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How the Census Bureau innovates to improve: A conversation with Dr. Ron Jarmin

What are the strategic priorities of the U.S. Census Bureau? How is Census improving its data collection and data products? What is the Census Bureau doing…

Business of Government Hour

It’s a fact: Government relies on statistics

Tom Temin Commentary

Data scientist hiring campaign maxes out applications in less than 2 days

Hiring/Retention

GSA data skills catalog promotes ‘learning culture’ of Federal Data Strategy

Big Data

Census toolkit gives agencies what they need to launch data sprints with industry

Big Data

Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

NDAA includes more congressional oversight of OTAs

Federal Newscast

Federal pay gap between men and women is narrowing, GAO reports

Federal Newscast

A medical worker, left, tests a man for COVID-19 in a set up for rapid new coronavirus testing in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The Austrian government has moved to restrict freedom of movement for people, in an effort to slow the onset of the COVID-19 disease and the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee flags gaps in federal data sources

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2020, file photo an American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether the Trump administration can exclude people in the country illegally from the count used for divvying up congressional seats. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Supreme Court takes up census case as other count issues loom

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether the Trump administration can exclude people in the country illegally from the count used for divvying…

Workforce

Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation

In today’s Federal Newscast, a former top political aide to ex-EPA administrator Scott Pruitt claims EPA violated his free speech and due process rights…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this June 25, 2020, file photo, two young children hold signs through the car window that make reference to the 2020 U.S. Census as they wait in the car with their family at an outreach event in Dallas. Thousands of census takers are about to begin the most labor-intensive part of America’s once-a-decade headcount (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

No ‘hard stop’ for 2020 census if data processing runs past statutory deadline

Agency Oversight

Census Bureau officials have compressed the 2020 deadline to deliver apportionment data to Congress and the president by the end of the year, but haven’t committed to meeting that deadline if the accuracy of the data isn’t sufficient.

How the Census Bureau innovates to improve: A conversation with Dr. Ron Jarmin

It’s a fact: Government relies on statistics

Data scientist hiring campaign maxes out applications in less than 2 days

GSA data skills catalog promotes ‘learning culture’ of Federal Data Strategy

Census Bureau count follow ups hurt by pandemic

Yes, Virginia, federal agencies can be agile

FAR Council to implement new rule regarding reverse auctions

Census toolkit gives agencies what they need to launch data sprints with industry

NDAA includes more congressional oversight of OTAs

Federal pay gap between men and women is narrowing, GAO reports

Pandemic Response Accountability Committee flags gaps in federal data sources

Supreme Court takes up census case as other count issues loom

Former top EPA official turned whistleblower is suing the agency for retaliation

No ‘hard stop’ for 2020 census if data processing runs past statutory deadline

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