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Agency Oversight

Census nominee open to post-COVID telework in bid to improve workforce morale

Robert Santos, the Urban Institute's vice president and chief methodologist, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Thursday that if confirmed, he would work to ensure employees feel supported “for the long term.”

Big Data

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

Agency Oversight

Census Bureau to complete final stretch of 2020 count despite 'challenging' conditions

Agency Oversight

Worries about 2020 census' accuracy grow with cut schedule

Workforce

2020 Census workers begin knocking on doors in 3-phased 'soft launch'

IT Modernization

2020 census internet self-response exceeds goals amid pandemic

Agency Oversight

Trump administration seeks 4-month delay for key 2020 census deadline

FILE - This March 23, 2018, file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A trial will begin in federal court on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in San Francisco, over the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith, File)

Agency Oversight

As 2020 Census preps for coronavirus, Commerce IG seeks contingency plan update

U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham testifies before the House Oversight subcommittee on Beyond the Citizenship Question: Repairing the Damage and Preparing to Count 'We the People' in 2020', hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Federal Newscast

Census Bureau asks local law enforcement to protect enumerators

U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham testifies before the House Oversight subcommittee on Beyond the Citizenship Question: Repairing the Damage and Preparing to Count 'We the People' in 2020', hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Cybersecurity

House lawmakers fear Census IT 'debacle' similar to Iowa caucus fiasco

Margie Graves

Federal Newscast

The hunt is on for a federal deputy CIO

FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. A new program that was supposed to get patients off waiting lists at Veterans Affairs medical centers by letting them switch to private-sector doctors is proving to be an even bigger disappointment than initially thought. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Federal Newscast

Bill to eliminate pay cap for VA's top healthcare workers passes Senate

Census bureau director Steven Dillingham, right, knocks on the door alongside Census worker Tim Metzger as they arrive to conduct the first enumeration of the 2020 Census Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, in Toksook Bay, Alaska. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Tom Temin Commentary

Census in Alaska: Every individual counts

U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham unveils its national advertising and outreach campaign for the 2020 Census, at the Arena Stage, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Michael A. McCoy)

Agency Oversight

As 2020 Census hiring ramps up, bureau expects 'swimmingly successful' field operations

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Cybersecurity

Census Bureau stands up 'fusion center' to combat misinformation during 2020 count

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Big Data

Satellite data gives Census Bureau a helping hand in launching 2020 ground game

Steven D. Dillingham

Cybersecurity

GAO urges Census Bureau to stay on track with cybersecurity to-do list

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Budget

Trump's budget request for 2020 Census 'falls short' of Commerce's previous targets

census document form and ball point ink pen on American flag for 2020

All News

Census director: 2020 count 'on schedule, on budget, on message'

FILE - This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A Trump administration plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census has prompted legal challenges from many Democratic-led states. But not a single Republican attorney general has sued _ not even from states with large immigrant populations. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)

Cybersecurity

Census adds bug bounty, 'red team' testing to 2020 cybersecurity arsenal

Census Bureau

Agency Oversight

Amid shutdown, 2020 census operations stay afloat. But for how long?

Identity Theft revealed in computer code through magnifying glass

Federal Newscast

NTEU asks OPM for 10 year plan to protect cyber breach victims

Federal Newscast

IRS questioned about the accuracy of its customer satisfaction reports