Chronology of Committee Work

Subcommittee Hearing on: "National Archives and Records Administration Organizational Issues."

On Thursday, July 30, 2009, at 2:00 a.m. the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives held a hearing titled: “National Archives and Records Administration Organizational Issues.”

St. Louis will be watching as the census effort gears up

BY BILL LAMBRECHT
POST-DISPATCH WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF
Wednesday, July 22 2009

WASHINGTON — Helicoptering workers into flooded counties in Mississippi, the
government on July 10 wrapped up the first stage of the 2010 census, verifying
the last of 145 million addresses in the United States.

Now comes the real work: counting the 310 million or so people behind all those
doors, an operation of monumental complexity that Missourians will be closely
watching.

Census officials say that their 10-year count next April could well be the most
difficult ever, since home foreclosures from the recession, immigration and
natural disasters — notably Hurricane Katrina — have reshaped communities.

Members of Congress already were worried, given a string of independent reports
this year from the Government Accountability Office and others pointing out
mismanagement at the Census Bureau and gigantic computer problems.

But just days after completing the address canvassing ahead of time, the bureau
last week achieved a second key success when the Senate overcame objections
from a few Republicans and finally confirmed Robert Groves, a University of
Michigan survey research expert, as Census Bureau director.

With tens of millions of dollars in federal funding at stake and perhaps even
the loss of a Missouri congressional seat possible, St. Louis officials are
paying close attention to the constitutionally mandated count.

U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, said the arrival of Groves, a former
Census Bureau official and a leader in his field, can help restore faith in the
bureau. Clay is chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees the census.

“While far from complete, we are seeing signs of progress,” Clay said. “The
census is about three critical things — information, money and proper political
representation. We cannot afford to come up short on any of them.”

By Clay’s estimates, Missouri is among slow-growth states “on the cusp” of
losing a congressional seat. Census numbers also are used for redrawing
legislative and aldermanic districts.

Besides the political clout at stake, billions of dollars are on the table.
More than 180 federal programs factor census numbers into formulas that
determine how nearly $400 billion in federal money, from Medicaid to highway
repair funds, is parceled out.

CENSUS REFLECTIONS

St. Louis officials have good reason to stay abreast of planning for next
year’s census: The city has been perennially undercounted of late in the annual
updated survey of larger cities and counties.

For five years running, St. Louis has challenged those results and in four
straight years won. The most recent challenge is pending.

In December, after the city’s complaints, the Census Bureau revised the 2007
population count to 355,663 from 350,759.

Mayor Francis Slay said he sees a need to be constantly vigilant. He noted that
even his deputy mayor for development, Barbara Geisman, wasn’t counted recently
because her downtown residence was mistakenly omitted from the official list of
addresses.

Slay, who has counseled other mayors on mounting challenges, said he was told
by the Census Bureau that each uncounted person translates to the loss of as
much as $1,000 per year. So an undercount of 1,000 people would mean the loss
of as much as $10 million over the period of the decennial census.

It’s about more than money and political clout, Slay added. “People look at the
census results and trends as objective measures of success,” he said. “Cities
showing a decline in population are looked at less favorably.

“But if your population is on the increase, people look at you as a city on the
move.”

Jamie Alderslade is outreach director at the Social Compact Inc., a Washington
nonprofit group that works with cities to gather data for the Census Bureau
with the goal of increasing investment in inner cities.

Alderslade observed that retailers, banks and many sorts of businesses rely
heavily on census data when making investments. But undercounted cities
typically get ignored for business expansion, he said, adding, “We have
demonstrated that many neighborhoods are much larger, with greater buying power
and safer than was thought.”

‘NOT AMERICA OF 2000’

The Census Bureau acknowledges its historic problem of undercounting low- and
moderate-income communities and overcounting richer suburbs. How does it
happen? In short, prosperous communities are more stable and easier to count
than neighborhoods where the population may be in flux.

Avoiding undercounts is among many challenges confronting the government in
this survey. Exploding costs could raise the price of the count from an
estimated $11.5 billion to as high as $14.5 billion, the Congressional Research
Service observed in April.

