Monthly Archives: July 2011

Using Census Bureau Technology to Help

Posted on July 28, 2011 by briana
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The Census Bureau is at its best when it develops new techniques and technology to improve its own processes. Whenever we see a good opportunity to share the techniques, we do. The U.S. Census Bureau recently partnered with USAID in … Continue reading →

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Tracking the Economy, Adapting to the Changing IT Infrastructure of American Business

Posted on July 19, 2011 by briana
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Our name, the Census Bureau, suggests only the decennial census of population to many. However, we have more individual statistical programs that measure the economy than those measuring the population. From the Census Bureau, the US learns the key economic … Continue reading →

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The Consequences of Budget Cuts

Posted on July 15, 2011 by briana
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I have devoted much of this blog over the last two years to discussions about how the taxpayers who finance federal statistical findings can evaluate the quality of our work. Federal statistics play a critical role in our democracy, providing … Continue reading →

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Devotion in the Hardest of Times

Posted on July 7, 2011 by briana
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As a recent post noted, we have decided that the Census Bureau can take advantage of new management technologies, improve the supervision of interviewers, and reduce management costs by closing six of the twelve regional offices that have been a … Continue reading →

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