2020 census
IT Insights: Interview with AWS federal director Brett McMillen
AWS director highlights how U.S. Census Bureau capitalized on advances in cloud computing.
Cybersecurity and IT top GAO’s High Risk List, yet again
Leadership commitment to national cybersecurity regressed, in large part due to the lack of a comprehensive National Cyber Strategy or national cyber director.
CIO who oversaw the first ‘online census’ leaves Census Bureau
Kevin Smith is now CIO of the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Fast-tracked census IT systems receive more scrutiny from GAO
Systems processing data for congressional apportionment face an increased risk of defects, the watchdog agency says.
Census Bureau IT systems processing 2020 response data better than expected
The bureau was already processing the data it could when self-response and field data collection operations ended Oct. 15.
Census Bureau ‘comfortable’ with IT as census response deadline looms
A timeline is in place for completing testing of the systems that will process census data that prioritizes those needed immediately, according to one senior executive.