Part of the higher price tag results from the need to hire more employees to
make up for a disastrous experiment with handheld computers. The devices were
to be used for follow-up operations after distribution of the new, 10-question
questionnaire. But the devices proved to be so unreliable in testing that they
will be stacked in a Washington-area warehouse next spring rather than be in
the hands of census workers.

Arnold Jackson, the Census Bureau’s associate director, said in an interview
that the newly completed address verification phase involving 140,000 workers
went according to plans. The handheld devices worked even though his agency is
sticking to its plan to abandon them next spring in favor old-fashioned paper.

In an effort to count everyone, Jackson said, the bureau plans a $260 million
ad campaign supplemented by more than 40,000 groups spreading the word about
the need to be counted.

Jackson has an appreciation of trends in St. Louis, having visited the city six
months ago. He noted St. Louis’ aggressiveness in challenging the Census Bureau
and said his office will be working closely with officials in the region
leading up to the count.

Sizing up the challenge, he observed that “St. Louis has some hollowing out of
its industrial base, and a rich mix of races and ethnicities, including the
largest Bosnian community in the United States. Those are the realities we will
face in 2010. This is not the America of 2000.”

Chairman Clay Congratulates Dr. Robert Groves on his Confirmation as the Next Director of the U.S. Census Bureau

STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MO, CHAIRMAN, HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INFORMATION POLICY, CENSUS AND NATIONAL ARCHIVES REGARDING SENATE CONFIRMATION OF DR. ROBERT M. GROVES TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Hearing on: "Census Data and Its Use in Federal Formula Funding."

Today at 2:00 p.m., the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled: “Census Data and Its Use in Federal Formula Funding.” The hearing will take place in Room 2247 Rayburn House Office Building.

"Identity Theft: Victims Bills of Rights"

Today at 2:00 p.m. the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee held a hearing entitled, “Identity Theft: Victims Bills of Rights.” The hearing took place in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

Chairman Clay Pleased With Census Address Canvassing Progress

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and the National Archives said today that he was pleased with the progress of the critical Address Canvassing phase of Census 2010 preparations.

“I was pleased to be briefed by the Census Bureau that they are actually ahead of the July 17th deadline for completing Address Canvassing,” said Chairman Clay. “This essential step towards achieving a complete count could not be accomplished without the hard work and talent of thousands of highly qualified applicants who are now working long hours to complete this task. While I’m very pleased that Address Canvassing has gone well for the most part, it’s too early to declare the operation a complete success because there are still some unanswered questions. The Commerce Department Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office have both expressed concern about some listers not following procedures for Address Canvassing and some shortcomings in quality control measures. We can’t unequivocally say that the process has been a success until we know that the Bureau caught any missed addresses and the Master Address File is complete. However, so far so good, and I am pleased with the results.”

The Government Accountability Office will brief subcommittee staff in the near future. Chairman Clay plans to convene a hearing on Address Canvassing later in the summer.

Witness Testimony and Hearing Announcement for Subcommitte Hearing on: "Stakeholders' Views on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)."

Today at 2:00 p.m., The Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives will hold a hearing on: “Stakeholders Views on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).” The hearing will take place in room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

Clay praises K.C. native as choice to lead Census Bureau

By: Jake Wagman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay — the House’s chief liaison for the decennial census — is lauding President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the national survey.
Last week, Obama tapped Robert M. Groves, a demographer at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research, to be the new director of the Census Bureau.
Groves was an associate census director from 1990 to 1992 and, according to his c.v., worked as a prison guard in Vermont in 1968. According to the Washington Post, Groves is a native of Kansas City.
Currently, Grooves’ research has focused on why individuals do not participate in surveys, a key question as Clay and others urge the Census to avoid looking overlooking any group.
“Dr. Groves is a nationally recognized expert in statistical research and survey methodology,” Clay said in a statement. “I look forward to working closely with him to reduce the undercount of minorities and to increase the national mail-back response rate for the census questionnaire.”
Clay, a St. Louis Democrat, is chairman of the House Information Policy Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over the Freedom of Information Act, the National Archives, and the Census.
Not only does the Census determine the country’s official population, it’s also used to decide the boundaries of Congressional districts.
Expect Clay — and Groves — to be in the spotlight as next year’s big count approaches.

