U.S. Census Bureau’s Budget Estimates As Presented to Congress April 2013 Fiscal Year 2014
US Census Bureaursquos Budget Estimates As Presented to Congress April 2013
Fiscal Year 2014
Exhibit 1 Department of Commerce
US Census Bureau BUDGET ESTIMATES FISCAL YEAR 2014
CONGRESSIONAL SUBMISSION
Table of Contents
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2 Organization Chart CEN-1 3 Executive Summary CEN-3 3A Annual Performance Plan CEN-11 Salaries and Expenses 5 Summary of resource requirements (Discretionary) CEN-31 5 Summary of resource requirements (Mandatory) CEN-32 7 Summary of financing CEN-33 9 Justification of adjustments to base CEN-34 Current surveys and statistics 10 Program and Performance direct obligations CEN-38 12-15 Program Justification CEN-41 Survey of program dynamics 10 Program and Performance direct obligations CEN-76 12-15 Program Justification CEN-77 State childrenrsquos health insurance program 10 Program and Performance direct obligations CEN-78 12-15 Program Justification CEN-79 16 Summary of requirements by object class (Discretionary) CEN-81 16 Summary of requirements by object class (Mandatory) CEN-83 33 Appropriations Language and Code Citations CEN-85 Periodic Censuses and Programs 5 Summary of resource requirements CEN-87 7 Summary of financing CEN-89 9 Justification of adjustments to base CEN-90 Economic statistics programs 10 Program and Performance direct obligations CEN-94 12-15 Program Justification CEN-96 Demographic statistics programs 10 Program and Performance direct obligations CEN-116 12-15 Program Justification CEN-119
Exhibit Page Number Exhibit Number Demographic surveys sample redesign 10 Program and Performance direct obligations CEN-147 12-15 Program Justification CEN-148 Geographic support 10 Program and Performance direct obligations CEN-153 12-15 Program Justification CEN-154 Data processing systems 10 Program and Performance direct obligations CEN-161 12-15 Program Justification CEN-162 16 Summary of requirements by object class CEN-163 33 Appropriations Language and Code Citations CEN-165 Working Capital Fund 5 Summary of resource requirements CEN-167 7A Summary of financing ndash Reimbursable CEN-169 7B Summary of financing ndash Appropriated CEN-170 12-15 Program Justification CEN-171 Bureau Exhibits 34 Consulting and related services CEN-173 35 Periodicals pamphlets and audiovisual products CEN-174 36 Average grade and salary CEN-175
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Exhibit 3
US Census Bureau Executive Summary
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 budget request reflects the resources needed for the US Census Bureau to support the Department of Commercersquos Science and Information general goal 14 ldquoEnable informed decision-making t hrough an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and servicesrdquo The Census Bureau serves as the leading s ource of quality data about the nations people and economy We honor privacy protect confidentiality share our expertise globally and conduct our work openly We are guided on this mission by scientific objectivity our strong and capable workforce our devotion to research-based innovation and our abiding commitment to our customers Budget and Financial Management Discretionary Domestic Spending The Census Bureau requests appropriations for domestic discretionary spending totaling $9825 million Mandatory Domestic Spending The Census Bureau expects to receive a total $300 million in mandatory domestic spending in FY 2014 for the State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program and the Survey of Program Dynamics Reimbursable Program Funding The Census Bureau anticipates that it will receive $2687 million in reimbursable funding from other Federal and non-Federal organizations to perform work for those entities FY 2014 Program Changes The requested funding r eflects the resources needed to implement program enhancements and cyclical changes in operational requirements between FY 2013 and FY 2014 for the Economic Studies Program the Current Population Survey the Survey of Income and Program Participation the Economic Census and the Census of Governments the 2010 Census and the 2020 Census and Geographic Support bull Expanding Research Opportunities Related to Federal Programs (Base Funding ( Economic Studies)
69 FTE and $173 million Program Change 15 FTE and $35 million) This increase will be used to enhance the Census Bureaus Research Data Center Network to support the evaluation of federal government programs The project will acquire and improve new program data and provide infrastructural support for related research
bull Improving Analyses of Federal Programs through Better Measures of Outcomes (Base Funding (Economic Studies) 69 FTE and $173 million Program Change 2 FTE and $03 million) The increase will be used to analyze federal programs designed to assist US businesses using rigorous statistical and econometric methods and microdata from the Census Bureau combined with data from other agencies
bull Current Population Survey(CPS) (Base Funding 129 FTE and $111 million Program Change 37
FTE and $50 million) The Census Bureau proposes an increase of $50 million to support the
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development of a supplemental statistical poverty measure from the Current Population Survey to complement the current official measure
bull Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) (Base Funding 453 FTE and $507 million Program Change -106 FTE and -$77 million) The Census Bureau request includes a planned reduction of $2 million to reflect completion of the FY 2013 Event History Calendar field test as part of the SIPP improvements initiated in FY 2008 as well as a $5 million reduction to administrative savings based on the re-designed SIPP being in the field in FY 2014 and the reduction of headquarters staffing related to household s urveys This program change includes a decrease of 3 FTE and $07 million for administrative savings
bull Economic Census (Base Funding 961 FTE and $1387 million Program Change -284 FTE and -$209 million) The Census Bureau conducts the economic census every five years It is integral to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and industry inputs and outputs It provides decision-makers with comprehensive detailed and authoritative facts about the structure and functioning of the US economy It is the foundation of the Nationrsquos economic statistics programs providing c ore information on virtually all non-farm businesses and related data on business expenditures commodity flows minority and women-owned businesses and other topics Fiscal Year 2014 is the fifth year of the six-year 2012 Economic Census funding cycle The focus of activity for FY 2014 is completing data collection industry analytical review and review and publication of the advance report and 70 of the industry reports Data collection and review will continue for the Survey of Business Owners This program change includes a decrease of 1 FTE and $23 million for administrative savings
bull Census of Governments (Base Funding 74 FTE and $115 million Program Change -5 FTE and -$17 million) The Census Bureau conducts a census of governments every five years Like the Economic Census it is integral to BEArsquos estimates of GDP It is the only source of comprehensive and uniformly classified data on the economic activities of more than 90000 state and local governments which account for about 12 percent of GDP and nearly 16 percent of the US workforce Fiscal Year 2014 is the final year in the five-year cycle of the 2012 Census of Governments Activities are focused on completing data processing developing data products and disseminating information from the census This program change includes a decrease of $21 thousand for administrative savings
bull 2010 Decennial Census Program (Base Funding 291 FTE and $555 million Program Change -291 FTE and -$555 million) This program change reflects the completion of the 2010 Census The base funding for the American Community Survey is transferred to the 2020 Decennial Census Program
bull 2020 Decennial Census Program (Base Funding 3265 FTE and $3323 million Program Change 382 FTE and $1542 million) Fiscal Year 2014 is the third year of funding for the three-year Research and Testing phase of the 2020 Census The FY 2014 budget request expands and supports the research and testing phase for the 2020 Decennial Census Program The focus of FY 2014 activities will be to support the research and testing infrastructure allowing us to effectively test (1) new enumeration methods (2) new processes to support field operations (3) more cost-effective IT systems and (4) address and spatial frame-related methods needed for the 2020 Census to supplement research being carried out in the geographic support program By the end of FY 2014 key preliminary design decision(s) for the 2020 Census will be made in preparation for acquisitions and systems development beginning in FY 2015 Additionally focus will be on continued implementation of program management and systems engineering activities to ensure effective management and technicaloperational cohesion of research and testing projects Consequently the research and testing agenda (supported by strong program and risk management
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and systems engineering) addresses the major cost and quality drivers in the census critical to achieving the strategic vision and goals This program change includes a decrease of 6 FTE and $47 million for administrative savings Additionally the funding f or the American Community Survey is transferred to the 2020 Decennial Census Program
bull Geographic Support (Base Funding 402 FTE and $662 million Program Change -72 FTE and -$106 million) The Census Bureau requests a decrease that limits two major geographic partnership programs the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) and the evaluation of partner supplied files as part of the Geographic Support System This FY 2014 budget request is the result of a review of both ongoing and cyclical programs necessary to achieve the Department of Commerce and Census Bureau goals Difficult choices were made in balancing program needs and fiscal constraints in order to fund higher priority programs This program change includes a decrease of 1 FTE and $06 million for administrative savings
Administrative Savings The Administration continues to pursue an aggressive government-wide effort to curb non-essential administrative spending c alled the Administrative Efficiency Initiative In or der to be good stewards of taxpayer money the Federal Government should continue to seek ways to improve the efficiency of programs without reducing their effectiveness Since FY 2012 the Census Bureau has contributed to this effort realizing nearly $25 million in administrative savings in FY 2012 and FY 2013 The FY 2014 Presidentrsquos Budget continues these efforts The Census Bureau will pursue cost savings related to Information Technology spending and the budget contains $96 million in budget reductions reflecting these plans In addition the Census Bureau continues to pursue reductions in travel spending In FY 2014 the Census Bureau plans to reduce travel spending by an additional $16 million These savings combined with the $25 million in savings previously realized will bring the Census Bureaursquos total administrative savings to $359 million Realignment of Base Information Technology (IT) Resources to Improve Operational Efficiency Reduce Costs and Strengthen Mission Capabilities The Census Bureau is committed to improving operational efficiency reducing c osts and strengthening mission capabilities by implementing enterprise shared services and enterprise processing solutions for our diverse survey and census programs This commitment has its foundation in an IT strategy that aligns with is consistent with and supports OMB directives The Census Bureau is breaking t he paradigm of developing expensive customized processing systems solutions and technologies for each of our major programs The Census Bureau has been incrementally developing enterprise solutions that can support current economic and demographic surveys reimbursable surveys the American Community Survey the 2017 Economic Census and be scalable for use in the 2020 Census The development and implementation of flexible adaptive survey designs and the related processing infrastructure i s a multi-year process but one that promises major payoffs later in the decade Central to these efforts the Census Bureau has been working on the creation and execution of an IT Infrastructure Roadmap that guides the ldquoAs Isrdquo and ldquoTo Berdquo Enterprise Architecture (EA) The Census Bureau is creating shared and reusable IT services that are foundational to the business and technical
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architecture and infrastructure needed to support all of our surveys and censuses including t he 2020 Census and the 2017 Economic Census The Census Bureaursquos shared services or enabling platforms include enterprise solutions for internet data collection data capture and survey collection and processing In addition we are researching capabilities and requirements associated with a Mobile Computing Infrastructure that can support the use of multiple mobile devices for use by enumerators in collecting information from households and institutions These efforts have realized or are estimated to achieve $81 million in cost avoidance savings and efficiencies from FY 2011 through FY 2014 - costs that otherwise would be reflected in our IT budget requests In addition to the overall cost reductions described in the section on Administrative Savings above In FY 2014 the Census Bureau is realigning $371 million in existing IT resources from across the Census Bureaursquos programs to several enterprise-wide efforts that will allow it to maintain the momentum built over the last few years including bull Shared IT Services ($73 million) Reinvestment of these funds will support and expand enterprise
shared services currently used across the Census Bureau in the areas of Virtual Desktop Integration in support of the Governmentrsquos efforts to enhance telework opportunities SharePoint for collaboration and content management SAS and Data Management
bull Cloud Computing ($111 million) This reinvestment would support continued infrastructure
consolidation and virtualization infrastructure utilization and capacity management hybrid cloud development and integration and end user self-provisioning of infrastructure platforms and hardware
bull Mobile Computing ($98 million) The Census Bureau will reinvest in enterprise mobile application
and web development and testing mobile enterprise architecture mobile device management ldquobring your ownrdquo device and execution of the Governmentrsquos digital strategy
bull Data Management and Internet Data Collection ($38 million) Reinvestment will occur in enterprise
solutions for data collection enterprise storage and data backup data acquisition data analytics and data access and dissemination
bull Security ($20 million) These funds would support the IT Security and Risk Management Framework and automation of required security controls The Return on Investment (ROI) of the Census Bureaursquos Risk Management Program is focused on m aking the security assessment and accreditation of systems more efficient saving program area resouces by performing design time analysis of new systems to ensure security requirements are met up front Moving this activity to the beginning of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) can reduce program area costs for this remediation of security findings by a factor of 30 The development of automated security content to assess compliance with secure configuration settings and security controls requirements will reduce the overall cost of performing manual security assessments and continuous monitoring by over 20 percent
bull Enterprise Architecture and Innovation ($31 million) The Census Bureau will reinvest in enterprise architecture to assist program areas with development of service oriented architecture and in the Census Bureaursquos Center for Applied Technology to support program areas in needed research prototyping and evaluation of new technologies
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Other Program Highlights The Census Bureau programs described below provide important data about the Nationrsquos population and economy on an ongoing basis Wherever possible the Census Bureau seeks to improve the functioning of these programs within existing f unds
bull Business Statistics (329 FTE and $426 million) The business statistics programs measure the economic activity of the distribution and service trade sectors in the United States The data provide principal economic performance indicators including m onthly and annual data for the retail and wholesale sectors and quarterly and annual data for the fast growing service sector of the national economy These sectors account for nearly 70 percent of US economic activity Together the business statistics programs provide the primary source of up-to-date facts on the structure and functioning of the distributive trades and service sectors of the economy and provide timely updates to data collected in the economic census The principal economic indicator series are closely followed and widely used by policymakers in the public and private sectors and move financial markets The data in conjunction with other economic data collected by the Census Bureau are vital to effective economic policy decisions by business and government The FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of 1 FTE and $91 thousand for administrative savings
bull Construction Statistics (115 FTE and $128 million) The construction statistics programs provide national performance indicators for the construction sector of the economy The programs cover activities such as residential building permit authorizations housing starts characteristics and prices of new housing and value of construction put in place The data are vital to understanding the economic and social aspects of construction activity in the US are pertinent to the national economic and social needs of the US population and provide a basis for effective policy making at all levels of government and in the private sector The programs supplement the data collected in the economic census Since construction activities are particularly sensitive to the level of interest rates these data are an important indicator of how changes in interest rates are affecting the economy The FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of $21 thousand for administrative savings
bull Manufacturing Statistics (157 FTE and $209 million) The manufacturing statistics programs measure the overall performance of the US manufacturing sector and the investment behavior of all US businesses The data provide key national performance indicators for the sector of the economy that provides 12 percent of the Nationrsquos employment The m anufacturing sector also supplies the export markets which have become increasingly important to the overall health of our Nationrsquos economy These programs which supplement data collected in the economic census provide the monthly quarterly and annual data that are vital to policymakers in both the public and private sectors for analysis of the business cycle and domestic production They provide key information on major labor capital and manufacturing material inputs and outputs as well as capital investment by US businesses and data on industrial research and development manufacturing capacity utilization and energy use The FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of $51 thousand for administrative savings
bull General Economic Statistics (327 FTE and $595 million) (amount includes program changes described above) The general economic statistics programs provide information that is essential to understanding t he changing economic structure of the United States In addition the Business Register and parallel classification activities also provide the infrastructure for the current and periodic economic programs that produce national statistical profiles of all sectors of the economy In addition to the program changes described above the FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of 1 FTE and $02 million for administrative savings
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bull Foreign Trade S tatistics (200 FTE and $348 million) The foreign trade statistics programs provide official monthly statistics on imports exports and balance of trade for all types of merchandise moving between the United States and its international trading partners The trade statistics are a principal economic indicator for the United States and are released within 40 to 45 days after the reference month The Census Bureau is the primary source of this comprehensive monthly data that provide national performance indicators vital to understanding our economy as well as our economic relationship with the rest of the world The FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of $73 thousand for administrative savings
bull Government Statistics (85 FTE and $120 million) The government statistics programs provide current statistical information on revenues expenditures debt and financial assets for more than 90000 state and local governments The programs provide data in the areas of public employment and payroll as well as Federal government programmatic expenditures on a geographic basis The data are vital to measuring the government sector of the national economy understanding the flow of public funds throughout the country and for administering public programs The FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of $26 thousand for administrative savings
bull Household Surveys (528 FTE and $616 million ndash amount includes program changes for CPS and SIPP described earlier) The household surveys program includes the full array of operations and services associated with large scale data collection including preparation of the sample and survey materials collection of the data by field representatives data processing and estimation production and quality control of monthly quarterly and annual data products and data dissemination of tabulations and public-use micro-data via the Internet and other media In addition to the pr ogram changes described above the FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of 3 FTE and $08 million for administrative savings
bull Population and Housing A nalyses (61 FTE and $91 million) The population and housing analyses program uses a variety of approaches to create value-added information for policy makers and program managers refining t he statistical data collected in surveys into insightful and useful information This program increases the knowledge base with varied sources of information adds context and perspective to survey data and maintains the statistical infrastructure through compilation of records and development and maintenance of standards The FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of 1 FTE and $02 million for administrative savings
bull Survey Development and Data Services (16 FTE and $26 million) The survey development and data services program funds research into survey design and estimation time series analysis error reduction privacy protection and special experimental and evaluation studies These activities continually improve the Census Bureaursquos surveys and censuses The FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of $6 thousand for administrative savings
bull Intercensal Demographic Estimates (62 FTE and $99 million) The intercensal demographic
estimates program assists elected officials and government program managers in allocating hundreds of billions of dollars each year by giving t hem updated estimates of the United States population for the country states counties cities and townships Through this legislatively required program policymakers and program managers are able to better understand their populationrsquos size as well as its basic characteristics like age sex race and Hispanic origin and estimates of the number of housing units in the years between the decennial censuses Since the United States population grows and changes between decennial censuses ndash and governments base many of their funding decisions on the size and basic characteristics of the population ndash effective and efficient government requires these updated estimates The FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of 1 FTE and $02 million for administrative savings
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bull American Community Survey (2785 FTE and $2418 million - amount included in 2020 Decennial Census Program amount shown earlier) The American Community Survey (ACS) sent monthly to a small percentage of the population collects detailed information on the characteristics of population and housing on an ongoing basis These data previously were collected only in census years in conjunction with the decennial census After years of development and testing the Census Bureau implemented the ACS nationwide in 2005 The ACS allows Federal agencies state governments tribal officials and local customers to make decisions based on current information rather than on data collected nine or more years ago The Census Bureau will continue to refine the process and ensure that it is in place to produce tract-level data (in general areas with populations between 1500 and 8000) similar to the Census 2000 long-form (detailed characteristics) data in conjunction with the 2010 Census short-form (basic characteristics) data The Census Bureau releases the estimates from the ACS Program each year based on the previous yearrsquos data collection The FY 2014 estimate includes a decrease of 4 FTE and $07 million for administrative savings
