compiled federal data from sources such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Census Bureau and Internal Revenue Service. From these data, NPP found …
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The White House has invited technologists to work on crowdsourcing, veteran digital services and open data projects through an innovation fellows program, Nextgov reported Thursday. Joseph Marks writes the Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a notice Thursday seeking a third batch of non-government professionals for the six-month Presidential …
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