Wm. Clay to Visit Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, LA— Congressman William Clay (D–MO) and his staff will be visiting Louisiana for a tour of Baton Rouge and New Orleans to see first hand the efforts that are being put forth to revive areas that have suffered devastation. His trip will begin on Aril 6th late morning in Baton Rouge and leave for New Orleans later that evening.

Clay will be available for questions along with Press Director Steve Bengelhardt. There is a photo op scheduled for Tuesday April 7th and at 4:00 pm at Camp Restore, 9301 Chef Mentuer Hwy., New Orleans, LA 70127.

Clay was first elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 2000, succeeding his father, the Honorable Bill Clay, who served for 32 years and was a founding Member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Congressman Clay is the Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, which regulates the federal government’s information and privacy standards and also oversees the operations of the Census Bureau. One of Congressman Clay’s primary goals as chairman is to work with the Census Bureau to eliminate the undercount of African Americans, Hispanics and other minorities from the upcoming national census in 2010.

Mr. Clay also serves on the full Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has major oversight responsibilities for the operations of the federal government. For more information visit http://lacyclay.house.gov.

CHAIRMAN CLAY WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S NOMINATION FOR DR. ROBERT M. GROVES AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MO, CHAIRMAN, HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INFORMATION POLICY, CENSUS AND NATIONAL ARCHIVES REGARDING PRESIDENT OBAMA’S NOMINATION OF DR. ROBERT M. GROVES TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

-WASHINGTON, DC. –
“I welcome President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Robert Groves as the next Director of the U.S. Census Bureau.  Dr. Groves is a nationally recognized expert in statistical research and survey methodology.  I look forward to working closely with him to reduce the undercount of minorities and to increase the national mail-back response rate for the census questionnaire. 
The Census is America’s largest peacetime project.  As Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, I am committed to helping the Census Bureau conduct the most accurate enumeration in U.S. history. I welcome Dr. Groves’ leadership of this shared national mission.”

Ease census fears, Clay urges

Tuesday, Mar. 31 2009
WASHINGTON — Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., said Monday that he wanted the
government to halt immigration raids next year to ensure an accurate count in
the 2010 census.

Speaking at a Census Bureau conference being held one year before Census Day
2010, Clay and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke tried to allay fears among
Hispanics and Asians in areas where immigrants often mistake census workers for
tax collectors or law enforcement officials.

Clay went a step further, urging the partnership groups, ranging from the
AFL-CIO and Coca-Cola to the NAACP and Vote Latino, to expose any “sinister
tricks” to dissuade immigrants from completing their census forms.

There are nearly 12 million undocumented workers in the United States, many of
them clustered in California, New York, Florida and Texas, which stand to
either lose House seats or gain fewer seats depending on whether their Hispanic
residents are fully counted.

Clay pointed out that immigration officials halted raids during the 2000
census.

“It think it should be repeated to tamp down on any fears the immigrant
population might have on certain raids, whether they are here legally or not,”
said Clay, who heads the House subcommittee overseeing the census. “They don’t
want that hanging over them.”

In 2000, immigration officials informally agreed, at the request of the Census
Bureau, to not conduct large-scale immigration raids. The bureau asked the
Homeland Security Department two years ago to hold off again in 2010, but was
rejected by the administration of President George W. Bush, which said it would
continue to enforce federal laws.

At the conference on Monday, according to the Washington Post, Clay said, “We
need to know what’s happening in your communities and how we can help you. We
will also depend on you to expose any attempts to misinform or deceive the
public by those who are attempting to suppress the count.”