bull Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign (56 FTE and $96 million) The objective of the
Demographic surveys sample redesign program is to with the existence of a continually updated Master Address File (MAF) and the continued availability of ACS data take advantage of an opportunity to reduce future survey costs by improving our approach to designing and selecting samples for the major national household surveys The Census Bureaus plan is to implement future redesign samples based on the availability of MAF and ACS information After the next coordinated sample redesign the Census Bureau will allow sponsoring agencies the option to redesign survey samples at any time during the decade not just once every ten years after the Decennial Census The major goal of the Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign Program is to minimize total survey costs for the desired level of reliability The FY 20 14 estimate includes a decrease of 1 FTE and $03 million for administrative savings
bull Data processing systems (0 FTE and $371 million) The data processing systems activity funds
information technology services supporting Census Bureau enterprise needs Economies of scale are achieved through centralized information technology contracts and services in accordance with Department of Commerce guidelines and a comprehensive Information Technology Plan This saves taxpayers money while helping the Census Bureau to accomplish its mission
Mandatory Demographic Programs The following mandatory funding f or demographic programs is anticipated in FY 2014 bull Survey of Program Dynamics (32 FTE and $100 million)
This program provides socioeconomic data and information which can be used by Federal and state public policymakers to evaluate the effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 that established the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program
bull State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program (131 FTE and $200 million) This program provides statistically reliable annual data for each state on the number of low-income children who do not have health insurance coverage These data are used to allocate funds to states
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SUMMARY OF RESOURCES The following summa ry provides a comparison between the FY 2013 Continuin g Resolution (Annualized) and
the FY 2014 Estimate (Budget Authority in Thousands)
FY 2013
Salaries amp
CR (Annualized) FY 2014 Estimate Difference FTE Amount FTE Amount FTE Amount
Expenses 1873 $254887 1818 $256048 (55) 1161
Periodic Censuses amp Programs 4659 $655223 4841 $726436 182 $71213
Total Discretionary
Budget Authority 6532 $910110 6659 $982484 127 $72374
Mandatory Appropriations 163 $30000 163 $30000 0 0
Total Budget
Authority 6695 $940110 6822 $1012484 127 $72374 Working Capital
Fund1 3412 $334042 2866 $268693 (546) ($65349) Total Available 10107 $1274152 9688 $1281177 (419) $7025 1Reflects estimated le vel of reimbursable work for Census Bureau services to ot her government agencies and
other customers
Reimbursable Programs
The Census Bureau also conducts work on a reimbursable funding basis for other Federal agencies such as the collection of labor force and consumer expenditure data for the Bureau of Labor Statistics data on experience of crime for the Department of Justice education data for the Department of Education health measures for the Department of Health and Human Services and housing data for the Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Exhi
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A
Perf
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iven
ess
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ster
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th
Mea
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2B
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Impr
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satis
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escr
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urea
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ill m
easu
re s
atis
fact
ion
with
its
web
site
by
aski
ng th
e qu
estio
n ldquoH
ow li
kely
are
you
to re
com
men
d th
is s
ite to
som
eone
els
erdquo
to ra
ndom
ly s
elec
ted
visi
tors
to w
ww
cen
sus
gov
who
vie
w fo
ur o
r mor
e w
eb p
ages
on
the
web
site
C
omm
ents
on
Cha
nges
to T
arge
ts
Bef
ore
FY 2
013
the
mea
sure
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ldquoMee
t or e
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d th
e ov
eral
l Fed
eral
sco
re o
f cus
tom
er s
atis
fact
ion
on th
e e-
Gov
ernm
ent
Am
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an C
usto
mer
Sat
isfa
ctio
n In
dex
(AC
SI)
rdquo and
resu
lts fo
r FY
2009
- FY
201
2 ar
e fo
r the
old
mea
sure
(Sa
me
as M
easu
re 2
A-3
) R
elev
ant P
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s)
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N
A
Exhi
bit 1
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o
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lidat
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and
Verif
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Dat
a So
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Fr
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tern
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13 C
R
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20
14
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Exhibit 12 ndash 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Salaries and Expenses BUDGET PROGRAM Current Surveys and Statistics For FY 2014 the Census Bureau requests an increase of $358000 and a decrease of 55 FTE from the FY 2014 base for a total of $256048000 and 1818 FTE for Current Surveys and Statistics BASE JUSTIFICATION Current Surveys and Statistics Overview The Current Surveys and Statistics ($2560 million and 1818 FTE) budget is organized into three subactivities under the Salaries and Expenses account bull The Current Economic Statistics subactivity ($1827 million and 1213 FTE) includes
economic statistics programs that provide public and private sector data users with relevant accurate and timely national statistical profiles of every sector of the US economy
bull The Current Demographic Statistics subactivity ($707 million and 589 FTE) contains programs that provide social and economic information on a monthly quarterly and annual basis to inform effective public and private decision-making
bull The Survey Development and Data Services subactivity ($26 million and 16 FTE) SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS-TO-BASE The Census Bureau requests an increase of $803000 to fund ad justments to the Current Surveys and Statistics programs This increase will fund a portion of the estimated 2014 Federal pay raise of 10 percent SUB-PROGRAM Current Economic Statistics The objective of the Current Economic Statistics sub-program is to provide public and private data users with relevant accurate and timely national statistical profiles for every sector of the US economy The current economic statistics program supports the Department of Commerce Strategic Planrsquos Science and Information goal of generating and communicating new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems This supports objective 14 to ldquoenable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and servicesrdquo Business Statistics The business statistics programs measure the economic activity of the distribution and service trade sectors in the United States The data provide principal economic performance indicators including monthly and annual data for the retail and wholesale sectors and quarterly and annual data for the fast growing service sector of the national economy These sectors account for nearly 70 percent of US economic activity The business statistics programs provide the primary source of up-to-date facts on the structure and functioning of the distributive trades and service sectors of the economy and provide timely updates to data collected in the economic census for these sectors The pr incipal
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economic indicator series are closely followed and widely used by policymakers in the public and private sectors and move financial markets These data in conjunction with other economic data collected by the Census Bureau are vital to effective economic policy decisions by business and government
Current retail trade reports This program provides monthly and annual estimates of retail accommodation and food services sales e-commerce sales selected merchandise lines data inventories and purchases The current retail trade and accommodation and food services estimates cover almost 4 million establishments
The Census Bureau publishes advance monthly retail and food services sales estimates for the United States as a whole based on early reports from a small sub-sample of the larger monthly retail survey This advance monthly retail publication is designated as one of the principal economic indicators The financial pages of newspapers and magazines regularly highlight the sales levels and trends from this report From the larger monthly retail survey sample the Census Bureau publishes monthly sales and end-of-month inventory estimates inventorysales ratios and quarterly estimates of e-commerce sales
The annual retail trade program provides key measures of retail and accommodations and food services activity for intercensal years and is the basis for benchmarking monthly estimates of sales and inventories and provides measurements of purchases e-commerce sales accounts receivable inventories held outside the United States operating expenses and selected merchandise lines
The economic outlook depends greatly on the strength of retail and accommodation and food services sales and retail inventories These data are important inputs to the Bureau of Economic Analysisrsquo (BEA) estimation of GDP Also these timely estimates provide principal indicators to the Federal Reserve Board and Council of Economic Advisers for formulation of monetary and fiscal policies and analysis of economic policies The Census Bureau is the only source for these data
Current wholesale trade reports This program provides monthly and annual estimates of wholesale sales inventories inventorysales ratios purchases and e-commerce sales The current wholesale trade estimates cover almost 420000 establishments
The monthly wholesale trade report a principal economic indicator covers merchant wholesalers (except manufacturersrsquo sales branches and offices) which account for 65 percent of all wholesale sales and 77 percent of all wholesale inventories based on the 2010 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey The merchant wholesalers included in this report are wholesalers that sell goods on their own account such as industrial distributors jobbers exporters and importers Each month the Census Bureau publishes totals for sales end-of-month inventories and inventorysales ratios registered by businesses engaged in wholesaling merchandise
The annual wholesale trade program covers the wholesalers included in the monthly wholesale report (described above) as well as manufacturersrsquo sales offices and branches electronic markets agents and brokers In addition to sales inventories and inventorysales ratios the annual program provides measurements of purchases e-commerce sales Electronic Data Interchange sales inventories held outside the United States operating expenses and commissions received (agents and brokers only)
Wholesale sales and inventories are key inputs to BEArsquos estimates of GDP data Also these data provide important input to the Federal Reserve the Council of Economic Advisers and other federal
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agencies for their use in determining economic policies and formulating monetary and fiscal policies The Census Bureau is the only source for these data
Current service trade reports This program provides quarterly and annual information on service industries in the United States The Quarterly Services Survey the first new principal economic indicator to be introduced in over 40 years produces dollar-volume estimates of revenue and other important measures of service industry activity This quarterly indicator provides information on all service sectors comprising 55 percent of GDP and including a variety of industry detail for key information telecommunications and technology-sensitive industries of the knowledge economy and other industries sensitive to changes in the business cycle
The Service Annual Survey (SAS) produces estimates of total revenue purchased services and estimates of e-commerce sales for all service sectors comprising many of the fastest growing divisions of the economy In addition revenue estimates are produced for selected products and industries Moreover estimates of export revenue are produced for many selected industries in business information rental and leasing arts and entertainment and other services
Services dominate the US economy and have been a growing percentage of GDP and the current service trade data produced by the Census Bureau serve as key inputs to the measurement of economic performance The BEA uses services data in developing the national income and product accounts and in compiling benchmark and annual input-output tables The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses these Census Bureau source data as input to its productivity and price measurements The Department of Transportation uses transportation data from these surveys for general planning policy development program management and evaluation The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services use the health data in developing the annual estimates of National Health Expenditures Academia and private industry use the SAS data for research and as a tool for market analysis
Statistical sample improvements This program provides research development and implementation of sample improvements for the current retail wholesale and service surveys This includes selection of the new business sample based on the results from the most current economic census and updating samples on a quarterly and annual basis New samples are necessary to redistribute respondent burden and minimize sampling error Sample updates improve coverage of the business universe and ensure accurate representation of those firms selected in the samples These activities are necessary to maintain and improve the quality of current survey estimates and provide the basis for implementing more efficient methods of survey processing with the goal of reducing respondent burden and survey costs
Construction Statistics
The construction statistics programs provide national performance indicators for the construction sector of the economy The programs cover activities such as residential building permit authorizations housing starts characteristics and prices of new housing and value of construction put in place The data are vital to understanding the economic and social aspects of construction activity in the US are pertinent to the national economic and social needs of the US population and provide a basis for effective policy making at all levels of government and in the private sector The programs supplement the data collected in the economic census Since construction activities are particularly sensitive to the interest rate levels these data are an important indicator of how changes in interest rates are affecting the economy We have made content and coverage improvements to the construction indicators program and have improved accessibility to the data
CEN - 43
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Building permits data This program provides monthly and annual statistics on privately-owned residential construction authorized by building permits The monthly data include national regional and state estimates as well as totals for selected metropolitan areas counties and individual places The annual data cover permit-issuing places that are not in the monthly sample the annual data in combination with the sample data are used as benchmarks to revise the monthly series This program covers 20000 permit-issuing offices
The national series titled ldquoHousing Units Authorized by Building Permitsrdquo is a component of the index of leading economic indicators Building permit data are used for direct input to the ratio estimation of housing starts and new home sales data This program also provides data used to develop samples for the Census Bureaus Survey of Construction and numerous demographic surveys including the Current Population Survey In addition building permit data are used in the development of the Census Bureaursquos annual population estimates Other data users include the Federal Reserve Board and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Financial institutions use these data to estimate mortgage demand Private firms use the sub-national data for market planning material demand and investment analysis
Housing starts data This program provides national and regional statistics on the number of housing units started and the number authorized but not yet started In conjunction with HUD this program also collects information on the completion and sale of new housing units as well as characteristics of these units such as floor area number of stories etc
In addition to providing the source data for new home sales and completions and the Construction Put in Place Survey all principal economic indicators this program provides data for the development of price indices of new single-family houses sold and under construction The data are closely followed by the home-building industry Housing starts data are used as direct input to estimate the value of construction put in place for single-family houses and are used to generate the sample to measure the value of construction put in place for multifamily residential projects
Construction put in place data This program provides estimates of the total dollar value of all construction work done in the nation each month a principal economic indicator Construction includes new buildings and structures as well as additions and alterations to existing buildings and structures Residential improvements to owner-occupied housing units are derived from the CE Survey
Construction put in place data are provided to the BEA for direct input to the national income and product accounts These data accounted for about 5 percent of total GDP in 2011 Other data users include the Council of Economic Advisers the Federal Reserve Board construction firms and trade associations
Manufacturing Statistics
The manufacturing statistics programs measure the overall performance of the US manufacturing sector and the investment behavior of all US businesses The Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM) and the Manufacturersrsquo Shipments Inventories and Orders (M3) Survey provide key national performance indicators for the sector of the economy accounting for 11 percent of the nationrsquos non-farm employment and 12 percent of GDP The Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) and the Information and Communication Technology Survey (ICTS) provide key business investment indicators for all private non-farm sectors of the economy
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The manufacturing sector also supplies the export markets which have become increasingly important to the overall health of our nationrsquos economy These programs which supplement data collected in the economic census provide the monthly quarterly and annual data that are vital to policymakers in both the public and private sectors for analysis of the business cycle and domestic production They provide key information on major labor capital and manufacturing material inputs and outputs as well as capital investment by US businesses Base funding also provides the Census Bureaursquos contribution towards costs associated with surveys conducted under joint project agreements and collecting data on research and development Surveys on manufacturing capacity utilization and energy use are conducted on a cost reimbursable basis for other federal agencies
Annual survey of manufactures This program collects information from approximately 53000 manufacturing establishments and measures manufacturing activity that includes employment payroll fringe benefits cost of materials capital expenditures fuels consumed shipments and inventories by stage of fabrication The Census Bureau also publishes information on e-commerce sales and basic data at the national level for 322 industry groups and for about 1700 product classes The Census Bureau provides selected data at the state level This program is the only source of comprehensive data on the manufacturing sector of our economy
The BEA the BLS the Federal Reserve Board the International Trade Administration and manufacturing and non-manufacturing firms are all users of the ASM data Over the past five years this program has demonstrated improved efficiencies through the implementation of the ability for single unit establishments to report directly over the Internet and the accelerated release of its data products by an average of three months
Industrial indicators and business investment The Manufacturers Shipments M3 provides the indicators of monthly changes for the entire US manufacturing sector The survey provides monthly data on the dollar volume of shipments new and unfilled orders and total inventories for 89 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industry categories and 8 market categories It also provides stage-of-fabrication inventory data for about 21 broad categories The M3 Survey is the only source of detailed monthly statistics on manufacturing shipments inventories and orders
The M3 report is one of the principal economic indicators for the United States as well as a component of the GDP estimates The shipments data are important coincident indicators of the business cycle new orders and unfilled orders are important leading indicators and inventories-toshyshipments ratios are a lagging indicator The BEA the Federal Reserve Board the Conference Board and the Council of Economic Advisers use these data The financial pages of many leading newspapers and magazines consistently highlight this information
The M3 Survey collects 100 percent of its data via electronic means thereby reducing data collection costs This reduction in costs contributed in part to our ability to conduct two new benchmark surveys the Manufacturersrsquo Unfilled Orders Survey and the Shipments to Federal Agencies Survey
The ACES is the sole source of detailed comprehensive annual statistics on investment in new and used buildings and other structures machinery and equipment by private nonfarm businesses in the United States Program data are supplemented on a 5-year cycle with added detail on investment by types of structures and types of equipment for companies with employees Beginning in FY 2014 the additional detail is available for years ending in ldquo2rdquo and ldquo7rdquo
The ICTS provides data on capitalized and non-capitalized spending for information and communication technology (ICT) equipment and computer software The annual ICTS collects data on two categories of non-capitalized expenses (purchases and operating leases and rental
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payments) for four types of information and communication technology equipment and software (computers and peripheral equipment ICT equipment excluding computers and peripherals electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus and computer software including payroll associated with software development) The survey also collects capital expenditures data on the four types of ICT equipment and software cited above
The ACES and ICTS programs cover all private non-farm companies located in the US excluding agricultural production government operations (including the US Postal Service) private households foreign-owned operations of domestic companies and businesses located in US territories The ACES selects a new sample of approximately 76000 businesses (46000 with employees and 30000 without employees) annually to reduce reporting burden on companies with less than 500 employees (including self-employed) The ICTS is sent to the same 46000 businesses with employees sampled for the ACES
Annual ACES data include national estimates of capital expenditures for new and used structures and equipment for businesses with and without employees as well as 3-digit and selected 4-digit North American Industry Classification System detail for businesses with employees Annual ICTS data include national estimates of capitalized and non-capitalized ICT equipment expenditures for all businesses with employees at the 3-digit and selected 4-digit NAICS levels
The BEA uses the data in refining and evaluating annual estimates of investment in structures and equipment in the national income and product accounts compiling annual input-output tables and computing quarterly estimates of GDP by industry The Federal Reserve Board uses the data to improve estimates of investment indicators for monetary policy The BLS uses the data to improve estimates of capital stocks for productivity analysis The Conference Board uses the data to prepare the monthly index of leading economic indicators The Census Bureau uses the data to improve the quality of monthly economic indicators of investment and the Bureaursquos Value of New Construction Put in Place survey uses the ACES data to benchmark its industrial buildings data Other public users include the Council of Economic Advisers Department of the Treasury and the Congressional Budget Office The private sector uses the data for monitoring current production trends planning future production market analyses economic forecasting identifying business opportunities product development and business planning
