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The clock is ticking for the Census Bureau to hand over the finalized list of questions it'll ask every household in the United States for the 2020 count.
Census Bureau officials expected they will conduct their first tech-driven count in 2020 with help data sharing.
Budget cuts and staffing shortfalls are just two problems affecting open data and transparency in the Trump administration
Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee say they're less than certain the Census Bureau's new information technology systems will pass the muster of a field test this April
Experts warn that the Trump administration's proposal to more than double the Census Bureau's current budget sounds more impressive than it really is.
The Census Bureau is in the home stretch of preparations for the 2020 count. But for more than half a year, the agency has lacked a permanent leader.
President Donald Trump has been warned a lack of leadership at the Census Bureau is putting the 2020 decennial head-count at risk.
With lags in funding and new technology in need of testing, the U.S. Census Bureau has it's work cut out for it.
The Commerce Department is planning to use U.S. Postal Service workers to help with its 2018 end-to-end tests.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is asking for a $187 million adjustment to fiscal 2018 levels to help with immediate challenges.
The Census Project warns underfunding the 2020 Census will mean hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of negative state impacts.
Former Census Bureau Director John Thompson says he still believes the 2020 count will be more efficient and cost effective than previous ones, but he urged Congress to fully fund the agency's request in 2019.
Census Bureau Director John Thompson will step down from his role at the end of June after serving nearly four years on the job. The bureau's next leader will take over the operations of the 2020 Census, which has already received considerable budget scrutiny from government watchdogs.
As the 2020 census approaches, lawmakers and the Government Accountability Office are concerned about the Census Bureau's cost estimation practices, lack of transparency and cybersecurity. No one currently has a clear picture of what the 2020 census will cost, although best estimates put it around $12.5 billion.