Locke Urges Census Volunteers to Boost Outreach

WASHINGTON (AP) _ New Commerce Secretary Gary Locke on Monday exhorted census volunteers to boost outreach in hard-to-count communities as a top lawmaker urged the government to halt immigration raids to ensure an accurate count.
Speaking at a Census Bureau training conference, Locke and Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo., tried to allay fears in Hispanic and Asian communities where immigrants often mistake census workers for tax collectors or law enforcement officials.
“It is your familiar, trusted voices that will help us succeed in educating residents about the census,” Locke, who is Asian-American, said in his first public appearance since taking office.
Without specifically mentioning immigration, Locke stressed that personal information in the census form will remain confidential. Clay went a step further, urging the partnership groups, ranging from the AFL-CIO and Coca-Cola to the NAACP and Vote Latino, to expose any “sinister tricks” to dissuade immigrants from completing their census forms.
There are nearly 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., many of them clustered in states such as California, New York, Florida and Texas, which stand to either lose House seats or gain fewer seats depending on whether their Hispanic communities are fully counted.
Speaking to The Associated Press afterward, Clay said he planned to push the Obama administration to halt raids next year, noting that immigration officials did so during the 2000 census.
“It think it should be repeated to tamp down on any fears the immigrant population might have on certain raids, whether they are here legally or not,” said Clay, who chairs the House subcommittee overseeing the census.
“They don’t want that hanging over them,” he said.
In 2000, immigration officials at the request of the Census Bureau informally agreed to not conduct large-scale immigration raids. The bureau two years ago asked the Homeland Security Department to hold off again in 2010, but was rejected by the Bush administration, which said it would continue to enforce federal laws.
Locke left before Clay made his comments about halting raids. A spokeswoman for Locke on Monday declined to comment, referring the inquiry to the census bureau.
“We do not have plans currently to renew the request,” said Stephen Buckner, a spokesman for the bureau, explaining that the agency’s focus was to improve the count with increased ad campaigns and stronger partnerships with trusted leaders in the Hispanic community.
“If sentiment changes, or there appears to be increasing challenges in the count based on what happens down the road, we might be open to reevaluating that,” Buckner said.
More than a hundred representatives attended the three-hour conference, many of whom expressed concern about reaching minorities, particularly Hispanics, given rising anti-immigration sentiment after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
Their comments came as the bureau on Monday launched its major address canvassing operation where 140,000 government workers are fanning neighborhoods to verify addresses and identify homes now abandoned due to mortgage foreclosures.
Panelists noted that Asian and Hispanic immigrants both legal and illegal typically view a census worker as someone who works also on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement or IRS tax collectors. Blacks, too, are distrustful as to the census’ possible ties with law enforcement, they said.
“It’s going to be a challenge for officials,” said Ivelisse Estrada, a senior vice president for Univision, the Spanish-language network, stressing that the census media campaign will have to focus on a message that personal information will remain confidential.

Census Counts on Media Blitz

By Max Cacas
FederalNewsRadio
One year from now, the Census Bureau expects to be on-the-air, in print, and online with a message for all: please fill out your census forms!
It is all part of the effort to make sure everyone is counted in the 2010 Census.
The House Census Subcommittee, chaired by Missouri Democrat William Lacy Clay, met yesterday to explore how the Census Bureau was planning on using the media to get the word out on the decennial population count, particularly to those people considered “hard to count”.
How will the communications plan decrease the undercount, and increase the mail response rate of the hard to count communities?
For the answers, Clay turned to Thomas Mesenbourg, acting Director of the Census Bureau, who explained that the plan is to expand on a program, successful in the 2000 census, to reach ethnic minorities, those in lower income communities, and others that past censuses have found difficult to count accurately.
Messenbourg said they were devoting $250 million from $1 billion in stimulus money for outreach that will include stepped-up canvassing of addresses to identify residences with multiple dwellers and homes now abandoned due to mortgage foreclosures.
The money will also be used to boost the bureau’s advertising budget by $80 million, of which $26 million would target the fast-growing Asian and Hispanic populations using television, radio and online spots. Another $10 million would be spent on the undercounted black community.
The Census Bureau is getting help in honing and focusing its communications campaign to hard-to-count communities from DraftFCB, a communications firm. Executive vice president Tim Karakajian outlined their most recent step: a cross-country research and fact-finding tour, in which they tested draft versions of commercials with more than 1,400 people in all 40 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, to make sure their message is effective with target audiences.
Karakajian also says a final report is due to Census Officials next month, with production of the first census commercials and ads set to begin this summer.
Of recent concern to Census officials: word that the current economic downturn and the resultant home forclosures, and disruption to households, could adversely affect the 2010 Census.
Messenburg says they hope to determine which homes recently abandoned to foreclosure are really vacant in the upcoming address canvas phase of the census.
The Census communications program also depends on the work of so-called “partnership” organizations, mainly local groups and some non-profits, who understand the local communities, particularly those in the hard to count populations.
Robert Goldenkoff, director of strategic issues at the GAO, said many businesses that donated significant resources in 2000 for promotion may have less money to donate, while schools enlisted to promote the census may be financially burdened without additional investments.
With production of the first census ads set to begin this summer, officials say that they will know how successful their media efforts have been once they know how many households returned their mail-in-census forms in the first phase of the 2010 Census.
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Clay Probes Census Preparations to Reduce Undercount in 2010