General Economic Statistics
The general economic statistics programs provide information that is essential to understanding the changing economic structure of the United States In addition the Business Register (BR) and parallel classification activities also provide the infrastructure for the current and periodic economic programs that produce national statistical profiles of all sectors of the economy
Business Register The BR identifies the business populations covered by economic censuses and surveys maintains information about company affiliation and organizational structure provides consistent industrial geographic and size classifications as needed to construct efficient representative samples and enumeration lists serves as a consolidated source for name address and other contact information needed for cost-effective data collection methods and supports census and survey processing operations The BR comprises more than 31 million active establishments It includes 18 million establishments belonging to over 168000 multi-establishment firms 60 million single-establishment firms with paid employees and over 23 million single-establishment firms without paid employees
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A significant portion of the BR information originates from the administrative records of other federal agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service the Social Security Administration and the BLS
Administrative record data offer an efficient low-cost alternative to direct mailing to millions of small businesses The Census Bureau supplements these administrative data with results from the economic census the annual Company Organization Survey (COS) the ASM and other current surveys Census Bureau collections provide information on the composition organizational structure and operating characteristics of multi-establishment enterprises Accurate information about these larger companies is important because these firms account for a disproportionate share of the nationrsquos production and employment The COS uses electronic collection methods to obtain data from some firms making it easier for the respondents to provide these data thus reducing the reporting burden
The BR is the source of statistical frames for internal Census Bureau programs The annual County Business Patterns (CBP) report is based on tabulations from the BR and provides basic operating statistics for establishments with paid employees in all industries except agricultural production railroads the United States Postal Service private households and government Tabulations summarize data by the NAICS for the 50 states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and Island Areas and counties The CBP is the only annual source of detailed industry statistics for small geographic areas These data are used by federal agencies including the BEA However the heaviest use is by private businesses and organizations and by local governments who obtain CBP statistics through the Internet depository libraries a network of State Data Centers and other local channels The annual Nonemployers Statistics (NES) report is based on BR tabulations and provides revenue data for sole proprietorships partnerships and corporations without paid employees that are subject to federal income tax The NES series is the primary resource available to study the scope and activities of nonemployers at a detailed geographic level Most other business statistics exclude nonemployer establishments (the primary exception being the Survey of Business Owners) NES tabulations summarize data by NAICS industry for the 50 states District of Columbia and counties NES includes the majority of NAICS industries with some exceptions as follows crop and animal production investment funds trusts and other financial vehicles management of companies and enterprises and public administration The data are a primary sampling source for the US Small Business Administration surveys and are available to the public as an annual data release The BEA uses the data to contribute to the total GDP for all US businesses
Industry and commodity classification This program assures that Census Bureau operations are complete consistent and comparable with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other agency standards This program is also responsible for preparing concordances between the classification systems used in other countries and the United States as official classifications requested by OMB
The US uses NAICS which was developed cooperatively with Canada and Mexico and implemented in 1997 Every five years revisions have been incorporated into statistical programs throughout the Census Bureau Implementation of NAICS 2012 is underway This program coordinates and supports the continued maintenance and revision of the NAICS structure every five years
The Industry and Commodity Classification program is responsible for assigning NAICS codes to new business establishments on the business register The Census Bureau works closely with other agencies that supply administrative records to ensure the completeness and quality of incoming NAICS codes Further the Census Bureau conducts a quarterly survey of business births to assign
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NAICS codes or verify administrative records assignments Accurate and timely industrial classifications are essential to structuring efficient samples that provide high-quality estimates for industrial statistics The assignment of accurate codes in the business register is the foundation of all sample work for economic programs
The Industry and Commodity Classification program is also responsible for a pre-Economic Census survey of units that do not have industrial classification codes This effort ensures that the proper Economic Census survey forms are sent to smaller establishments and to new businesses that have not responded in the past The pre-census refile survey is a key step when preparing for an efficient and effective Economic Census During the Economic Census the Industry and Commodity Classification program processes over 900000 classification forms and provides coding assistance and guidance to other Economic Census program areas
The Industry and Commodity Classification program also works on the continued development of a new North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) The program provides staff for development subcommittees documents results of cooperative North American product development decisions and maintains a repository of United States products This program coordinated the initial implementation of NAPCS products for the service industries with the BEA and the BLS during the preparation of the Economic Censuses in 2002 and 2007 NAPCS work is extending into wholesale trade retail trade and manufacturing with implementation of the current work taking place in the 2012 Economic Census
Economic studies Center for Economic Studies (CES) staff research important economic issues evaluate economic decennial and demographic data programs and develop new and improved economic measures The CES also integrates creates maintains and provides micro data from the Census Bureaus data collection programs to approved researchers CES develops and maintains the Research Data Center (RDC) network which provides this access to Census Bureau micro data to external researchers with special sworn status on approved projects The research results from CES and the RDCs have generated substantial new insights into the quality of census and survey data led to new public use data products identified gaps in existing programs and suggested areas where new programs are needed Examples of new data products from this research include the Quarterly Workforce Indicators the OnTheMap data product and the Business Dynamic Statistics The Business Dynamic Statistics were cited in the most recent Economic Report of the President February 2012 chapter 6 Specifically the program has produced research with direct relevance to numerous existing Census Bureau programs (including the ASM ACES Business RampD and Innovation Survey and the Survey of Business Owners) identified new economic measures (including high-tech trade job creation and destruction and new data on the dynamics of small and young businesses) contributed to developing measurement approaches in evolving areas of the economy (including e-business) and supported the classification of historical economic census data to a NAICS basis
The CES is undertaking work to improve the utility of Federal data for studying business behavior One undertaking is to extend the Longitudinal Business Database (LBD) by linking the existing files with additional data on small and young businesses which are often the progenitors of larger publicly traded companies Projects include linking microdata that describe the trading activities of firms (volume of imports and exports) as well as the innovative activities of firms These projects will feed into the expansion and improvement of the Business Dynamics Statistics (the publicly available dataset derived from the LBD) In addition the CES is extending the features available on the Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database which is a new public-use product that allows users to track business dynamics in detailed industries CES has partnered with the Manufacturing
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Construction Division and an outside research team in the development and fielding of a new supplement to the ASM the Management and Organizational Practices Survey
The Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program in CES leverages existing data sources to create new information about the economy The program has data sharing agreements with state agencies from all 50 states (through the Local Employment Dynamics data sharing partnership) and other federal agencies These data are linked with other Census data to create new linked employer-employee microdata data covering over 90 of US jobs From the linked LEHD microdata the program produces two public-use data products the Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) and OnTheMap The QWI provide demographic information on area workforces at very detailed industry and geography levels OnTheMap shows workforce statistics by both workplace and residential geography CES continues to introduce enhancements to the LEHD microdata and products as part of the Local Employment Dynamics budget initiative These include expanding the set of demographic characteristics available in LEHD data products by integrating decennial census data into the LEHD data frame and providing new QWI and OnTheMap data by race ethnicity and education Information on business size and age from the LBD are also being integrated which will provide a better understanding of who works at startups their earnings and worker churn at new firms CES is also expanding the frame of jobs to include new sources of information by adding federal worker data from the Office of Personnel Management and tax data on the self-employed CES also continues to introduce advanced data visualization technology to improve LEHD data dissemination usability and applicability
Quarterly financial report The Quarterly Financial Report (QFR) program collects and reports current information on corporate financial conditions It is a principal economic indicator as well as a component of other economic indicators It includes statistics on sales profits assets liabilities stockholders equity and related accounts and ratios Using a sample survey of 13000 companies the program provides industry and asset size data for small medium and large manufacturing corporations and provides data for corporations with more than $50 million in assets in the mining wholesale trade retail trade information and professional and technical sectors (except legal services) In the fourth quarter 2012 the QFR began collecting data in four new service sectors This expansion includes real estate and rental and leasing (except lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets) administrative and support and waste management and remediation services health care and social assistance and accommodation and food services sectors This data will be released for the first time with the fourth quarter 2013 release in March 2014 With this expansion the QFR will cover nearly 37 percent of the services sector will provide detailed financial data for the largest sector of GDP not currently provided by any other source and will represent nearly 60 percent of the sectors covered by the GDP The QFR data are used by BEA in constructing the national income accounts and by the Federal Reserve Board in the flow of funds accounts The data are also used in the public and private sectors to analyze corporate profits and financial conditions by industry and asset size
Measuring electronic business The extraordinary growth of the Internet has changed the way businesses communicate seek and access information purchase and sell goods and interact The successful integration of information communication and computer technology has provided firms with the opportunity to fundamentally change the ways they operate and conduct business The Census Bureau has taken a leadership role in measuring and assessing the impact of electronic business on our economy The Census Bureau e-business measurement program provides quarterly measures of retail e-commerce sales and detailed annual measures of e-commerce activity for manufacturing wholesalers selected service industries and retail trade
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Foreign Trade Statistics
The foreign trade statistics programs provide official monthly statistics on imports exports and balance of trade for all types of merchandise moving between the United States and its international trading partners The trade statistics are a principal economic indicator for the United States and are released within 45 days after the reference month Beginning with January 2013 statistics the release has begun to occur 35 days after the reference month The Census Bureau is the primary source of this comprehensive monthly data that provide national performance indicators vital to understanding our economy as well as our economic relationships with the rest of the world
Import statistics This program compiles monthly foreign trade statistics from information filed with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Import statistics are compiled for shipments valued over $2000 except for selected commodities valued over $250 Data for shipments valued under these levels are developed for individual countries through a statistical estimating procedure The monthly and cumulative statistics summarize merchandise imports using the commodity classifications of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (HTSUSA) by country of origin and by customs district of entry although various other commodity classification systems and statistics are also readily available
The merchandise imports summary statistics are adjusted to a balance-of-payments basis and combined with imports of services statistics provided by the BEA and published in a joint press release Information is released monthly covering major commodities and groupings for the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) NAICS End-Use Classification and coverage by geographic areas The program also produces a series of tabulations and automated media and online products covering government and private-sector imports of merchandise into the United States Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as well as selected information on foreign trade zones In addition data are released showing movements of imports by vessel and air with information on commodity country of origin value quantity shipping weight US port of unloading and state of destination All this information can be found on the following websites wwwcensusgovtrade and wwwusatradeonlinegov
In compliance with the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Trade Act of 1988) the Census Bureau releases the official import statistics for classifications based on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System In addition pursuant to the Trade Act of 1988 the Census Bureau releases seasonally adjusted merchandise trade data on a constant dollar basis
This program also provides statistical reports required by the Committee for Implementation of Textile Agreements for monitoring textile imports from all countries that have bilateral textile agreements with the United States In addition to the statistical information on textiles the program also provides statistical information for monitoring imports of steel products and softwood lumber products required by the Import Administration of the International Trade Administration
Trade legislation requires compilation of information on imports for special trade agreements including the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) the Caribbean Basin Initiative the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and approximately 15 other trade agreements
The BEA Council of Economic Advisers Federal Reserve Board and Department of the Treasury use import trade statistics to develop the import components for the GDP accounts and to monitor the impact of imports on the general economy Some of the other users of information from the import statistics program are the US Trade Representative Department of Commerce US International Trade Commission Maritime Administration Department of Transportation Army Corps
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of Engineers US Customs and Border Protection and many other public and private sector organizations These groups use the information to negotiate trade agreements and implement and monitor international trade agreements such as NAFTA and other special bilateral agreements on quotas textiles steel automotive vehicles and parts etc In addition this information is widely used by the business community in market research trade promotional activities and analysis of water transportation infrastructure requirements
Export statistics This program compiles monthly export statistics from electronic export information collected by the Census Bureau and US Customs and Border Protection through the Automated Export System (AES) The AES provides mainframe downloadable PC-based software and Internet filing options for exporters freight forwarders and carriers The export statistics program also includes data on US exports provided by Statistics Canada under a program of import data exchange between US and Canadian statistical agencies Export statistics are compiled for all shipments individually valued over $2500 for all countries The Census Bureau estimates data for shipments valued under $2500 for individual countries The monthly and cumulative statistics summarize merchandise exports for the commodity classifications using the Schedule B by country of destination and by customs district of exportation Schedule B is the official schedule of export commodity classifications that can be used by shippers in reporting export shipments from the United States and in compiling the official statistics on exports of merchandise from the US Schedule B is also based on the Harmonized System
The merchandise (goods) exports summary statistics are adjusted to a balance-of-payments basis combined with exports of services statistics provided by the BEA and published in a joint press release Similar to the import program the information is released monthly and shows data covering major commodities and groupings for the SITC NAICS and End-Use Classification and coverage by geographic areas Data items include movement of exports by vessel and air with information on value quantity and shipping weight US port of export state of origin of movement commodity and country of destination
In compliance with the Trade Act of 1988 the Census Bureau publishes seasonally adjusted merchandise trade data on a constant dollar basis The export statistics include non-governmental shipments to foreign countries including shipments from foreign trade zones Also included are government shipments such as Department of Defense Military Assistance Program Grant-Aid shipments economic assistance shipments and shipments of agricultural commodities under Public Law 83-480
The BEA Council of Economic Advisers Federal Reserve Board and the Department of the Treasury use export trade statistics to develop the export component for the balance of payments and GDP accounts Some other users of information from the export statistics program are the Department of Agriculture Department of Commerce the US Trade Representative Bureau of Labor Statistics US Customs and Border Protection and many other public and private sector organizations These groups use the export information to implement and monitor international trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement to promote exports through export promotion programs to enforce export control and national security laws to conduct trade negotiations and to conduct market research to determine export market potential and vessel and air movement requirements
Trade monitoring This program covers the Census Bureaursquos responsibilities under the Trade Act of 1974 This includes Section 608 (Uniform Statistical Data on Imports Exports and Production) Title V (Generalized System of Preferences) and Section 282 (Trade Monitoring System) Section 608 requires data on imports exports and domestic production on a comparable basis The NAICS
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classification system is used for this purpose and a correlation between the international Harmonized System classification system and the domestic production-based NAICS classification system has been developed The commodity classification systems are revised on a regular basis updated to reflect changing statistical needs and to improve comparability of trade and domestic production data They also allow comparability of data between the United States and other countries
Title V of the Act requires data to monitor imports from designated countries and to evaluate the economic effect of the GSP The latter provides duty-free access to the US market by developing countries The compilation of GSP import data provides the means for analyzing the effectiveness of the Act to promote exports and economic development in beneficiary countries The data also provide the basis for changes in eligibility whenever GSP imports from a beneficiary country trigger the need for competitive limitations
Section 282 of the Act requires publication of data in order to monitor the relationship between imports and US employment and production by geographic region These data assist in the identification of areas affected by imported articles
Government Statistics
The government statistics programs provide current statistical information on revenues expenditures debt and financial assets for approximately 90000 state and local governments The programs provide data in the areas of state and local government financial activity and public employment and payroll The data are vital to measuring the government sector of the national economy understanding the flow of public funds throughout the country and administering public programs
Survey of government finance operations These surveys provide statistics on the different aspects of state and local government financial activity There are various components annual surveys on the entire range of state and local government financial activity including information on public pension systems as well as general statistics on revenues expenditures indebtedness and cash and securities a quarterly survey on state and local government tax revenues and a quarterly survey on the finances of selected public employee retirement systems
The annual financial statistics program serves as an update of census-year benchmark statistics The statistics include data on revenue by source expenditure by function and object indebtedness and debt transactions and financial assets The revenue data include detailed tax data by the major categories of property sales income licenses and permits intergovernmental receipts according to source of funds (Federal state or local governments) government charges for services and miscellaneous revenue such as earnings on investments Expenditure detail includes the major purpose served such as education public welfare health and hospitals streets and highways housing and community development police and fire protection sewerage and sanitation and general support
The BEA uses the estimates to develop the state and local government component of the quarterly and annual revisions to the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) State and local governments account for about 12 percent of GDP and are the source for about the same share of personal income in the nation The Federal Reserve Board uses the estimates in the flow of funds accounts as source information for several key measures of the credit markets Congress and state officials use the tax and intergovernmental revenue database to prepare analyses of fiscal policy tax burdens and comparative studies on governmental finance Local officials use the detail by types of government to understand the relative activity of counties municipalities townships special districts and school districts
