Happy Tuesday! How will Americans use the Internet in 2020? Will we all use cell phones? Will we still have snail mail? A team of experts at the U.S. Census Bureau is asking those questions in preparation for the 2020 Census even as temporary workers are knocking on doors to complete the 2010 Census. FinalRead… Read more »
The Census Bureau continues its 2010 population count, but it’s not wasting any time with a plan to use the Internet 10 years from now in the next census. Director Robert Groves told Federal News Radio the Bureau is already planning to test using the Internet using the American Community Survey (ACS). “One of theRead… Read more »
Great poll! Is anyone opposed to taking the census? Why?
A 2010 Census form sometime lists a city name that is not the one you expect to see for your street address. What really matters is the bar code above the mailing address. This locates your household, linking your census questionnaire to your precise location. This bar code on the form guarantees that you willRead… Read more »
Originally published on The Director’s Blog I am continually impressed with the number of simultaneously moving parts in the big machine that is the 2010 Census. There are few organizations preparing to have a once-in-a-decade contact within a very short period of time with over 130 million households in the country. We have a massiveRead… Read more »
Originally published on the The Director’s Blog The 2010 Census forms are being delivered by the US Postal Service Monday-Wednesday or so throughout the country. This will be the second mailing to about 120 million households from the Census Bureau. We sent last week an advance letter, which is state-of-the-art practice in survey research. TheRead… Read more »
A Message to GovLoop Members: How To Get Involved With 2010 Census The Census Bureau is making available to all of its 2010 Census Government Agency Partners, digital promotional tools for placement on your Web sites and an html signature add-on that will link people to the 2010.census.gov and Census Bureau social media networking sites.Read… Read more »
Have you seen this great interview with Census CIO Brian McGrath in Federal Computer Week? If you’re wondering why the Census is not incorporating more technology into its activities, the interview will respond to your questions and concerns. In particular, I had been curious to understand why we aren’t completing our Census forms via anRead… Read more »
So now that the Census campaign is out there, the real discussions have begun. Many people, organizations, and media companies have critical eyes on the Census advertising campaign, its advertisers, & the even the process in which the data is collected. But one topic that has and will probably always dominate “water cooler” conversations aboutRead… Read more »