People
Civic Digital Fellows showcase a second year's work in Washington
Thirty-six students from across the country spent the summer tackling tech challenges that ranged from data transparency to website redesign to machine learning.
Digital Government
Census Awards Last Major IT Contract Ahead of 2020 Count
The award comes as officials work to get preparations for the 2020 count back on track.
People
Census details cyber strategies, awards last major IT contract
Census Bureau officials sought to address swirling concerns about what the agency is doing to protect sensitive response data and mitigate cyber risks.
Digital Government
Clock ticks on census prep
As the clock ticks down to the 2020 census, lawmakers and watchdogs want to make sure the Census Bureau is on schedule to count the entire population.
Digital Government
Census Bureau Fumbles a 'Foundational' Part of the 2020 Trial Run
The Census Bureau is facing more problems in the lead up to the 2020 Census.
People
Senior fed is Trump's pick to lead Census Bureau
Steven Dillingham, director of the Office of Strategic Information, Research, and Planning at the Peace Corps, was nominated to lead the Census Bureau through 2021.
Cybersecurity
Census Should Be More Transparent About Cyber Protections, Former Officials Say
The Census Bureau will conduct its first largely online decennial census in 2020 but hasn’t said how it will secure the process.
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity experts worry about census data
A group of former senior cybersecurity officials want the Census Bureau to be more transparent about plans to protect population survey data.
Digital Government
Census seeks software help for internet response
As Census wraps up its in-field test of operations and systems that will be used in 2020, the bureau is seeking information about software related to its survey questionnaires.
Digital Government
House, Senate bills split on Census funding
House and Senate appropriators differ by $1 billion in their bills to fund the Census Bureau in fiscal year 2019.
Cybersecurity
Census IT costs close in on $5 billion
Census documents reveal the rising costs of the 2020 census -- and indicate that existing tech can be leveraged to obtain accurate citizenship data without adding a new question to the population survey.
Digital Government
Senate Dems push administration on Census director
The Census Bureau has been without a confirmed director for almost a year, and 21 Senate Democrats are urging Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to put forward a qualified candidate.
Digital Government
House plans $1B bump for Census over White House request
A former Census director told FCW that the bureau appears to be "in pretty good shape right now" when it comes to funding.
Digital Government
Oversight chairman agrees to subpoena DOJ after census hearing no-show
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) is moving to subpoena the Department of Justice after the head of its Civil Rights Division skipped a hearing on the 2020 census.
Digital Government
House Dems push to subpoena Commerce over census question
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are seeking documentation behind a controversial decision made by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to include a citizenship question on the 2020 population survey.
Digital Government
Census worried about costs of late changes to 2020 survey
The Census Bureau has added a new area to its list of its major operational concerns that could affect the design or the successful implementation of the 2020 count: cost impacts of late changes.
Digital Government
GAO, Census differ on IT readiness
Uncertainty over the impact the addition of the citizenship question and IT systems' readiness dominated a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing intended to discuss the Census Bureau's fiscal year 2019 budget.
Digital Government
Lawmakers hear from Census officials on citizenship question
Following a closed-door briefing from top Census officials, lawmakers still have questions about a move to ask Americans about their citizenship on the 2020 population count.
Digital Government
Census advisers blast citizenship question
Concern over the addition of the citizenship question dominated a Census advisory committee meeting, but the bureau still has cybersecurity and operational challenges on its plate.
Digital Government
2020 Census to include citizenship question
The Department of Commerce is breaking with recent practice and restoring a question about respondent citizenship last used in 1950, despite being urged not to by former Census directors and outside experts.
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