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How to boost customer experience with secure cross-agency data sharing

The Federal Data Strategy directs agencies to assess and proactively address the procedural, regulatory, legal and cultural barriers to sharing data.

By Evan Davis

3 weeks ago

From Uncle Sam, with love: Agencies set the mood for Valentine’s Day

Uncle Sam is here for you with some public service announcements and puns that err on the side of poetry.

By Molly Weisner

3 months ago

Will acquiring dual citizenship affect my CSRS annuity?

To be eligible, you must have at least five years of creditable civilian service and be age 62.

14 months ago

Army veterans deported to Mexico win US citizenship

Both Army veterans, the two men were sworn in as U.S. citizens at a special naturalization ceremony in downtown San Diego.

15 months ago

Census Bureau chief defends ‘differential privacy’ tool

Differential privacy algorithms add intentional errors to data to obscure the identity of any given participant.

17 months ago

White House pushing to get more veterans into the trucking industry

Officials met with veterans groups last week to tout job training programs to put veterans behind the wheel for moving freight.

By Leo Shane III

2 years ago

Watchdog: Ross misled on reason for citizenship question

According to an investigation from the Office of Inspector General, during congressional testimony three years ago, former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross gave a misleading reason for why he wanted a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

3 years ago

Contract workers protest employment changes at the Census Bureau

Contract custodial staff gathered outside the Census Bureau headquarters July 15 to protest changes a new contractor has made to their employment.

By Jessie Bur

3 years ago

Biden picks first person of color to head Census fulltime

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he would pick the president of the American Statistical Association to lead the U.S. Census Bureau as it works toward releasing data from the 2020 census that will be used for redrawing congressional and legislative districts.

3 years ago

Lawsuits over how 2020 census was conducted near conclusions

Lawsuits that challenged Trump administration census orders violated the constitutional and civil rights of Latinos, Asian Americans and non-U.S. citizens.

3 years ago

Watchdog: Routes given to census takers were often confusing

Only 21.6 percent of area census office managers were satisfied with the accuracy and efficiency of how cases were assigned.

3 years ago

Watchdog agency says 2020 census is still on high-risk list

A watchdog agency on Tuesday again classified the 2020 census as high risk because of efforts last fall by the Trump administration to shorten the door-knocking and data-processing phases of the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident.

3 years ago