Information Technology
Information Technology

Author: United States Government Accountability Office

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-01-15

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781983853302

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Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Improve Its Risk Management of Decennial Systems

Information Technology
Information Technology

Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G

Publisher: BiblioGov

Published: 2013-06

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781289047528

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

2010 Census: Preliminary Lessons Learned Highlight the Need for Fundamental Reforms
2010 Census: Preliminary Lessons Learned Highlight the Need for Fundamental Reforms

Author: Robert Goldenkoff

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-08

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1437984231

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The 2010 Census was added to a list of high-risk programs in 2008 in part because of: (1) long-standing weaknesses in the Census Bureau¿s (CB) info. tech. acquisition and contract mgmt. function; (2) difficulties in developing reliable life-cycle cost estimates; and (3) key operations that were not tested under operational conditions. These issues jeopardized the CB¿s readiness for the count. Moreover, concerns over privacy have made a cost-effective census an increasingly difficult challenge. At $13 billion, 2010 was the costliest U.S. Census in history. This testimony focuses on lessons learned from the 2010 Census, and initiatives that show promise for producing a more cost-effective population count in 2020. Illus. This is a print on demand report.

High-Risk Series
High-Risk Series

Author: Gene L. Dodaro

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-12

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1437913032

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The fed. gov¿t. is the world's largest and most complex entity, with about $3 trillion in outlays in FY 2008. Reports on high-risk areas bring focus to areas needing attention due to their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. These reports also identify areas needing transformation to address major economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. This 2009 update presents the status of high-risk areas listed in 2007 and identifies new high-risk areas. Solutions to high-risk problems offer the potential to save billions of dollars, dramatically improve service to the public, strengthen confidence and trust in the performance and accountability of the U.S. gov¿t., and ensure the ability of gov¿t. to deliver on its promises. Illus.

2010 Census
2010 Census

Author: Robert Goldenkoff

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2011-05

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1437944779

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Although the U.S. Census Bureau generally completed the field data collection phase of the 2010 Census consistent with its operational plans, at $13 billion, 2010 was the costliest census in the nation's history. Moving forward, it will be important to both refine existing operations as well as to address long-standing issues such as securing participation and escalating costs. This report reviews: (1) the conduct of non-response follow-up, where enumerators collect data from households that did not return their census forms; (2) the implementation of other field operations critical to a complete count; and (3) potential re-examination areas that could help produce a more cost-effective 2020 Census. Illustrations. A print on demand publication.

2010 Census: Census Bureau Continues to Make Progress in Mitigating Risks to a Successful Enumeration, But Still Faces Various Challenges
2010 Census: Census Bureau Continues to Make Progress in Mitigating Risks to a Successful Enumeration, But Still Faces Various Challenges

Author: Robert Goldenkoff

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13: 1437924069

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The decennial census produces data used to apportion congressional seats, redraw congressional districts, and help allocate billions of dollars in federal assistance. In March 2008, the 2010 Census was designated a high-risk area in part because of info. tech. (IT )shortcomings. The U.S. Census Bureau (CB) has since strengthened its risk management efforts and made other improvements. This testimony discusses the Bureau's readiness for 2010 and covers: (1) the delivery of key IT systems, (2) preliminary findings on the results of address canvassing and the lessons learned from that operation that can be applied to subsequent field operations, and (3) the CB's progress in improving its cost estimation abilities. Charts and tables.