-WASHINGTON, DC. – Chairman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri, pressed the Acting Census Director and the media group in charge of national and local census advertising to detail how they plan to reduce the national Census undercount among minorities and other hard to count populations. Mr. Clay, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, the Census and National Archives, conducted an extensive hearing earlier today which included testimony from Acting Census Director Thomas L. Mesenbourg; Government Accounting Office Strategic Issues Director Robert Goldenkoff; New York City Census Coordinator Stacey Cumberbatch and Jeff Tarakajian, Executive Vice President of DRAFTFBC Media.
“The Census partnership programs and targeted media are critical to reaching the audiences who are most likely to be missed. In 2000, the Census missed 3 million Americans. Many of them were African American or Hispanic, most were poor, and all of them deserved to be counted,” said Chairman Clay. “I expect the Census Bureau, the Partnership organizations and the advertising campaign to aggressively target these hard to count populations and to make serious progress in reducing the chronic undercount of minorities. The Census is really about three things: information, federal funding, and proper political representation. When we miss any American, we deprive his or her community of all three of those precious resources. Every American counts, and every American deserves to be counted.”
In his testimony to Mr. Clay’s subcommittee, GAO Strategic Issues Director Robert Goldenkoff reported that “The Bureau has made notable progress in rolling out key components of its communications campaign; if implemented as planned, the campaign will help the Bureau to address the undercount. For example, to help promote the Census, especially to hard to count groups, the Bureau plans to partner with state, local and tribal governments; religious, community and social service organizations; and private businesses to secure a more complete count. Thus far, the Bureau has secured partnerships with more than 10,000 organizations for 2010.”
Chairman Clay’s questioning of Acting Census Director Mesenbourg and Jeff Tarakajian, Executive Vice President of DRAFTFBC Media, revealed that with the addition of $1 billion from the Obama stimulus plan, the total communications budget for Census 2010 is now $312 million. That figure is $50 million more than in 2000.
Within that projected budget, $258 million will be spent on paid media, both at the national and local levels. In terms of actual media buys, the Bureau plans to spend $63 million on national media, which is primarily targeted at Americans whose first language is English. $83 million will be targeted at the local level via print, broadcast, transit, web and other forms of advertising to reach hard to count populations. Those local media buys will include messages in 19 languages.
Acting Census Director Mesenbourg also reported to Chairman Clay that the Bureau has learned valuable lessons from 2000 which will greatly improve targeting for 2010. For instance, the evidence proves that the strongest indicator of whether an individual will complete and return a Census form is the composition of that household. Traditional households, headed by both a man and a woman, are the most likely to respond. While single parent households, especially those headed by women, are the least likely to respond. Census 2010 targeting efforts will be adapted to reach these harder to count Americans. Acting Director Mesenbourg also told Chairman Clay that the bureau was making a special effort to update its mailing address canvass to reflect homes lost to foreclosure.

Census 2010: Assessing the Bureau's Strategy for Reducing the Undercount of Hard-to-Count Populations

On Monday, March 23, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee held a hearing entitled, “Census 2010: Assessing the Bureau’s Strategy for Reducing the Undercount of Hard-to-Count Populations.”

Chairman Clay Congratulates Commerce Secretary-Designate, Governor Gary Locke

Chairman Clay Congratulates Commerce Secretary-Designate, Governor Gary Locke
- Washington, D.C. – Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, the Census and National Archives, applauded President Obama’s nomination of former Washington State Governor Gary Locke to become the Secretary of Commerce. 
“Governor Locke is a great choice to lead the Commerce Department,” said Chairman Clay. “I look forward to working with him on the Census and to helping him advance the President’s agenda for fair trade and job creation.  His nomination is more evidence of President Obama’s commitment to diversity in his Cabinet.  It also sends a strong message that America is open for business and we expect to lead a worldwide economic recovery.  I congratulate Governor Locke and I look forward to his swift confirmation in the U.S. Senate.”