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Survey of government employment Federal state and local governments account for about 15 percent of the nationrsquos civilian labor force The basic data include a range of information on employees their pay and hours for the month of March of a given year Survey results provide national estimates of each variable by level of government (Federal state and local) and government function (education police protection public welfare etc) as well as state-by-state estimates of state and local government variables by function This program provides the annual update of government employment and payroll data by level of government and function The survey is the only intercensal source of public employment and pay data at the sub-national level The BEA uses the estimates for deriving price-level changes in the NIPA series Governors use these data for comparison among states of governmental efficiency
PROGRAM CHANGES
1 Expanding Research Opportunities related to Federal Programs ($3500000 15 FTE)
This increase will be used to enhance the Census Bureaus Research Data Center (RDC) Network to support the evaluation of federal government programs The project will acquire new program data and provide infrastructural support for related research
Statement of Need and Economic Benefits ndash Cost Benefit Analysis
The federal government has many programs designed to assist individuals and businesses and there is a pressing need to evaluate the efficacy of these programs using rigorous scientific methods Government resources to analyze programs are limited Independent researchers are interested in the outcome of these programs as well but their investigations are hampered by data access limitations This project will improve programmatic data accessibility by storing and facilitating the use of these data in the Census Bureaus RDC Network The RDC Network is a combination of physical and technical infrastructure business rules and security protocols that facilitate secure access to confidential microdata to qualified researchers working on approved projects The network has fifteen locations around the country supporting regular access by researchers
The RDC Network currently includes data from the Census Bureau the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) and select administrative data that are commingled with Census Bureau data Census NCHS and AHRQ are responsible for providing their own data files and documentation and each agency approves projects and researchers to access their data in the RDCs Projects requiring access to other administrative records may require approvals from the source agency (eg the Internal Revenue Service the Social Security Administration etc) Census NCHS and AHRQ are responsible for conducting disclosure avoidance review of outputs from projects using their data NCHS and AHRQ reimburse the Census Bureau for costs incurred in hosting their data on the network
The requested funds will allow the Census Bureau to expand the types of data available in the RDC Network and to support researchers using the new data Additional data will come from other federal statistical agencies administrative records from federal andor state programs other government programs and commercial sources This initiative would make the Census Bureau the pre-eminent government agency source of data for researchers interested in measuring program effectiveness allowing stakeholders to see the effectiveness of government programs
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Specifically this funding will allow the Census Bureau to do the following bull Add data files to the RDC Network This activity will include identifying highest-priority data
files to support program evaluation preparing and renewing legal agreements to acquire data for use in the RDC Network transferring and setting access controls on secure data files and acquiring hardware to store new data files
bull Improve and integrate new data files This activity will include the development of research-ready data files the production of consistent metadata and documentation and the creation of linkage keys between new data and other data sources in the RDCs This activity will vastly expand the analytical capabilities of the new data as well as data already housed in the RDC Network
bull Support researchers use of new data files This activity will include the review approval and tracking of new research projects in cooperation with agencies providing source data processing and maintenance of background checks and Special Sworn Status for new researchers coordination of disclosure review of researcher output hardware for data processing and new research project storage additional software licenses required by new researchers and user support for hardware software and data quality issues
Benefits Researchers in government and academia will be able to use the most accurate and detailed data to evaluate government programs in a secure research environment Federal agencies are under increasing pressure to evaluate the efficacy of their programs While agencies are generally able to measure what happens to program participants they are generally unable to identify the broader effects of a program since they lack the ability to identify or measure an appropriate control group Making these data available in the RDC Network allows these agencies to access new findings from a large community of highly skilled researchers while at the same time protecting the confidentiality of the data The Census Bureau maintains universe frames of people households and businesses for the surveys and censuses that it already conducts These frames will be leveraged with little additional cost to more accurately measure the benefits of federal government programs At the same time these additional sources of data could be used by the Census Bureau to improve the frames surveys and censuses that it currently conducts Outcomes This project will provide the federal government with an increased capacity to make da ta driven decisions about critical programs This outcome will be achieved at a relatively low cost in terms of additional data collection burden and research inputs which will include both new data and new researchers Schedule and Milestones FY2014 bull Hire necessary staff bull Acquire hardware for storing and processing data and additional software licenses bull Identify and acquire highest-priority datasets for inclusion in the RDC Network
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bull Process data documentation and linkage keys for highest-priority datasets and make all data available in the RDCs
bull Publish documentation detailing procedures for accessing new restricted microdata files
FY2015-FY2018 bull Annually coordinate with federal agencies researchers and other RDC stakeholders to
identify the highest-priority datasets for inclusion in the Network bull Annually acquire process document and add new data files to the Network bull Annually update hardware and software necessary to accommodate new RDC Network
research projects bull Annually update and publicize information about access and use of the new restricted
microdata files Deliverables bull Acquire 8-10 high-priority datasets from other federal agencies conditional on agency
agreement bull Produce research-ready data files documentation and linkage keys for the RDC Network bull Prepare technical and administrative infrastructure to support additional research projects
based on the new data files bull Coordinate with other agencies to develop and publicize procedures for approval access
and tracking of program evaluation projects using new data files 2 Improving Analyses of Federal Programs through Better Measures of Outcomes
($300000 2 FTE) The increase will be used to analyze federal programs designed to assist US businesses using rigorous statistical and econometric methods and microdata from the Census Bureau combined with data from other agencies Statement of Need and Economic Benefits ndash Cost Benefit Analysis The federal government has many programs that provide assistance to US businesses and needs to be able to evaluate the efficacy of these programs using r igorous scientific methods These analyses will enable a hosting agency to most efficiently direct resources within the agency Moreover these analyses will enable agencies to c ompare results across programs at different agencies One obstacle to performing these evaluations is the lack of data on outcomes for a broad set of businesses These programs use a variety of assistance mechanisms including technical assistance grants and regional development activities and serve a variety of target clients to promote diverse desired outcomes For example the Department of Commerce provides technical assistance to businesses through the US and Foreign Commercial Service ( to promote exports) and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership programs (to promote job creation and retention) Similarly the Small Business Administration provides technical assistance through programs such as Small Business Development Centers and Womenrsquos Business Centers Agencies with these programs collect information on their clients and the outcomes from participation In order to be able to analyze the impact of a program this ldquotreatmentrdquo data from the program must be analyzed in conjunction with a ldquocontrolrdquo group of non-participants Since
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the Census Bureau collects information on all US businesses Census data will provide information on the control group Moreover the Census Bureau data will independently verify some outcomes (employment exporting) of the treatment group and c ompare outcomes to the control group In cases where the agency does not collect outcome information Census Bureau data will provide the sole source of outcome information In addition the Census Bureau will provide expertise on developing a more rigorous data infrastructure to support assistance programs The Census Bureau will provide advice on designing a system that standardizes client participation information thus enabling comparisons across different programs The Census Bureau will provide advice to agencies that collect program outcome data through customer satisfaction surveys The Census Bureau will advise on designing survey instruments that are consistent with Census Bureau standards (as Census had done for the Manufacturing Extension Program in the 1990s) The requested funds will allow the Census Bureau to expand its research capacities and work in coordination with other agencies to produce scientifically valid analyses of programs designed to assist US businesses Specifically this funding will allow the Census Bureau to do the following
bull Expand its data infrastructure to include data from other agencies related to the assistance programs (conditional on other agency participation)
bull Recruit staff with the skills needed to carry out program analyses bull Work with participating agencies to understand the clients treatments and
outcomes of their programs bull Perform program analyses bull Report the results of program analyses in a transparent manner that is
accessible to the general public (through the Center for Economic Studies working paper series)
Benefits Participating agencies will be able to more efficiently direct their limited resources for business assistance programs so as to maximize the desired outcomes Outcomes Detailed program analyses will provide policymakers with more accurate information about the impact of programs designed to assist US businesses Policymakers will be able to compare similar programs and find commonalities for success Schedule and Milestones FY2014 bull Hire staff with required skills bull Acquire approval from all participating agencies (including I RS when Title 26 data is
used) bull Work with participating agency to understand the clients treatments and outcomes of
pilot program to be analyzed bull Acquire program treatment data for pilot program(s) bull Link program treatment data to Census Bureau micro data bull Perform analysis of pilot program(s)
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bull Publish results in Center for Economic Studies working paper(s)
FY2015-FY2018 bull Annually acquire approval from all participating agencies bull Annually work with participating agencies to understand the clients treatments and
outcomes of programs to be analyzed bull Annually acquire program treatment data from participating agencies bull Annually link program treatment data to Census Bureau micro data bull Annually perform analysis of programs of participating agencies bull Annually publish results in Center for Economic Studies working papers
Deliverables bull Receive and process data from pilot program(s) bull Hire staff to link datasets and to analyze program(s) bull Link program treatment data to Census Bureau micro data bull Publish results in Center for Economic Studies working paper(s)
Information Technology Reductions and Reinvestments The Current Economic Statistics program contains a reallocation of funds among object classes to reflect a realignment of information technology funding See the Executive Summary for discussion
3 Administrative Savings (-$508000 -2 FTE) The Current Economic Statistics program contains a reduction of $508000 and 2 FTE to reflect this programrsquos share of administrative savings In addition the Census Bureau continues to aggressively reduce travel expenses and the FY 2014 request reflects a savings of $515000 within this program that will be redirected to other priorities See the Executive Summary for discussion
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL Budget Program Current surveys and statistics Sub-program Current economic statistics Program Change Expanding Research Opportunities related to Federal Programs
Number Annual Total Title Location Grade of Positions Salary Salaries Economist Suitland MD GS-14 2 $105211 $210422 Economist Suitland MD GS-13 2 89033 178066 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-13 1 89033 89033 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-13 1 89033 89033 Economist Suitland MD GS-12 2 74872 149744 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-12 1 74872 74872 Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-12 1 74872 74872 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-12 1 74872 74872 Economist Suitland MD GS-9 1 51630 51630 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-9 1 51630 51630 Subtotal 13 1044174
Distributed share of staff for centralized services 7 466826 Subtotal 20 1511000
Less Lapse 25 (5) -377750 Total Full-time permanent 15 1133250 2013 Pay Adjustment 05 5666 2014 Pay Adjustment 10 11389 TOTAL 15 1150305
Personnel Data Number Full-Time Equivalent Employment Full-time permanent 15 Other than full-time permanent 0 Total 15
Authorized Positions Full-time permanent 20 Other than full-time permanent 1 Total 21
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL Budget Program Current surveys and statistics Sub-program Current economic statistics Program Change Improving Analyses of Federal Programs through Better Measures of
Outcomes Number Annual Total
Title Location Grade of Positions Salary Salaries Economist Suitland MD GS-13 1 $89033 $89033 Subtotal 1 89033
Distributed share of staff for centralized services 1 83248 Subtotal 2 172281
Less Lapse 25 0 -43070 Total Full-time permanent 2 129211 2013 Pay Adjustment 05 646 2014 Pay Adjustment 10 1299 TOTAL 2 131155
Personnel Data Number Full-Time Equivalent Employment Full-time permanent 2 Other than full-time permanent 0 Total 2
Authorized Positions Full-time permanent 2 Other than full-time permanent 0 Total 2
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Current surveys and statistics Sub-program Current economic statistics Program Change Expanding Research Opportunities related to Federal Programs
2014 Object Class Increase
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent $1150 113 Other than full-time permanent 23 115 Other personnel compensation 8 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation 1181 12 Civilian personnel benefits 266 13 Benefits for former personnel 15 21 Travel and transportation of persons 26 22 Transportation of things 1 231 Rental payments to GSA 0 232 Rental payments to others 2 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges 24 24 Printing and reproduction 1 251 Advisory and assistance services 38 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 172 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts 255 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities 38 255 Research and development contracts 0 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment 35 258 Subsistence and support of persons 1 26 Supplies and materials 6 31 Equipment 1439 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations 3500
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Current surveys and statistics Sub-program Current economic statistics Program Change Improving Analyses of Federal Programs through Better Measures of
Outcomes 2014
Object Class Increase 11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent $131 113 Other than full-time permanent 3 115 Other personnel compensation 1 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation 135 12 Civilian personnel benefits 30 13 Benefits for former personnel 2 21 Travel and transportation of persons 9 22 Transportation of things 0 231 Rental payments to GSA 0 232 Rental payments to others 0 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges 2 24 Printing and reproduction 0 251 Advisory and assistance services 4 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 17 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts 10 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities 4 255 Research and development contracts 0 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment 3 258 Subsistence and support of persons 0 26 Supplies and materials 1 31 Equipment 83 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations 300
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Current surveys and statistics Sub-program Current economic statistics Program Change Administrative savings
2014 Object Class Pos FTE Decrease
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent -2 -2 -$149 113 Other than full-time permanent 0 0 -3 115 Other personnel compensation 0 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation -2 -2 -152 12 Civilian personnel benefits -54 13 Benefits for former personnel -1 21 Travel and transportation of persons -517 22 Transportation of things 0 231 Rental payments to GSA 0 232 Rental payments to others 0 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges -7 24 Printing and reproduction 0 251 Advisory and assistance services -9 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 468 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts -80 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities -9 255 Research and development contracts 0 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment -147 258 Subsistence and support of persons 0 26 Supplies and materials 0 31 Equipment 0 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations -508
Included in this total are administrative savings for the following line items Business statistics -1 -1 -91 Construction statistics -21 Manufacturing statistics -51 General economic statistics -1 -1 -246 Foreign trade statistics -73 Government statistics -26
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SUB-PROGRAM Current Demographic Statistics The objective of the Current Demographic Statistics sub-program is to provide elected officials and government managers with the reliable social and economic data needed to make effective policy and program decisions The components of this program have generated a lengthy time series of monthly quarterly and annual measures that provide historical perspective to many current issues These programs include household surveys and population and housing analyses The current demographic statistics sub-program supports the Department of Commerce Strategic Planrsquos Science and Information goal of generating and communicating new cutting edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems This supports objective 14 to ldquoenable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and servicesrdquo The monthly quarterly and annual surveys and the value-added data analyses funded through the Census Bureaursquos current demographic statistics program are the primary source of accurate and timely information decision makers depend on to make informed and cost-effective decisions Data from these programs are used to create the United Statesrsquo official measures of employment unemployment poverty and widely used measures of income and health insurance coverage Additionally these surveys and analyses are the source of significant insight for decision-makers on topics such as immigration families and children and the geographic patterns of change in population and characteristics and for participation of various individuals and households in federal state and local assistance programs Household Surveys The household surveys line item includes the full array of operations and services associated with large scale data collection including
preparation o f the sample and survey materials collection of the data by field representatives data processing and estimation production and quality control of monthly quarterly and annual data products and data dissemination of tabulations and public-use micro-data via the Internet and other
media These programs are continually assessed by monitoring survey response rates individual and macro-level reporting of data coverage of the population and comparisons of projected costs and actual expenditures The assessments are obtained on a monthly basis through survey-specific data processing and t he Census Bureaursquos financial management reports The surveys and assessments efficiently leverage capabilities of the field infrastructure and workforce The household surveys line item includes the three distinct programs described below Current Population Survey (CPS) The CPS is a monthly survey of about 58000 households that has been conducted by the Census Bureau for the BLS for more than 50 years with the BLS providing about two thirds of the total funding for the program Although the primary purpose of the CPS is to provide detailed labor force characteristics of the civilian non-institutional population and the monthly unemployment rate a leading economic indicator the Census Bureaursquos funding s upports the collection and processing as well as the oversampling of Hispanic households for the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) in March of each
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year In addition Census Bureau funding supports the collection and processing of the CPS Fertility supplement conducted every other June the CPS School Enrollment supplement conducted every October and the Voting and Registration supplement conducted every other November Census Bureau funding for these CPS supplements produce annual data on work experience income poverty migration and school enrollment and biennial data on voting The CPS program also receives separate funding from the State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program to supplement the sample to obtain annual estimates of health insurance coverage of children This additional sample increases the basic monthly CPS sample by about 20 and the sample for the ASEC by about 25 The CPS sample provides direct estimates for the nation as a whole and serves as part of a model for individual states and other geographic areas In addition to the regular appropriations other agencies sponsor supplements to the CPS in other months which cover such topics as child support and alimony tobacco use volunteers and food security Sample cases that are found to be vacant in the CPS are also eligible for the Housing Vacancy Survey which produces the quarterly housing vacancy rates another leading economic indicator Also CPS includes funding for the development of a supplemental poverty measure to complement the current official measure
Survey Methods Development The Census Bureau continually investigates ways of providing more accurate survey data faster and at a lower cost This program tests and develops alternative survey methodologies and concepts for improving demographic surveys Improvements apply to the CPS Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and other demographic surveys that are done on a reimbursable basis for other federal agencies They include surveys that provide statistical measurements of crime housing health consumer income and consumer expenditures Enhancements resulting from this research affect federal programs that allocate funding to state and local governments
The research strategy involves consultations with external and internal customers (for example BLS the OMB and the National Center for Health Statistics) and includes research and analysis of interviewing methods response bias quality control procedures questionnaire design and documentation The Census Bureau has evaluated telephone versus in-person interviews response differences between household members interviewer conditioning and use of random digit dialing The Census Bureau is currently standardizing the production of a Contact History Instrument which provides data to help field representatives locate respondents and identify the best times to contact respondents
Survey of Income and Program Participation The SIPP is the major source of information on the economic well-being of Americans over time The SIPP allows policy makers and program managers to look at situations of specific families and households over three to four years providing perspective on demographic and economic changes The SIPP collects sources and amounts of income labor force information program participation and eligibility data and general demographic characteristics in order to measure the effectiveness of existing federal state and local programs The data are also used to estimate future costs and coverage for government programs such as food stamps and to provide improved statistics on the distribution of income in the country The SIPP content is built around a ldquocorerdquo of labor force program participation and income questions designed to measure the economic situation of households in the United States The survey was designed also to provide a broader context for analysis by adding questions on a variety of topics not covered in the core section such as child care wealth program eligibility child support utilization and cost of health care disability school enrollment taxes and annual income
