*** According to a report from the Commerce Department Office of Inspector General, the decision to accelerate the completion of the 2020 Census was made outside of the Bureau and puts an accurate population count at risk.
*** The Central Intelligence Agency announced the launch of CIA Labs, an agency-based research and development division that will partner with the private sector, colleges and universities and other federal research labs to develop technologies to improve intelligence gathering and other CIA functions. The lab also provides a vehicle for CIA officers to obtain patents for inventions.