Obama, St. Louis counting on U.S. Census, More than 1,000 federal jobs coming to St. Louis

President Obama campaigned to help urban areas receive needed resources and also to create jobs in these under-served areas of America.

The 2010 Census can help do both, but only if St. Louis residents respond to the challenge before them.

More than a thousand jobs will be created for U.S. Census Bureau field operations, and an open house launching the two-year effort was held last Saturday at the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation Building.

U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay, chair of the House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, which oversees the operations of the Census Bureau, said more than 1,000 jobs would be available in the area.

He also warned that the region needs everyone to be counted to assure that it receives every dollar it qualifies for under population guidelines.

“Every person that we miss will cost that local community approximately $1,000 in federal funding, each year. Over the next decade, that works out to 10,000 federal dollars lost for every St. Louisan that we don’t count.”

Arnold Jackson, associate census director, said the data would impact political representation in Congress and state legislatures and distribution of funds.

“More than $300 billion is granted based on census population data,” he said.

“This is our opportunity to provide the nation with the best numbers possible.”

Jackson said that the Census Bureau “wants everyone to feel they are an owner of the census.”

“This is democracy in action, and the backbone of the effort is partnering with the community,” Jackson said.

Clay called the Census “a snapshot of the entire American family,” and a $12 billion national project that provides federal, state and local governments with critical information to help strengthen communities.

He says one of his primary goals is to work with the Census Bureau to eliminate the undercount of African Americans, Hispanics and other minorities from the upcoming national census.

“It Is the single best resource we have to understand what is actually happening to real people in this country,” Clay said.

The results provide the basis of redistricting political jurisdictions at the federal, state and local levels.

“And we’re going to hire some great people in St. Louis and across the nation to help us,”

To apply for a job with the U.S Census Bureau, call the census recruiting hotline at (866) 861-2010. Or visit www.2010censusjobs.gov.

If you are interested in working for the Census Bureau, visit the Urban League city office (3701 Grandel/ Grand and Delmar) for an application and testing, Monday, January 26 at 10 a.m. Please be on time, bring your resume and bring two forms of ID (driver’s license and social security card, birth certificate or passport). Call for directions at 615-3600.

How Information Policy Affects Competitive Viability in Minority Contracting

The Subcommittee is holding a hearing titled, “How Information Policy Affects Competitive Viability in Minority Contracting.”

Implementation of the Office of Government Information Services

The Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives held a hearing titled, “Implementation of the Office of Government Information Services” at 2:00 p.m., on September 17, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

Critical Budget Issues Affecting the 2010 Census — Part 2

The Information Policy, Census and National Archives Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “Critical Budget Issues Affecting the 2010 Census — Part 2” on July 30, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Committee Holds Hearing on 2010 Census

The Full Committee and the Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives held a joint hearing on “2010 Census: Assessing the Census Bureau’s Progress,” at 10:00 a.m. on June 11, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

Hearing on "Does Federal Statistical Data Adequately Serve People Living with Disabilities?"

The Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives will hold a hearing titled, “Does Federal Statistical Data Adequately Serve People Living with Disabilities?” at 2:00 p.m., on June 4th 2008 in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

Joint Hearing on Census Data: Special Issues Related to the U.S. Territories

The Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives held a hearing titled “Census Data: Special Issues Related to the U.S. Territories” at 10:00 a.m., on May 21, 2008, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

H.R. 5811, the "Electronic Communications Preservation Act"

On Wednesday, April 23 2008, at 2:00 pm in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on H.R. 5811, the “Electronic Communications Preservation Act.” The bill will be introduced prior to Wednesday’s hearing and is expected to have both Chairman Henry Waxman of the Full Committee and Chairman Clay as the original cosponsors.

The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 2008

The Subcommittee held a hearing on the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 2008 at 2:00 p.m. on April 2, in 2154 Rayburn House Office Building.

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