In September 2008 the Census Bureau began data collection for the 2008 Panel of 45000 targeted households this will be a continuing survey through 2013 During FY 2014 there will be an
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evaluation of the data collected from the fielding of prototypes of the new SIPP automated instruments which is taking place through FY 2013 These evaluations will determine the success of the new instruments in collecting SIPP data the c ompleteness of the content of the i nstruments and the effectiveness of use of the new Event History Calendar within the instruments In addition the reengineered data processing system designed to process output from the new instruments will continue to be developed and SIPP data quality will continue to be evaluated by comparisons to administrative records data Population and Housing A nalyses The Population and Housing Analyses program uses a variety of approaches to create value-added information for policy makers and program managers refining the s tatistical data collected i n surveys into insightful and useful information This program increases the knowledge base with varied sources of information adds context and perspective to survey data and maintains the statistical infrastructure through compilation of records and development and maintenance of standards The Population and Housing Analyses program has three major components Population characteristics The Population Characteristics program produces a wide variety of population analyses and reports based on data collected by the CPS and other surveys The recurring Current Population Reports are used by federal state and local agencies to design implement and evaluate programmatic activities and by a wide variety of organizations in the private sector as the official baseline estimates of various social demographic and economic phenomena and trends These reports present both statistical tables and analytical texts In addition the Census Bureau produces special reports on a variety of topics as they become important to Federal interests The program also provides a wide variety of data and research products relating to the distribution of income wealth and poverty in the United States Recurring reports from the CPS and other data sources are the official source of the United Statesrsquo poverty and income statistics The Population Characteristics program ensures continuous improvement and consistency of critical measures relating to federal standards and c lassifications The OMB uses Census Bureau reports as a key component of the analyses needed to monitor and improve federal standards and classifications on race and ethnicity metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas occupation high school dropout rates and other standard measures Over time the work on standards reduces duplication of effort facilitates the integration of independent outputs of the information from these data systems and provides a common definition structure for all users of these data both public and private Population projections The Population Projections Program provides information on the future US population by age sex race and Hispanic origin Policy analysis and application of statistical and government programs frequently depend on accurate detailed information on the future characteristics of the population The Population Projections Program projects the future US population by age sex race and Hispanic origin The program monitors changes in administrative and vital statistics evaluates population trends and then projects those trends into the future These projections help to identify and describe major changes in the US population in terms of size and also in terms of age sex race and Hispanic origin - information that is essential to enable policy makers government agencies and businesses to respond to rapid population changes
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Housing statistics This program conducts the Housing Vacancy Survey which produces basic information on the current housing market The survey collects and provides information on vacancy rates for rental and homeowner units and on home ownership rates The rental vacancy rate from the survey is a component of the index of leading economic indicators used by the HUD BEA National Association of Home Builders Federal Reserve Board OMB CBO Department of Treasury and the Council of Economic Advisers
The housing statistics program also produces quarterly and annual vacancy rates and home ownership rates for the country as a whole for four major geographic regions for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas and for principal cities and suburbs
Both public and private organizations use the data to evaluate housing markets and to determine the number and characteristics of available units and the level of home ownership The White House HUD private businesses nonprofit organizations and academic researchers use these data to measure progress toward the goal of increasing home ownership among American families
PROGRAM CHANGES
1 Current population survey ($5000000 37 FTE) The increase will be used to develop a supplemental statistical poverty measure using the Current Population Survey (CPS) to complement the current official measure In addition the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is putting forth a budget initiative of $25 million to develop maintain and continue research to improve the annual production of supplemental poverty thresholds to be used by the Census Bureau to add questions to the Consumer Expenditure (CE) Interview survey (eg about school breakfastslunches and subsidies for utilities) and to move up the delivery date of the CE poverty thresholds to the Census Bureau to early August to support the September release date of the income and poverty report
Statement of Need and Economic Benefits ndash Cost Benefit Analysis
The current official poverty measure is defined by Statistical Policy Directive 14 from the Office of Management and Budget and states that the basis of these measures is ldquohellipthe classification of income data collected by the Bureau of the Census in accordance with a definition of poverty developed by the Social Security Administration and revised by a Federal Interagency Committee in 1969rdquo Poverty is a critical indicator of how widely prosperity is shared in our economy and is a key benchmark for targeting resources toward the disadvantaged The US poverty measure was developed in the 1960rsquos and has not been substantially changed since then As such it is based on outdated assumptions and fails to accurately measure economic deprivation or take into account the availability of many economic resources In particular the official measure does not include many government transfer programs and hence cannot evaluate the impact of anti-poverty programs It has been widely criticized for decades
In 1995 the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance took a comprehensive look at the official US poverty measure and recommended changes in the definition of both the poverty threshold and the family resources that are compared with those thresholds to determine poverty status While the Census Bureau and other stakeholder agencies have been using the NAS report as the basis for their poverty research there is much work that remains to be done in order to produce a high-quality timely measure that follows the NAS recommendations These recommendations use as their basis a definition of income that is much broader than the current official measure and several of the components of the improved measure are not currently collected
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by the Census Bureau in the Current Population Surveyrsquos Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) or the American Community Survey (ACS) and must be modeled The requested funds will allow the Census Bureau to expand its research and production capacities and work in coordination with the BLS to complement the official poverty measures with annual measures of poverty from the CPS ASEC (and eventually the ACS) that follow the NAS recommendations Specifically this funding will allow the Census Bureau to do the following
bull Expand its data collection efforts to add the questions needed to produce the improved poverty measure These include questions on mortgages and property value childcare expenses child support expenses and out-of-pocket medical expenses
bull Evaluate improve and expand its modeling and estimation techniques to produce the necessary additional resource components on a timely basis and assure stakeholders that state-of-the-art techniques are us ed to produce this critically important measure
bull Recruit staff who will produce evaluate and update these measures and work with stakeholders to ensure that the measure continues to reflect best practices and takes full advantage of the information available to the Census Bureau
bull Expand the measure to other surveys particularly the ACS so states and localities can take advantage of this supplemental poverty measure
Benefits Production of an improved poverty measure that more accurately measures economic deprivation and takes into account the availability of many economic resources The poverty statistics produced annually by the Census Bureau are among the most important social and economic indicators produced by the Federal Government For years these statistics have been criticized as out of date This initiative will finally make it possible for the Census Bureau to collect the information needed to produce an improved poverty measure that will in turn help policymakers evaluate the effectiveness of anti-poverty efforts Outcomes A more accurate measure of poverty will provide policymakers with more accurate information for modeling changes to their programs and improving the evaluation of the effectiveness of programs for the disadvantaged Poverty is a critical indicator of how widely prosperity is shared in our economy and is a benchmark for targeting resources toward the disadvantaged Schedule and Milestones FY 2014
bull Hire necessary staff bull Collect process analyze new questions in CPS ASEC bull Improve the measures of income included in the poverty measure bull Produce the preliminary supplementary poverty measure FY 2015 ndash FY 2018 bull Annually evaluate and improve the questions in the CPS ASEC bull Annually improve the measures of income included in the poverty measure
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bull Annually publish supplementary poverty measure in September in an expanded income and poverty report
Deliverables bull Collect process and analyze new questions on the CPS ASEC bull Hire staff needed to calculate and release this supplementary measure by September of each
year bull Produce a preliminary supplementary measure and develop additional text and tables about the
supplementary measure 2 Survey of Income and Program Participation (-$6990000 -103 FTE) The Census Bureau requests a decrease of $70 million and 103 FTE for a total of $430 million and 347 FTE Of these decreases $20 million and 14 FTE will reflect the planned completion of the FY 2013 Event History Calendar field test which is the last of the field tests before production in early calendar year 2014 The SIPP program change also includes a $5 million and 89 FTE reduction to reflect administrative savings based on the re-designed SIPP being in the field in FY 2014 and the reduction of headquarters staffing related to household surveys The elimination of these positions could result in delayed evaluation products research products and delayed data releases The transition to annual interviewing for the 2014 SIPP panel will result in fewer net visitations per household and a reduction in the number of months of active fieldwork during the year compared with a panel conducted in the same manner as the prior SIPP panelsrsquo design This will produce savings in field data collection personnel and travel costs Information Technology Reductions and Reinvestments The Current Demographic Statistics program contains a reallocation of funds among object classes to reflect a realignment of information technology funding See the Executive Summary for discussion 3 Administrative Savings (-$938000 -4FTE) The Current Demographic Statistics program contains a reduction of $938000 and 4 FTE to reflect this programs share o f administrative savings In addition the Census Bureau continues to aggressively reduce travel expenses and the FY 2014 request reflects a savings of $38000 within this program that will be redirected to other priorities See the Executive Summary for discussion
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL
Budget Program Sub-program Program Change
Title Computer Scientist Survey Statistician Survey Statistician Subtotal
Current surveys and statistics Current demographic statistics Current population survey
Location Grade Suitland MD GS-15 Suitland MD GS-13 Suitland MD GS-12
Number of Positions
1 1 4 6
Annual Salary $123758
89033 74872
Total Salaries
$123758 89033
299488 512279
Distributed share of staff for centralized services
25
05 10
Less Lapse Total Full-time permanent 2013 Pay Adjustment 2014 Pay Adjustment TOTAL
Subtotal 18 24
(6) 18
18
1472824 1985103
(496276) 1488827
7444 14963
1511234
Total Other than full-time permanent Full-time permanent
Personnel Data Full-Time Equivalent Employment
Number
18 1937
Authorized Positions Full-time permanent
Total Other than full-time permanent
24 3761
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL
Budget Program Current surveys and statistics Sub-program Current demographic statistics Program Change Survey of income and program participation
Number Annual Total Title Location Grade of Positions Salary Salaries Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-14 -1 $129758 -$129758 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-14 -1 122744 -122744 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-14 -1 $105211 -105211 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-13 -3 89033 -267099 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-12 -3 87350 -262050 Economist Suitland MD GS-12 -1 84855 -84855 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-12 -2 82359 -164718 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-12 -4 74872 -299488 Economist Suitland MD GS-12 -4 74872 -299488 Mathmatical Statistician Suitland MD GS-11 -1 74122 -74122 Economist Suitland MD GS-11 -1 68712 -68712 Subtotal -22 -1878245
Distributed share of staff for centralized services -14 -1330924 Subtotal -36 -3209169
Less Lapse 0 0 0 Total Full-time permanent -36 -3209169 2013 Pay Adjustment 05 -16046 2014 Pay Adjustment 0 0 TOTAL -36 -3225215
Personnel Data Number Full-Time Equivalent Employment Full-time permanent -36 Other than full-time permanent -67 Total -103
Authorized Positions Full-time permanent -36 Other than full-time permanent -107 Total -143
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Current surveys and statistics Sub-program Current demographic statistics Program Change Current population survey
2014 Object Class Increase
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent $1511 113 Other than full-time permanent 576 115 Other personnel compensation 23 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation 2110 12 Civilian personnel benefits 578 13 Benefits for former personnel 11 21 Travel and transportation of persons 137 22 Transportation of things 16 231 Rental payments to GSA 0 232 Rental payments to others 3 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges 52 24 Printing and reproduction 35 251 Advisory and assistance services 242 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 244 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts 735 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities 115 255 Research and development contracts 540 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment 86 258 Subsistence and support of persons 10 26 Supplies and materials 19 31 Equipment 67 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations 5000
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Current surveys and statistics Sub-program Current demographic statistics Program Change Survey of income and program participation
2014 Object Class Decrease
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent -$3225 113 Other than full-time permanent -1325 115 Other personnel compensation -84 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation -4634 12 Civilian personnel benefits -713 13 Benefits for former personnel -11 21 Travel and transportation of persons -360 22 Transportation of things -8 231 Rental payments to GSA 0 232 Rental payments to others 0 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges -96 24 Printing and reproduction -17 251 Advisory and assistance services -136 252 Other services from non-Federal sources -568 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts -234 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities -126 255 Research and development contracts -10 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment 10 258 Subsistence and support of persons -2 26 Supplies and materials -55 31 Equipment -30 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations -6990
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0 -938
-3 -762 -1 -176
PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Current surveys and statistics Sub-program Current demographic statistics Program Change Administrative savings
2014 Object Class Pos FTE Decrease
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent -4 -4 -$360 113 Other than full-time permanent 0 0 -7 115 Other personnel compensation -10 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation -4 12 Civilian personnel benefits 13 Benefits for former personnel 21 Travel and transportation of persons 22 Transportation of things 231 Rental payments to GSA 232 Rental payments to others 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges 24 Printing and reproduction 251 Advisory and assistance services 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities 255 Research and development contracts 256 Medical care 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment 258 Subsistence and support of persons 26 Supplies and materials 31 Equipment 32 Lands and structures 33 Investments and loans 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 43 Interest and dividends 44 Refunds
99 Total obligations
Included in this total are administrative savings for the following line items Household surveys -3 Population and housing analysis -1
-4 -377 -116
-2 -50 -1 0 0
-32 0
-11 -116 -31 -54
0 0
-112 -1 -6
-29 0 0 0 0 0
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SUB-PROGRAM Survey Development and Data Services The objective of the Survey Development and Data Services sub-program is to identify adapt develop and promote new or improved methods and procedures for all Census Bureau censuses and sample surveys General Research The program supports general research on problems related to the Census Bureaursquos data collection efforts in censuses and sample surveys These problems continually occur because we are measuring an increasingly complex population and economy The challenges encompass maintaining adequate response rates reducing burden of response to census and survey data collection meeting complex data needs and i mproving data quality Survey Development and Data Services looks for solutions using tools from three disciplines mathematical statistics social and behavioral sciences and computation sciences Research topics include disclosure avoidance small area estimation seasonal adjustment sampling and estimation survey design record linkage editing imputation usability testing questionnaire pre-testing cognitive testing language and sociolinguistics questionnaire design interviewer behavior and ethnography PROGRAM CHANGES Information Technology Reductions and Reinvestments The Survey Development and Data Services program contains a reallocation of funds among object classes to reflect a realignment of information technology funding See the Executive Summary for discussion
1 Administrative Savings (-$6000 0 FTE) The Survey Development and Data Services program contains a reduction of $6000 and 0 FTE to reflect this programs share of administrative savings In addition the Census Bureau continues to aggressively reduce travel expenses and the FY 2014 request reflects a savings of $2000 within this program that will be redirected to other priorities See the Executive Summary for discussion
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Sub-program Program Change
Current surveys and statistics Survey development and data services Administrative savings
2014
11 111
Object Class Personnel compensation Full-time permanent
Pos
0
FTE
0
Decrease
-$3 113 115 118
Other than full-time permanent Other personnel compensation Special personnel services payments
0 0 0 0 0
119 12 13 21 22 231 232 233 24 251 252
Total personnel compensation Civilian personnel benefits Benefits for former personnel Travel and transportation of persons Transportation of things Rental payments to GSA Rental payments to others Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges Printing and reproduction Advisory and assistance services Other services from non-Federal sources
0 0 -3 -1 0
-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts -1 254 255 256
Operation and maintenance of facilities Research and development contracts Medical care
0 0 0
257 258 26 31 32
Operation and maintenance of equipment Subsistence and support of persons Supplies and materials Equipment Lands and structures
0 0 0 0 0
33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations -6
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35
10
000
0
0
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N -
76
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Exhibit 12 ndash 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Salaries and Expenses - Mandatory BUDGET PROGRAM Survey of Program Dynamics
For FY 2014 the Census Bureau requests $10000000 and 32 FTE for Survey of Program Dynamics BASE JUSTIFICATION Survey of Program Dynamics Overview The Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) program budget consists of one sub-program with the same name under the Mandatory Salaries and Expenses account This sub-program contains one line item with the same name ($100 million and 32 FTE) SUB-PROGRAM Survey of Program Dynamics The SPD program provides data necessary to determine the impact of welfare provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 as revised by the 109th Congress Baseline characteristics come from data already collected by the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) The funds for SPD were authorized until September 30 2012 The goal of SPD is to provide policymakers with relevant accurate timely and cost-effective socioshyeconomic data and information which can be used by federal and state public policymakers to evaluate the effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 that established the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (PL 112-96 Extension of PL 108-308) The Survey of Program Dynamics supports Department of Commerce Strategic Planrsquos Science and Information goal of generating and communicating new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems It supports objective 14 to ldquoenable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and servicesrdquo The SPD program is a source of detailed socioeconomic data from a national sample of households with a focus on the low-income population which is more likely to receive benefits or assistance from welfare programs The SPD program has received the same level of annual funding with each extension of the 1996 law In FY 2014 the Census Bureau plans to use the mandatory funds to complete the processing and dissemination of the final waves of the 2008 SIPP panel and to conduct and begin processing and di ssemination of the 2014 SIPP panel in support of measuring t he impact of the welfare provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act mentioned above
PROGRAM CHANGES
No program change is requested for FY 2014
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Dep
artm
ent o
f Com
mer
ce
Exh
ibit
10
Cen
sus
Bur
eau
U
S
Sal
arie
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d E
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ses
- Man
dato
ry B
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PR
OG
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ND
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AN
CE
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IRE
CT
OB
LIG
ATI
ON
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lar a
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nts
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ousa
nds)
Act
ivity
S
tate
chi
ldre
ns
heal
th in
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nce
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ram
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2014
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ecre
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l E
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nt
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m
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BA
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000
