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- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- Proposed commission would give teeth to cost-saving ideas but some lawmakers skeptical
- Feds outside the Beltway react to furloughs
- Contracting executives guilty of 8(a) program fraud
- EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- 29-year-old NASA engineer going where no one has gone before
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
- NOAA meteorologist helps save lives one storm at a time
- ICE Director John Morton stepping down
- NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
- House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill
- NIH tops list of best companies for baby boomers
- Latest postal reform proposal OKs 5-day delivery
- IRS official contradicts claims about reviews
- House presses VA for more details after cyber attacks
- DoD maintains BRAC fight, despite opposition
Census reports it has reached almost all households
As of Tuesday, 98 percent of the 47 million households that had failed to return their census questionnaires had been contacted by a census worker.
How to succeed in the SES
At the Executive Update 2010 conference, a panel of seasoned senior executives and new senior executives provide advice on how to be effective and successful in SES positions, from the SES on-boarding process through the first 18 months in the SES role. Panelist Daniel Weinberg, an assistant director at Census, gives us a preview.
Census troubleshoots broken software
From problems with handheld computers to headaches concerning the development of "back-office" computing systems, technology has been a high-risk area for the Census. But now, the current Census director seems to have good news: problems with one of those back-office systems have been fixed.
2010 Census faces, fixes IT setbacks
WFED's Max Cacas reports.
Census to use Web in future counts
Ten years from now, how the population in the U.S. is counted will probably be even more different than the population will be! Director of the Census Bureau, Dr. Robert Groves tells us the Census plans to test using the Internet for future counts.
Groves says Census enumerators are ready
Census Bureau gears up for the most difficult part of its high-stakes count. Today, officials will announce the final mail participation rate. Then, beginning May 1, more than 600,000 census workers will fan out across the country to knock on the doors of those who did not respond by mail. Census Director Doctor Robert Groves explains where we are and what's next.
Teleworkforce by the numbers
Census grabs a statistical snapshot of US teleworkers.
Senate Census panel asks tough questions about 2010 count
The clock continues to tick down to the April 1st start of the 2010 Census, and a Senate oversight subcommittee continues to focus on efforts for an accurate count of the nation's population next year.
Census director counts on planning for 2010 population count
With seven months to go before census forms begin arriving in American mailboxes, the newly-confirmed Census Director Dr. Robert Groves holds his first news conference.
Census nominee: blunt response to mixing politics and the count
President Obama's nominee to head the U.S. Census Bureau responded in the bluntest terms possible to questions regarding the politicization of the 2010 census. Senate leaders expect to vote on the nomination before adjourning for the Memorial Day recess.
Census Bureau: From Commerce to independence?
Previewing a bill that could change the future of the U.S. Census Bureau. (part 1 of 2)
House GOP crying foul over Census
House Republicans up in arms over a possible change in the management of the Census.
Clay: White House to Guide Census
GOP concerned over Chief of Staff involvement
House turns up heat on agency programs
Agencies should prepare for a new level of scrutiny from Congress.
Census Bureau
Tim Ruland
Chief Information Technology Security Officer
August 7th, 2008
