Ron Jarmin

Census Bureau rethinks scope of remote work policy, consolidates office space

The Census Bureau agreed to a remote work policy last December, and a remote work policy working group has been working on implementation details.

Federal Report

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected

Cybersecurity

Strategic census priorities : A conversation with Dr. Ron Jarmin

The Business of Government Hour

How the Census Bureau innovates to improve: A conversation with Dr. Ron Jarmin

The Business of Government Hour

FILE - This Sunday, April 5, 2020, photo shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident in Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau has spent much of the past year defending itself against allegations that its duties have been overtaken by politics. With a failed attempt by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question, the hiring of three political appointees with limited experience to top positions, a sped-up schedule and a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude undocumented residents from the process of redrawing congressional districts, the 2020 census has descended into a high-stakes partisan battle. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Census officials wary of ‘serious’ risks to data quality with compressed timeline

Agency Oversight

Census is looking to track impact of coronavirus outbreak

Agency Oversight

A man wearing a mask walks past posters encouraging participation in the 2020 Census, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Wednesday is Census Day, the date used to reference where a person lives for the once-a-decade count, as the U.S. is almost paralyzed by the spread of the novel coronavirus, but census officials vowed the job would be completed by its year-end deadline. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Census Bureau receives ’emergency’ approval to conduct pandemic survey

Big Data

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo a worker gets ready to pass out instructions in how fill out the 2020 census during a town hall meeting in Lithonia, Ga. The U.S. Census Bureau says a test for the 2020 census shows having a question about citizenship didn’t have much of an impact on response rates for the general population, though responses by Hispanics were down slightly. The test results were released Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

Researchers warn Census Bureau about accuracy concerns with method

Big Data

Census Bureau stands up ‘fusion center’ to combat misinformation during 2020 count

Cybersecurity

FILE - This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I., as part of the nation's only test run of the 2020 Census. A Trump administration plan to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census has prompted legal challenges from many Democratic-led states. But not a single Republican attorney general has sued _ not even from states with large immigrant populations. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)

Census adds bug bounty, ‘red team’ testing to 2020 cybersecurity arsenal

Cybersecurity

FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. A new program that was supposed to get patients off waiting lists at Veterans Affairs medical centers by letting them switch to private-sector doctors is proving to be an even bigger disappointment than initially thought. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

VA lays out standards for veterans to see private doctors

Federal Newscast

Deputy Census director: 2020 count ‘only part’ of agency’s vast data trove

Ron Jarmin, the Census Bureau’s deputy director, said the agency looks to build a set of digital tools to help the private sector and the public make better…

Big Data

Amid shutdown, 2020 census operations stay afloat. But for how long?

The Census Bureau has six-to-eight weeks of carryover funding to stay afloat during a partial government shutdown.

Agency Oversight

Census look to identify ‘misperceptions,’ barriers to participation in 2020 count

Agency Oversight

The Census Bureau looks to correct the record on fears and common misconceptions the public has shared about the upcoming population count.