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000
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l P
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N -
78
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Exhibit 12 ndash 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Salaries and Expenses - Mandatory BUDGET PROGRAM State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program
For FY 2014 the Census Bureau requests $20000000 and 131 FTE for State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program BASE JUSTIFICATION State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program Overview The State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) budget consists of one sub-program with the same name under the Mandatory Salaries and Expenses account This sub-program contains one line item with the same name ($200 million and 131 FTE) SUB-PROGRAM State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program Under the SCHIP Census Bureau survey data are used to allocate funds to states based on the number of children without health insurance living in low-income families Allocations are based on statistics from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS) The Census Bureau will make improvements in the reliability of the state-level data used to estimate changes from one year to the next in the number of low-income children without health insurance coverage These improvements potentially include making a transition from the CPS to the American Community Survey (ACS) as a basis for SCHIP allocations Health insurance questions were added to the ACS in 2008 The goal of this mandatory program is to produce statistically reliable annual data for each state on the number of low-income children who do not have health insurance coverage The State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program supports the Department of Commercersquos Science and Information goal to generate and communicate new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems It supports objective 14 to enable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate d ata standards and services This program was established and funded through mandatory appropriation by the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2000 The program uses adjustments to the CPS to increase the reliability of state-level estimates of the number of uninsured low-income children The adjustments include where appropriate expanding the number of households included in the survey collecting data in additional months and exploring alternative methods to enhance state-level estimates by incorporating data from other sources The SCHIP program was reauthorized in 2009 (PL111-3) and provided an additional $100 million to the Census Bureau to cover rising data collection costs and to improve state estimates of childrenrsquos health insurance coverage The monthly CPS sample was expanded by about 10000 eligible households This expansion allowed the Census Bureau to meet the requirement of the SCHIP legislation to improve state estimates of children who live in low-income families and lack health insurance which are produced from the Census Bureaursquos Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) supplement to the CPS The expansion also allowed the Census Bureau to conduct an ASEC interview in February and April of each year with about 18000 households that had completed their eighth month in sample interview in August September and October Including another 5000 Hispanic households that are selected from the prior November CPS sample in order to increase the accuracy of these estimates these
CEN - 79
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changes effectively increased the number of sample cases on which the ASEC generates annual estimates to 83000 PROGRAM CHANGES No program change is requested for FY 2014
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f Com
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Exh
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Incr
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Ren
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3
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0 0
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7
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nten
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t 21
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sten
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81
CEN - 81
Dep
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Pe
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Actu
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Full-
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136
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t 37
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CEN - 82
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0 11
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ces
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tal p
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n 14
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2 9
032
0
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an p
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029
255
0 2
550
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0 0
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efits
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er p
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nnel
12
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71
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0
21
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0 22
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ings
11
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0
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ts to
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2 0
232
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l pay
men
ts to
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ers
279
0 0
0 0
233
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omm
unic
atio
n u
tiliti
es m
isc
cha
rges
81
4 24
8 24
8 24
8 0
24
Prin
ting
and
repr
oduc
tion
108
417
417
417
0 25
1
Adv
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y an
d as
sist
ance
ser
vice
s 1
688
326
326
326
0 25
2
Oth
er s
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ces
from
non
-Fed
eral
sou
rces
84
8 15
396
13
599
13
599
0
253
O
ther
goo
ds a
nd s
ervi
ces
from
Fed
eral
sou
rces
1
376
559
559
559
0 25
4
Ope
ratio
n amp
mai
nten
ance
of f
acili
ties
474
215
215
215
0 25
5
Res
earc
h amp
dev
elop
men
t con
tract
s 39
2 7
7 7
0 25
6
Med
ical
car
e 0
0 0
0 0
257
O
pera
tion
amp m
aint
enan
ce o
f equ
ipm
ent
242
9 71
9 71
9 71
9 0
258
S
ubsi
stan
ce amp
sup
port
of p
erso
ns
94
66
66
66
0 26
S
uppl
ies
and
mat
eria
ls
329
83
83
83
0 31
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quip
men
t 44
0 24
3 24
3 24
3 0
32
Land
s an
d st
ruct
ures
0
0 0
0 0
33
Inve
stm
ents
and
loan
s 0
0 0
0 0
41
Gra
nts
sub
sidi
es a
nd c
ontri
butio
ns
0 0
0 0
0 42
In
sura
nce
clai
ms
and
inde
mni
ties
0 0
0 0
0 43
In
tere
st a
nd d
ivid
ends
2
0 0
0 0
44R
efun
ds
0 0
0 0
0
99
Sub
tota
l D
irect
Obl
igat
ions
30
811
31
797
30
000
30
000
0
Prio
r yea
r rec
over
ies
Uno
blig
ated
bal
ance
sta
rt of
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r (2
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) (1
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) U
nobl
igat
ed b
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xpiri
ng
153
Uno
blig
ated
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ance
end
of y
ear
179
7 R
efun
d TO
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ET
AU
THO
RIT
Y
300
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300
00
300
00
300
00
0 R
esci
ssio
n TO
TAL
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DG
ET
AU
THO
RIT
Y
300
00
300
00
300
00
300
00
0
CE
N -
83
CEN - 83
Dep
artm
ent o
f Com
mer
ce
Exhi
bit 1
6 U
S C
ensu
s Bu
reau
Sa
larie
s an
d Ex
pens
es -
Man
dato
ry B
A
SUM
MAR
Y O
F R
EQU
IREM
ENTS
BY
OBJ
ECT
CLA
SS
Incr
ease
20
12
2013
20
14
2014
(D
ecre
ase)
Pe
rson
nel f
inan
ced
from
dire
ct o
blig
atio
ns
Actu
al
Enac
ted
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En
acte
d ov
er B
ase
Full-
Tim
e eq
uiva
lent
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ploy
men
t
Ful
l-tim
e pe
rman
ent
104
69
69
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0
Oth
er th
an fu
ll-tim
e pe
rman
ent
154
94
94
94
0
T
otal
25
8 16
3 16
3 16
3 0
Auth
oriz
ed P
ositi
ons
F
ull-t
ime
perm
anen
t 11
1 88
88
88
0
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ther
than
full-
time
perm
anen
t 28
5 24
4 24
4 24
4 0
Tota
l 39
6 33
2 33
2 33
2 0
CE
N -
84
CEN - 84
Exhibit 33
Department of Commerce US Census Bureau
Salaries and Expenses Appropriation Language and Code Citations
1 For expenses necessary for collecting compiling analyzing preparing and publishing
statistics provided for by law $256048000 provided that from amounts provided herein funds may be used for promotion outreach and marketing activities
13 USC sectsect4 6 8(b) 12 61-63 181 182 301-307 401 15 USC sectsect1516 4901 et seq 19 USC sectsect1484(e) 2354 2393 44 USC sect1343
13 USC sect4 authorizes the Secretary to perform the functions and duties imposed upon him by this title or he may delegate any of them to such officers and employees of the Department of Commerce as he may designate
13 USC sectsect6 8(b) 12 61-63 182 301-307 provide for (1) acquisition of information from other organizations public and private (2) conducting joint statistical projects with nonprofit organizations or agencies (3) conducting mechanical and electronic developmental work as needed (4) collection and publication of statistics on fats and oils (5) collection and publication of statistics relating to the domestic apparel and textile industries (6) collection and publication of quarterly financial statistics of business operations (7) conducting current surveys on statistical subjects covered by periodic censuses and (8) compilation and publication of information on imports exports and mode of transportation
13 USC sect181 provides that The Secretaryshall annually produce and publish for each state county and local unit of general purpose government which has a population of fifty thousand or more current data on total population and population characteristics andshall biennially produce and publish for other local units of general purpose government current data on total population
13 USC sect401 provides that The Bureau of the Census shall exchange with the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce information collected under this title and under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act that pertains to any business enterprise that is operating in the United States if the Secretary of Commerce determines such information is appropriate to augment and improve the quality of data collected under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act
15 USC sect1516 provides that The Secretary of Commerce shall have control of the work of gathering and distributing statistical information naturally relating to the subjects confided to his departmentHe shall also have authority to call upon other departments of the government for statistical data and results obtained by them and he may collate arrange and publish such statistical information so obtained in such manner as to him may seem wise
CEN - 85
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15 USC sect4901 et seq provides that The Secretary [of Commerce] shall establish the [National Trade] Data Bank The Secretary shall manage the Data Bank
19 USC sect1484(e) provides that The Secretary of the Treasury the Secretary of Commerce and the United States International Trade Commission are authorized and directed to establishan enumeration of articlescomprehending all merchandise imported into the United States and exported from the United States and shall seek in conjunction with statistical programs for domestic production and programs for achieving international harmonization of trade statistics to establish the comparability thereof with such enumeration of articles
19 USC sect2354 provides that Whenever the [International Trade] Commission begins an investigationwith respect to an industry the Commission shall immediately notify the Secretary [of Commerce] of such investigation and the Secretary shall immediately begin a study of
(1) the number of firms in the domestic industry producing the like or directly
competitive article which have been or are likely to be certified as eligible for adjustment assistance and
(2) the extent to which the orderly adjustment of such firms to the import
competition may be facilitated through the use of existing programs
19 USC sect2393 provides that The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor shall establish and maintain a program to monitor imports of articles into the United States which will reflect changes in the volume of such imports the relation of such imports to changes in domestic production changes in employment within domestic industries producing articles like or directly competitive with such imports and the extent to which such changes in production and employment are concentrated in specific geographic regions of the United States 44 USC sect1343 provides that ldquoIn addition to the usual number of the Statistical Abstract of the United States twelve thousand copies shall be printed three thousand for the Senate six thousand for the House of Representatives and three thousand for distribution by the Secretary of Commercerdquo
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Exhibit 12 ndash 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Periodic Censuses and Programs BUDGET PROGRAM Economic Statistics Programs For FY 2014 Census Bureau requests a decrease of $22613000 and 289 FTE from the FY 2014 base for a total of $127584000 and 746 FTE for Economic Statistics Programs BASE JUSTIFICATION Economic Statistics Programs Overview The Census Bureaursquos mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nationrsquos people and economy The Economic Statistics Programs activity furthers this mission by providing key benchmark measures about the U S economy and governments The Economic Statistics Program ($1276 million and 746 FTE) budget is organized into two subshyprograms bull The Economic Census sub-program ($1179 million and 677 FTE) is organized into five line
items representing major program components Direction Content Determination and Design Mail List Development and Mailout Collection and Processing and Publication and Dissemination
bull The Census of Governments sub-program ($97 million and 69 FTE) is organized into five line items representing major program components Direction Content Determination and Design Mail List Development and Mailout Collection and Processing and Publication and Dissemination
SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS-TO-BASE The Census Bureau requests an increase of $466000 to fund ad justments to the Economic statistics programs This increase will fund a portion of the estimated 2014 Federal pay raise of 10 percent SUB-PROGRAM Economic Census Fiscal Year 2014 is the fifth year of the six-year 2012 Economic Census funding cycle The focus of activity for FY 2014 is completing data collection industry analytical review and review and publication of the advance report and 70 of the industry reports Data collection and review will continue for the Survey of Business Owners (SBO) The economic census represents the primary source of facts about the structure and function of the US economy providing essential information to government and business to help guide sound decisions It furnishes an important part of the framework for composite measures such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the Bureau of Economic Analysisrsquo (BEA) input-output analyses and National Income and Product Accounts that provide important information about market sectors such as manufacturing The National Accounts and practically all major government economic statistical series are directly or indirectly dependent on the economic census Statistics analyses and economic research produced by BEA Bureau of Labor Statistics Federal Reserve Board Department of Energy the Congressional Budget Office and the Census Bureau are all dependent on the economic census results The economic census not only provides BEA with vital source data for the National Accounts it also provides weights and benchmarks for indexes of industrial production productivity and prices Moreover the
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census furnishes benchmarks and sampling lists for the Census Bureaursquos current economic programs and for many data series at other Federal agencies
Business enterprises trade associations banks investors economic development agencies research groups educational institutions and unions use data from the census for the purpose of planning expansion programs selecting locations for new establishments forecasting sales trends determining market potential forecasting sales and advertising performance and performing other analyses For example the data are used to decide where to locate a plant where to build a shopping center or figure out what the market demand is for a product In forecasting and planning economic census results are the primary source of information about the changing structure of the US economy The census identifies industries and geographic areas that are experiencing rapid growth as well as those that are declining The information is also used to revise the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and to update the Business Register
PROGRAM CHANGES FOR FY 2014
1 Economic Census (- $20870000 - 284 FTE)
The FY 2014 funding is critical to completing data collection performing analytical review and publishing the Advance Report and 70 percent of the Industry Reports
Direction ($5112000 and 22 FTE) Direction includes planning and support activities required to conduct the census Specific activities include providing overall direction and coordination of census planning design collection processing and dissemination operations This includes development and monitoring of the program plan quality plan and risk plan In FY 2014 the focus will be on completing plans and testing systems and coordinating activities associated with data analysis program-related research publication and dissemination activities for the 2012 Economic Census
Content Determination and Design ($0 and 0 FTE) Activities include a review of census program components and content including the SBO and other census-related surveys with business and government analysts data providers and other data users as well as the design and printing of more than 550 industry specific report forms In FY 2014 no funds are allocated to this activity
Mail List Development and Mailout ($7213000 and 40 FTE) Activities include assembling and preparing the census mail list for over 29 million business locations Specific activities include sample selection and mailout specifications and procedures correspondence specifications and procedures procurements and processing of administrative records programming activities and labeling and assembly of mail packages Postage costs are included in this line item In FY 2014 funds cover mail list development and the mailing of 650000 SBO report forms to businesses without paid employees Most firms with paid employees will be mailed forms in FY 2013 During FY 2014 initial and follow-up mailing for about 200000 businesses will be conducted for the birth component of the employer businesses
Collection and Processing ($77214000 and 431 FTE) Includes all collection and clerical operations conducted in Jeffersonville Indiana at the Census Bureaursquos National Processing Center Activities include check-in of forms batching scanning and Key from ImageOptical Character RecognitionOptical Mark Recognition data customer support associated with
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handling incoming telephone calls and correspondence re-mailing of forms and telephone follow-ups to delinquent businesses computer edits of reported data and the correction of erroneous data This line item also includes the development testing and maintenance of processing systems and computer programs that support data collection and processing including an electronic reporting infrastructure to support the electronic reporting option offered to over 31 million businesses In FY 2014 activities will focus on collecting and processing data for the SBO one of the supplemental programs associated with the census For the remaining census programs collection and processing continues for late filers Activities are primarily focused on the summary review of the data We will use computer systems to provide analysts tools for the summary review of millions of data cells correction of the data to prepare for the publication and dissemination stages and intensive computer runs and analyst reviews to ensure the confidentiality data on individual companies
Publication and Dissemination ($28321000 and 184 FTE) Activities include all operations related to data tabulations final table review of tabulated census data the development of census products review of disclosure avoidance patterns and the dissemination of census results More than 1700 census products will be developed and delivered in electronic media supported by metadata which describes the data to users and support tools that let users access information across subject-related topics Products will profile industries geographic areas and special subjects In FY 2014 the activities will focus on the final table and electronic review and release and dissemination of the 2012 Economic Census Advance Report and Industry Series reports In addition to the release of these reports design and development work for the Geographic Area and Special Subject reports will be completed
This program supports the Department of Commercersquos Science and Information goal of generating and communicating new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems It supports objective 14 to Improve understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and services enabling entities to make informed decisions
Statement of Need and Economic Benefits ndash Cost Benefit Analysis
The economic census provides detailed data by industry and geographic areas that are essential to both government and businesses to make sound decisions It provides key data that are required to produce measures of GDP and the BEArsquos input-output analyses The economic census also provides business enterprises trade associations banks investors economic development agencies research groups educational institutions and unions data needed to plan expansion programs select locations for new establishments forecast sales trends determine market potential and perform other analyses
The 2012 Economic Census will provide new products that are essential to understanding the modern economy A new Enterprise Statistics series will better profile the American economy in areas related to globalization research and development innovation and entrepreneurship New product items will be collected for manufacturing industries to measure ldquogreenrdquo products Expanded products in manufacturing will also provide some of the critical product detail lost due to cancellation of the Current Industrial Reports
Revisions are being made to the NAICS to primarily address changes and measurement issues associated with the manufacturing sector of the economy
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Base Resources Assessment Base Resource Amount $138730000 Base FTE 961
The economic census provides the nation with comprehensive detailed and authoritative facts about the structure of the US economy Every five years the economic census profiles the US economy from the national to the local level It provides official measures of output for industries and geographic areas Economic policy makers in Federal state and local governments use economic census data to project trends guide economic development and assess the impact of economic policy The data help build the foundation for GDP and other indicators of economic performance Title 13 USC sect131 requires the censuses of manufactures mineral industries construction industries retail and wholesale trade service industries transportation and other businesses every five years covering the years ending in ldquo2rdquo and ldquo7rdquo The 2012 Economic Census will collect data on over 29 million establishments The Census Bureau will minimize respondent burden by sending q uestionnaires to fewer than 20 percent of these establishments Administrative records are used to obtain information for the remaining establishments which include smaller businesses For the 2012 Economic Census all respondents will have an opportunity to report electronically Data will be disseminated through the American FactFinder The economic census also includes several related programs that provide statistics on the characteristics of businesses business expenses and other items of national interest The economic census includes the census of the island areas (Puerto Rico the US Virgin Islands Guam American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) and surveys of businesses owned by women and minorities The results of the census will be summarized and presented for various classifications such as kind-of-business geographic locations at various levels of aggregation sales size employment size legal form of organization and degree of specialization The 2012 Economic Census consists of eight core program components and several related data collections The core components are separately tailored for each major domestic business sector provide comprehensive and detailed information on the structure of the US non-farm economy and are the cornerstone of our nationrsquos economic statistics programs The related data collections are more specialized and provide supplementary information on businesses owned by women minorities supplementary information on expenditures and expenses for non-goods producing businesses transportation information on the movement of goods and periodic census information on the economies of Puerto Rico and island areas In addition to expanded and improved internet reporting t he Census Bureau is continuing to make other infrastructure improvements that result in more efficient data collection and reduced costs Efficiencies realized have resulted in a significant decrease in the growth of the 2012 Economic Census budget compared to prior cycles Schedule and Milestones Fiscal Year 2014 bull Begin tabulation and macro-data analysis by October 31 2013 bull Achieve an 86 percent unit response rate by close-out for data collection bull Release the Advance Report by March 2014 bull Complete Industry Series releases for 70 percent of covered NAICS industries by
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September 30 2014
Fiscal Year 2015 bull Complete Industry Series releases for 100 percent of covered NAICS industries by
December 31 2014 bull Release the Survey of Business Ownersrsquo Advance Report by November 30 2014 (eight
months earlier than in the previous survey cycle) bull Complete the Geographic Area Series by August 31 2015 bull Complete the 2017 Economic Census Program Management Plan by June 30 2015 bull Complete 100 of the data releases for the 2012 Economic Census of Puerto Rico and
the Island Areas by September 30 2015 (three months earlier than in the previous economic census)
Fiscal Year 2016 bull Complete 100 of the data releases for the 2012 SBO by December 30 2015 (six
months earlier than in the previous survey cycle) bull Complete comprehensive internal review of 2012 Economic Census content reporting
methods data processing data products and dissemination methods Fiscal Year 2017 bull Mail and process the 2017 Economic Census classification survey bull Complete development of all 2017 questionnaires including electronic reporting
instruments bull Deploy 2017 Business Help Site for respondents
Fiscal Year 2018 bull Complete census mail-out by December 31 2017 bull Achieve more electronic response compared to FY 2013
Deliverables The Economic Census supports the economic foundations of the United States by producing benchmark measures of the economy It accomplishes this by providing more than 1700 census products delivered in electronic media supported by metadata and support tools that let users access information across subject-related topics Products profile industries geographic areas and specific subjects A key innovation is development of a direct Internet reporting option for single-location companies in the economic census The electronic reporting software used in 2007 required all companies to download and install the software This worked well for large companies that filed multiple reports For 2007 while 55 percent of the multiunit establishments reported electronically only 3 percent of the single-location companies used the software An analysis showed that the single units would prefer software that was web-based versus using the existing surveyor software which has to be downloaded from the Internet before the data provider can use it This new internet reporting s ystem will support over 550 versions of the Economic Census forms tailored to each industry
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Risk Assessment
Fiscal Year 2014 is a critical year in the life cycle of the Economic Census Data collection is completed in FY 2014 data analysis of response data commences and the official release of statistics begins with the Advance Report in December of 2013 The United States continues to emerge from the recession and accurate measurements of the health of the economy are critical to the country If the Economic Census is not funded at the requested program level the Census Bureau will not be able to meet its performance objective of providing critical benchmark measures of nationrsquos economy Without these benchmarks composite measures such as GDP and National Income and Product Accounts produced by the BEA would be impacted significantly In addition the reduction in quality of current economic statistics produced between economic census cycles would be significant Without this critical data Government policy makers and the private sector would be less able to target opportunities for growth that supports increasing jobs which is a top priority of the Secretary of Commerce
Information Technology Reductions and Reinvestments
The Economic Census contains a reallocation of funds among object classes to reflect a realignment of information technology funding See the Executive Summary for discussion
2 Administrative Savings (-$2322000 -1FTE)
The Economic Census contains a reduction of $2322000 and 1 FTE to reflect this programs share of administrative savings In addition the Census Bureau continues to aggressively reduce travel expenses and the FY 2014 request reflects a savings of $240000 within this program that will be redirected to other priorities See the Executive Summary for discussion
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Performance Measure
FY 2013
Target With Change
FY 2014
Target
FY 2015
Target
FY 2016
Target
FY 2017
Target
FY 2018
Target 1) Complete 1) Begin 1) Complete 1) Finalize 1) Complete 1) Complete the mailout tabulation Industry report form commercial the mailout
and macro Series content for printing of of question-of question-data releases for 2017 the 2017 naires for naires for analysis for 100 of the Economic Economic the 2017
the 2012 the 2012 NAICS Census core Census Economic Economic Economic industries programs report forms Census by Census by Census by covered by 2) Complete by December December October 31 December forms design September 31 2017
2013 2014 for 60 of 2017 2) Achieve 31 2012 2) Achieve 2) Complete the 2017 2) Complete more 2) Achieve an 86 unit Geographic Economic mailing and electronic 10 percent response Series Census core processing responses more rate for the releases for programrsquos of the compared electronic 2012 100 of the report forms classificashy to the 2012 responses Economic areas tion forms in Economic compared to Census covered by preparation Census the 2007 3) Release August for the Economic the 2012 2015 Economic Census Economic 3) Prepare Census Census a detailed mailing by Advance project plan September Report in for all 30 2017 December phases of 2013 the 2017 4) Complete Economic Industry Census by Series June 2015 releases for 70 of the NAICS industries covered by August 2014
Performance Goals and Measurement Data
This program supports the Department of Commercersquos Science and Information goal to generate and communicate new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems It supports objective 14 to enable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and services
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(Continued from previous page)
FY 2013
Target
FY 2014
Target
FY 2015
Target
FY 2016
Target
FY 2017
Target
FY 2018
Target
Without Change
1) Complete the mailout of questionshynaires for the 2012 Economic Census by December 31 2012 2) Achieve 10 percent more electronic responses compared to the 2007 Economic Census
1) Begin tabulation and macro data analysis for the 2012 Economic Census by October 31 2013 2) Achieve
an 86 unit response rate for the 2012 Economic Census 3) Release the 2012 Economic Census Advance Report in December 2013 4) Complete Industry Series releases for 70 of the NAICS industries covered by August 2014
1) Complete Industry Series releases for 100 of the NAICS industries covered by December 2014 2) Complete Geographic Series releases for 100 of the areas covered by August 2015 3) Prepare a detailed project plan for all phases of the 2017 Economic Census by June 2015
1) Finalize report form content for 2017 Economic
Census core programs 2) Complete forms design for 60 of the 2017 Economic Census core programrsquos report forms
1) Complete commercial printing of the 2017 Economic Census report forms by September 2017 2) Complete mailing and processing of the classificashytion forms in preparation for the Economic Census mailing by September 30 2017
1) Complete the mailout of questionshynaires for the 2017 Economic Census by December 31 2017 2) Achieve more electronic responses compared to the 2012 Economic Census
Description This supports the Census Bureaursquos performance measure to ldquocomplete key activities for cyclical census programs on time to support effective decision-making by policymakers businesses and the public and meet constitutional and legislative mandatesrdquo
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL
Budget Program Economic statistics programs Sub-program Economic census Program Change Economic census
Number Annual Total Title Location Grade of Positions Salary Salaries Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-15 -1 $123758 -$123758 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-14 -1 112224 -112224 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-13 -8 89033 -712264 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-12 -18 82359 -1482462 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-12 -3 74872 -224616 Economist Suitland MD GS-12 -1 77368 -77368 Statistical Assistant Jeffersonville IN GS-8 -70 45823 -3207610 Statistical Assistant Suitland MD GS-7 -8 42209 -337672 Subtotal -110 -6277974
Distributed share of staff for centralized services -35 -2604750 Subtotal -145 -8882724
Less Lapse 0 0 0 Total Full-time permanent -145 -8882724 2013 Pay Adjustment 05 -44414 2014 Pay Adjustment 00 0 Total -145 -8927138
Personnel Data Number Full-time Equivalent Employment
Full-time permanent -145 Other than full-time permanent -138 Total -283
Authorized Positions Full-time permanent -145 Other than full-time permanent -268 Total -413
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Economic statistics programs Sub-program Economic census Program Change Economic census
2014 Object Class Decrease
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent -$8927 113 Other than full-time permanent -4472 115 Other personnel compensation -252 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation -13651 12 Civilian personnel benefits -3650 13 Benefits for former personnel -277 21 Travel and transportation of persons -596 22 Transportation of things -50 231 Rental payments to GSA 0 232 Rental payments to others 0 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges -4612 24 Printing and reproduction 2 251 Advisory and assistance services 5209 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 832 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts 2272 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities -964 255 Research and development contracts 626 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment -3927 258 Subsistence and support of persons -34 26 Supplies and materials 293 31 Equipment -21 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations -18548
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Economic statistics programs Sub-program Economic census Program Change Administrative savings
2014 Object Class Pos FTE Decrease
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent -1 -1 -$77 113 Other than full-time permanent 0 0 -1 115 Other personnel compensation -2 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation -1 -1 -80 12 Civilian personnel benefits -26 13 Benefits for former personnel -2 21 Travel and transportation of persons -243 22 Transportation of things -2 231 Rental payments to GSA 0 232 Rental payments to others 0 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges -68 24 Printing and reproduction 0 251 Advisory and assistance services -4 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 231 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts -57 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities -4 255 Research and development contracts 0 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment -1183 258 Subsistence and support of persons 0 26 Supplies and materials -113 31 Equipment -771 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations -2322
Included in this total are administrative savings for the following line items Direction -8 Content determination and design 0 Mail list development and mail out -3 Collection and processing -1 -1 -2260 Publication and dissemination -51
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SUB-PROGRAM Census of Governments
Since 1957 the census of governments has been compiled every 5 years in conjunction with the economic census Funding f or the census of governments is cyclical in nature due to the fact that Title 13 Section 161 authorizes a quinquennial census Therefore a decrease of funds from FY 2013 to FY 2014 reflects the end of the 2012 Census of Governments when activities are focused less on the build up and execution of the census and more on completing data processing developing data products and disseminating information from the census The census of governments is related to the current government statistics programs The census of governments is conducted every five years (years ending in 2 and 7) whereas the government statistics programs are conducted in the intervening years when a sample of state and local governments is used to collect data The census of governments is a long-standing program and as such various survey methods and approaches have been employed over time Based on lessons learned the 2012 Census of Governments is utilizing the best mix of survey methods and administrative record practices to conduct an accurate census Historically the census of governments programs have utilized field enumeration for data collection methods Lessons learned have demonstrated that the use of administrative records and central collection methods among the states is the most cost effective way to collect the data As such the Census Bureau has taken strides to improve these methods and techniques which are being em ployed in the 2012 Census of Governments These methods will be used to the greatest extent possible in lieu of field data collection to reduce the reporting burden of governments as well as to reduce costs The complex and ever-changing state and local government universe is a major economic force totaling about 12 percent of the GDP and 15 percent of the civilian labor force population The census of governments represents the primary source of facts about the structure and function of the public sector of the US economy It provides essential information to Federal agencies such as the Departments of Education Justice Housing and Urban Development and Health and Human Services as well as Congress and the Congressional Budget Office for planning and evaluating programs involving intergovernmental relationships The census contributes an important element for constructing c omposite national economic measures such as the GDP quantifying economic output the BEArsquos input-output tables that measure market sectors and the Federal Reserve Boardrsquos Flow of Funds accounts that provide time-series data of financial flows in the economy Without these state and local government economic statistics important benchmarking and c omparative analyses of state and local governments cannot be done Many different groups of analystsmdashincluding most prominently the state and local governments themselves public interest groups the academic community and the policy research communitymdashmake extensive use of the data in these ways In 2007 the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) issued a clean-slate report on the state of government statistics The report identified Census Bureau data on state and local governments as the only comprehensive source on the fiscal welfare of state and local governments In the report CNSTAT charged the Census Bureau to improve build and enhance its programs The report laid out 21 strategic recommendations for improving data on governments Over the 2012 Census of Governments cycle the Census Bureau has taken strides in addressing the recommendations and making needed improvements to its programs Following the CNSTATrsquos recommendations the Census Bureau engaged data users and stakeholders through workshops and conferences to discuss improvements to the census of
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governments and related programs The outcome of the workshops is improvements in content methodology and data products for the 2012 Census of Governments Further strides are being made to modernize and reengineer the infrastructure and processing systems used to collect and disseminate the data The proposed FY 2014 activities allow the Census Bureau to continue these efforts
PROGRAM CHANGES FOR FY 2014
1 Census of Governments (- $1743000 - 5 FTE)
Fiscal Year 2014 is the final year in the five-year cycle of the 2012 Census of Governments
Direction ($1699000 and 9 FTE) Direction includes overall planning design and support activities Based on the project management plan developed in FY 2010 the Census Bureau will monitor all key census activities in the project plan associated time schedules and resources involved in the census
Content DeterminationDesign ($0 and 0 FTE) Activities include the review and assessment of the data content for each component of the census and the coordination of these data needs with data providers and data users There are no activities planned in FY 2014
Mail List Development and Mail-out ($339000 and 3 FTE) The primary activity for FY 2014 will be ongoing research into state government legislation searching for appropriate secondary sources that contain information on newly created governments and government types and discussions with state experts This work is vital to maintaining an updated universe for supplementing existing sampling design and providing an adequate bridge to the organization component for the next census
Collection and Processing ($5439000 and 45 FTE) This activity includes all data collection and processing operations for each of the census of governments ndash traditional mail canvass survey operations expanding Internet data collection options field and office enumeration and compilation activities and electronic data collection In FY 2014 we will complete employment processing including the development of imputations and tabulations In the finance component we will complete central collections compilations editing and research of secondary sources for nonrespondents
Publication and Dissemination ($2247000 and 12 FTE) This activity includes all operations related to the final review of data for public release tabulation and publication of census findings and dissemination of information to data users Activities during FY 2014 will include disseminating data products for all three components of the census including state descriptions in the organization component data tables and a summary publication in the employment component and data tables and summary publications in the finance component specifically retirement system and school district finances data tables and data files for BEA
Statement of Need and Economic Benefits ndash Cost Benefit Analysis
The census of governments provides economic information used to develop the state and local government portion of the GDP which accounts for about 12 percent of the total This Census covers approximately 90000 state and local government units and sub-agencies and collects data on more than 19 million state and local government employees 15 percent of the US
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workforce Detailed information on nearly $27 trillion in public retirement system assets one of the largest pools of funding for market investments is collected disseminated and published The 2012 Census of Governments consists of three components government organization public employment and government finances Fiscal Year 2014 funding is requested for activities necessary in these three components For the government organization component funding is requested primarily to create and produce a report that includes the final count of governments as well as descriptions of government structures In the employment component funds will be used to produce data files and a publication that provides information on public employment and payroll In the finance component funds will be used to create and produce tables and detailed summaries on retirement system and school district finances as well as preparing data files for the BEA The 2012 Census of Governments will demonstrate efficiencies in both data collection procedures and editing methods The 2012 Census of Governments will have expanded use of electronic reporting for collections Likewise due to comprehensive research on administrative records and private sector data the Finance component will be able to utilize such data sources to supplement direct collections Improvements to macro and micro edit methods will also lead to cost and time savings in the data processing phase These operational efficiencies allow staff to devote necessary time to developing analytic reports and data dissemination interfaces These needed improvements were recommended in the Committee on National Statisticsrsquo 2007 Report State and Local Governments at a Crossroads mentioned earlier These improvements begin to address the recommendations in that report and show progress towards programmatic change Base Resources Assessment
Base Resource Amount $11467000 Base FTE 74 The goals of the census of governments are to identify the scope and nature of the nationrsquos state and local government sector provide authoritative benchmark figures in the areas of public finance and public employment classify local government organization powers and activities and measure Federal state and local fiscal relationships The census of governments is the only source of comprehensive and uniformly classified data on the economic activities of state and local governments The census of governments programs are divided into three components organization employment and finance bull The Organization component establishes the universe of state and local government
entities and identifies the disparate nature of intergovernmental relationships within each state-area It is within this component that the definition structure and number of governmental entities are determined
bull The Employment component provides data on the number of full-time and part-time employees with corresponding f ull-time and part-time pay by governmental function
bull The Finance component data describe how much money governments take in and spend and quantify debt and asset characteristics The Finance data consist of various deliverables on taxes assets of public pension systems and comprehensive statistics on state and l ocal government finances These data cover revenues by type expenditures by character and function indebtedness by term and cash and securities holdings
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Schedule and Milestones FY 2014 The census of governments will bull Complete the organization component data release bull Complete employment processing including the development of imputations and
tabulations bull Complete the employment component data release bull Complete processing of central collections compilations editing and research of
secondary sources for nonrespondents for the finance component bull Release data on retirement systems from the finance component bull Release data on school district finances from the finance component bull Prepare and deliver data files for the BEA for the finance component
FY 2015 The census of governments will bull Conduct lessons learned on the 2012 Census of Governments bull Complete the 2017 Census of Governments project plan
FY 2016 The census of governments will bull Complete a review of program components and content with data users bull Finalize report form content for the 2017 Census of Governments bull Complete development of the organization component questionnaires for the 2017
Census of Governments FY 2017 The census of governments will bull Mail and collect data for the 2016 Government Units Survey bull Mail the 2017 Census of Governments Employment Component survey bull Prepare for the mail-out of the 2017 Census of Governments Finance Component
surveys FY 2018 The census of governments will bull Evaluate the universe frame from the Governments Master Address File bull Prepare and deliver data files for the BEA for the employment component bull Mail the 2017 Census of Governments Finance Component surveys
Deliverables Key objectives of the FY 2014 work include developing and disseminating the state descriptions preparing and delivering data products from the employment component including a summary publication and data tables disseminated electronically and preparing and delivering data products from the finance component including retirement system and school district finances data tables and data files for BEA
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Risk Assessment The Census of Governments provides economic information for state and local governments that represent approximately twelve percent of the GDP Fiscal Year 2014 is the final year of the Census of Governments life cycle If the Census of Governments is not funded at the requested level final data processing and release of data files will be impacted Without final disposition of the data collected from the Census of Governments the quality of the data that represent twelve percent of GDP will be compromised and in turn will impact the quality of the measures of GDP Data from the Census of Governments are a critical component to GDP which inform decision makers about the health of the economy
Information Technology Reductions and Reinvestments
The Census of Governments contains a reallocation of funds among object classes to reflect a realignment of information technology funding See the Executive Summary for discussion
2 Administrative Savings (-$21000 0 FTE)
The Census of Governments contains a reduction of $21000 and 0 FTE to reflect this programs share of administrative savings In addition the Census Bureau continues to aggressively reduce travel expenses and the FY 2014 request reflects a savings of $30000 within this program that will be redirected to other priorities See the Executive Summary for discussion
Performance Goals and Measurement Data This program supports the Department of Commercersquos Science and Information goal to generate and communicate new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems It supports objective 14 to enable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and services
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Performance Goal
FY 2013
Target
FY 2014
Target
FY 2015
Target
FY 2016
Target
FY 2017
Target
FY 2018
Target
With Change 1) Mail Census of Governshyments Finance Component survey forms by January 2013 2) Release Census of Governshyments preliminary counts of local governshyments by March 2013
1) Release 2012 Census of Governshyments Organizashytion publication by March 2014 2) Release Census of Governshyments Employshyment Component to the Internet by May 2014
1) Complete an evaluation of the content processing and dissemination components of the 2012 Census of Governshyments 2) Prepare a detailed project plan for all components of the 2017 Census of Governments
1) Finalize report form content for the 2017 Census of Governshyments 2) Complete forms design for the organization component for the 2017 Census of Governshyments
1) Mail Census of Governments Organization Component survey forms by November 2016 2) Mail Census of Governments Employment Component survey forms by March 2017
1) Mail Census of Governshyments Finance Component survey forms by January 2018 2) Release Census of Governments preliminary counts of local governshyments by March 2018
(Continued from previous page)
FY 2013
Target
FY 2014
Target
FY 2015
Target
FY 2016
Target
FY 2017
Target
FY 2018
Target
Without Change
1) Mail Census of Governshyments Finance Component survey forms by January 2013 2) Release Census of Governshyments preliminary counts of local governshyments by March 2013
1) Release 2012 Census of Governshyments Organizashytion publication by March 2014 2) Release Census of Governshyments Employshyment Component to the Internet by May 2014
1) Complete an evaluation of the content processing and disseminashytion components of the 2012 Census of Governshyments 2) Prepare a detailed project plan for all components of the 2017 Census of Governshyments
1) Finalize report form content for the 2017 Census of Governshyments 2) Complete forms design for the organization component for the 2017 Census of Governshyments
1) Mail Census of Governments Organization Component survey forms by November 2016 2) Mail Census of Governments Employment Component survey forms by March 2017
1) Mail Census of Governments Finance Component survey forms by January 2018 2) Release Census of Governments preliminary counts of local governments by March 2018
Description This supports the Census Bureaursquos performance measure to ldquocomplete key activities for cyclical census programs on time to support effective decision-making by policymakers businesses and the public and meet constitutional and legislative mandatesrdquo
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL
Budget Program Sub-program Program Change
Statistical Assistant Subtotal
Title
Economic statistics programs Census of governments Census of governments
Location Grade Suitland MD GS-05
Number of Positions
-2 -2
Annual Salary $31315
Total Salaries
-$62630-62630
Distributed share of staff for centralized services Subtotal
-1 -3
-25960-88590
Less Lapse Total Full-time permanent
Total
2013 Pay Adjustment 2014 Pay Adjustment
0
05 00
0 -3
-3
0 -88590
-443 0
-89033
Personnel Data Full-time Equivalent Employment
Full-time permanent Other than full-time permanent Total
Number
-3 -2 -5
Authorized Positions Full-time permanent Other than full-time permanent Total
-3 -1 -4
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Economic statistics programs Sub-program Census of governments Program Change Census of governments
2014 Object Class Decrease
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
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Included in this total are administrative savings for the following line items Direction -4 Content determination and design 0 Mail list development and mail out -1 Collection and processing -11 Publication and dissemination -5
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Exhibit 12 ndash 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Periodic Censuses and Programs BUDGET PROGRAM Demographic Statistics Programs For FY 2014 the Census Bureau requests an increase of $98567000 and 90 FTE from the FY 2014 base for a total of $496498000 and 3709 FTE for Demographic Statistics Programs BASE JUSTIFICATION Demographic Statistics Programs Overview The Census Bureaursquos mission is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the Nationrsquos people and economy The Demographic Statistics Programs activity furthers this mission by providing key benchmark measures about the U S population The Demographic Statistics Programs ($4965 million and 3709 FTE) budget is organized into three subactivities under the Periodic Censuses and Programs account bull The Intercensal Demographic estimates subactivity ($99 million and 62 FTE) consists of one
line item by the same name bull The 2010 Decennial Census Program subactivity ($0 million and 0 FTE) currently consists of
one line item by the same name bull The 2020 Decennial Census Program subactivity ($4866 million and 3647 FTE) contains
the American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2020 Census SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS-TO-BASE (ATBs) The Census Bureau requests an increase of $739000 to fund ad justments to the Demographic Statistics programs This increase will fund a portion of the estimated 2014 Federal pay raise of 1 percent SUB-PROGRAM Intercensal Demographic Estimates The Intercensal Demographic Estimates program assists elected officials and government program managers in allocating hundreds of billions of dollars each year by giving them updated estimates of the United States population for the country states counties cities and townships Through this legislatively required program policymakers and program managers are able to better understand their populationrsquos size as well as its basic characteristics such as age sex race and Hispanic origin and estimates of the number of housing units in the years between the decennial censuses Since the United States population grows and changes between decennial censuses ndash and governments base many of their funding decisions on the size and basic characteristics of the population ndash effective and efficient government requires these updated estimates The intercensal demographic estimates program supports the Department of Commerce Strategic Planrsquos Science and Information goal of generating and communicating new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems This supports objective 14 to ldquoenable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and servicesrdquo
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Title 13 Section 181 of the US Code requires the Census Bureau to produce annual data on the population size and certain population characteristics (age race ethnicity and sex) for the nation states counties and local units of government with a population of 50000 or more This law also requires the Census Bureau to produce biennial estimates of total population for all local units of general-purpose government regardless of their size Further the law specifies the use of such estimates by Federal agencies when allocating Federal benefits to states counties and local units of government when they are based on population size
Among the Federal programs that use these intercensal estimates to allocate funds are the Department of Health and Human Servicesrsquo Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) Social Service Block GrantsEntitlement Grants Program and State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program the Department of Housing and Urban Developmentrsquos Community Development Block Grant Program and the Department of Laborrsquos Employment and Training Administration ndash Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Workers Program Hundreds of billions of dollars in Federal funds are distributed to states and other areas based in some part on intercensal estimates The Congressional Budget Office uses the intercensal estimates throughout their reports and analysis
These estimates of the geographic distribution of the population are also used for decisions about state and local government services planning utility services redefining metropolitan areas and locating retail outlets and manufacturing establishments Federal time-series that are produced on a per capita basis such as per capita income births per capita and cancer incidence rates per capita also rely on these estimates for their denominators The intercensal population estimates are used as the controls for all household surveys conducted by the Census Bureau These surveys have a major impact on the accuracy of the countryrsquos key measures such as unemployment inflation income poverty and health insurance coverage Intercensal estimates are essential to controlling variability in the surveys that provide these measures
The Census Bureau is responsible for developing and implementing the technical methods that produce the estimates Recent experience in the acquisition processing and integration of the various administrative and survey data related to international migration have led to improvements in the accuracy and reliability of the national population estimates To produce the sub-national estimates population-modeling techniques are applied to a wide variety of administrative data which must be processed and integrated
The Census Bureaursquos Intercensal Demographic Estimates Program has a cooperative program with the states the Federal State Cooperative Program for Population Estimates (FSCPE) The Census Bureau established this partnership with the states in 1967 to foster cooperation in the annual production of population and housing estimates for states counties and subcounty areas State members of the FSCPE provide input data for their respective statersquos estimates and review the results prior to public release of the data The state representatives also provide advice and guidance on technical issues involved in the production of estimates This cooperative and collaborative process is essential in making the population estimates a reliable and useful indicator of how the United States changes between censuses
The Census Bureaursquos Intercensal Demographic Estimates Program also works with external researchers on evaluations of the population estimates methodology In 2008 the program conducted a large research effort to evaluate the administrative records method which is used to produce the population estimates at the national state and county level against a series of alternative methods This involved research internal to the Census Bureau and also external
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experts The administrative records method performed well when compared to alternative methods The Census Bureau conducted another large research project to evaluate the population estimates against the 2010 Census results This effort involved internal and external researchers The Census Bureau examined the administrative records method and the housing unit method Eight external researchers examined alternative methodologies for producing population estimates (eg the ratio correlation method the housing unit method etc) In March 2012 the Census Bureau hosted a conference at which we shared the results of both the internal and external research on population estimates The results of both the internal and external research documented the accuracy of the administrative records method when compared to the alternative methods The general conclusion of the research was that the administrative records method is the best method to use for producing population estimates at the county state and national level The use of administrative records is also cost efficient It utilizes data that are collected by other government agencies (eg births deaths etc) in the estimation process
There are several metrics that are used to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of the program The first of these is the yearly release of the population estimates Under Title 26 population totals for the nation and states must be released by December 31 of the estimatesrsquo year The program has met this deadline each year of this decade Under Title 2 state estimates for the population aged 18 and over must be released to the Federal Election Committee the first week of January after the estimatesrsquo year This deadline has been met each year since 2006
In addition to those releases the Intercensal Demographic Estimates program releases on an annual basis population estimates by age sex race and Hispanic origin for the nation states and counties It releases population totals for sub-county areas and metro areas It releases population estimates by age and sex for Puerto Rico and the municipios The program also releases estimates of housing units for states and counties The goal is to release these estimates within 15 months of the estimate dates The program has met this goal each year since 2006 For the Vintage 2011 estimates all of the products were released by June 30 2012
Another metric used to measure the performance of the program is the delivery of survey controls The population estimates are used as survey controls for all major surveys including the Current Population Survey which produces the official unemployment and poverty rates The population estimates are delivered each month to this survey for use as controls The program has met each of these monthly deadlines since 2006 The program also delivers population and housing units to the ACS each year in May This deadline has been met since 2006
In addition to the above releases and deliveries the program delivers population estimates to over 350 internal and external customers The external customers consist of other Federal agencies state agencies and researchers
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PROGRAM CHANGES
Information Technology Reductions and Reinvestments
The Intercensal Demographic Estimates program contains a reallocation of funds among object classes to reflect a realignment of information technology funding See the Executive Summary for discussion
1 Administrative Savings (-$200000 -1FTE)
The Intercensal Demographic Estimates program contains a reduction of $200000 and 1 FTE to reflect this programs share of administrative savings In addition the Census Bureau continues to aggressively reduce travel expenses and the FY 2014 request reflects a savings of $38000 within this program that will be redirected to other priorities See the Executive Summary for discussion
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Sub-program Program Change
Demographic statistics programs Intercensal demographic estimates Administrative savings
11 111 113 115 118 119 12 13 21 22 231 232 233 24 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 26 31 32 33 41 42 43 44
Object Class Personnel compensation Full-time permanent Other than full-time permanent Other personnel compensation Special personnel services payments Total personnel compensation Civilian personnel benefits Benefits for former personnel Travel and transportation of persons Transportation of things Rental payments to GSA Rental payments to others Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges Printing and reproduction Advisory and assistance services Other services from non-Federal sources Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts Operation and maintenance of facilities Research and development contracts Medical care Operation and maintenance of equipment Subsistence and support of persons Supplies and materials Equipment Lands and structures Investments and loans Grants subsidies and contributions Insurance claims and indemnities Interest and dividends Refunds
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SUB-PROGRAM 2010 Decennial Census Program
No funding is requested for the 2010 Decennial Census Program in FY 2014 The Census Bureau will complete the conduct of the 2010 Census in FY 2013 and ACS will be transferred to the 2020 Decennial Census Program
PROGRAM CHANGES
2010 Census (-$55476000 -291 FTE)
This decrease represents the completion of the 2010 Decennial Census Program
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL
Budget Program Demographic statistics programs Sub-program 2010 Decennial census program
Program Change 2010 Census Number Annual Total
Title Location Grade of Positions Salary Salaries Program Manager Suitland MD GS-15 -2 $123758 -$247516 Program Manager Suitland MD GS-15 -1 123758 -123758 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-15 -1 123758 -123758 Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-15 -1 123758 -123758 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-15 -1 123758 -123758 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-15 -1 123758 -123758 Geographer Suitland MD GS-14 -2 108717 -217434 Decennial Specialist Suitland MD GS-14 -1 108717 -108717 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-14 -2 105211 -210422 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-14 -2 105211 -210422 Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-14 -3 105211 -315633 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-14 -10 105211 -1052110 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-14 -10 105211 -1052110 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-14 -1 105211 -105211 Geographer Suitland MD GS-13 -3 92001 -276003 Decennial Specialist Suitland MD GS-13 -1 92001 -92001 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-13 -10 92001 -920010 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-13 -1 92001 -92001 Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-13 -4 92001 -368004 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-13 -15 92001 -1380015 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-13 -11 92001 -1012011 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-13 -1 92001 -92001 Geographer New York NY GS-12 -5 90515 -452575 Geographer Philadelphia PA GS-12 -2 88088 -176176 Geographer Detroit MI GS-12 -1 97231 -97231 Geographer Chicago IL GS-12 -2 85456 -170912 Geographer Charlotte NC GS-12 -1 89450 -89450 Geographer Altanta GA GS-12 -5 79090 -395450 Geographer Denver CO GS-12 -4 86155 -344620 Geographer Los Angeles CA GS-12 -6 89418 -536508 Geographer Suitland MD GS-12 -4 77368 -309472 Human Resource Specialist Suitland MD GS-12 -1 74782 -74782 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-12 -5 77368 -386840 Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-12 -6 77368 -464208 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-12 -13 77368 -1005784 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-12 -19 77368 -1469992 Geographer Suitland MD GS-11 -1 64548 -64548 Decennial Specialist Jeffersonville IN GS-11 -6 59321 -355926 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-11 -1 62467 -62467 Cartographer Technician Jeffersonville IN GS-9 -7 53773 -376411 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-9 -3 51630 -154890 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-9 -2 51630 -103260 Clerk Suitland MD GS-7 -1 42209 -42209 Clerk Suitland MD GS-6 -1 39249 -39249 Secretary (OA) Suitland MD GS-5 -2 35210 -70420 Subtotal -182 -15613791
Distributed share of staff for centralized services -111 -11062998 Subtotal -293 -26676789
Less Lapse 28 8 746950 Total Full-time permanent -285 -25929839 2013 Pay Adjustment 05 -129649 2014 Pay Adjustment 00 0 TOTAL -285 -26059488
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL (Continued)
Personnel Data Number Full-time Equivalent Employment
Full-time permanent -285 Other than full-time permanent -6 Total -291
Authorized Positions Full-time permanent -293 Other than full-time permanent -6 Total -299
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Demographic statistics programs Sub-program 2010 Decennial census program Program Change 2010 Census
2014 Object Class Decrease
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent -$26059 113 Other than full-time permanent -638 115 Other personnel compensation -315 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation -27012 12 Civilian personnel benefits -8618 13 Benefits for former personnel -180 21 Travel and transportation of persons -662 22 Transportation of things -41 231 Rental payments to GSA -2949 232 Rental payments to others -445 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges -893 24 Printing and reproduction -50 251 Advisory and assistance services -3342 252 Other services from non-Federal sources -1832 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts -1711 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities -1129 255 Research and development contracts -415 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment -2290 258 Subsistence and support of persons -66 26 Supplies and materials -252 31 Equipment -3589 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations -55476
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SUB-PROGRAM 2020 Decennial Census Program The decennial census has been conducted since the birth of the Nation It provides the official population counts for determining the allocation to states of seats in the US House of Representatives and for determining how the districts are defined for those seats The Census Bureau also provides state level data necessary for each state to determine congressional state and local legislative boundaries The provision of these data is mandated in the US Constitution and Title 13 of the US Code The decennial census program including ACS provides comprehensive and useful demographic information about all people living in the United States Puerto Rico and the associated Island Areas The program also provides data for small geographic areas and population groups that Federal agencies need to implement legally mandated programs Over $400 billion in Federal funding is allocated annually using information from the decennial census program
PROGRAM CHANGES 1 2020 Census ($158991000 388 FTE) Fiscal Year 2014 is the third year of funding for the three-year Research and Testing phase o f the 2020 Census The FY 2014 budget request expands and supports the research and testing phase for the 2020 Decennial Census Program The focus of FY 2014 activities will be to support the research and testing infrastructure allowing us to effectively test (1) new enumeration methods (2) new processes to support field operations (3) more cost-effective IT systems and (4) address and spatial frame-related methods needed for the 2020 Census to s upplement research bei ng carried out in the geographic support program By the end of FY 2014 the Census Bureau intends to make key preliminary design decision(s) for the 2020 Census in preparation for acquisitions and systems development beginning in FY 2015 Additionally focus will be on continued implementation of program management and systems engineering activities to ensure effective management and technicaloperational cohesion of research and testing projects Consequently the research and testing agenda (supported by strong program and risk management and systems engineering) addresses the major cost and quality drivers in the census critical to achieving the strategic vision and goals FY 2014 Key Program Activities The FY 2014 key program activities continue building a strong foundation for managing and testing new decennial census systems and methods Consequently the 2020 Census program management systems engineering and research and testing efforts in FY 2014 center on bull Continuing implementation of critical program management processes including risk
schedule budget performance and acquisition management to ensure integrated and effective management at the Census Bureau program and project levels
bull Continuing implementation of systems engineering and integration technical processes including requirements management and development engineering change management and configuration management as well as architecture development to ensure technical integration at the Census Bureau program and project levels
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bull Using an iterative and agile testing approach supporting and executing the remainder of field tests intended to quickly assess critical components of the research agenda
bull Conducting qualitative tests for evaluating the impacts of different modes on questionnaire design technical interfaces and human reaction
bull Testing the coverage and quality of using administrative records for obtaining information from nonrespondent households which could significantly reduce the cost of field operations and free up resources to focus on hard-to-count populations
bull Prototyping components of the integrated IT infrastructure field automation and workload management applications
bull Using prototypes of the Master Address File (MAF) error model in field tests to s upport assessing approaches to independently measure error in the MAF in support of the geographic support program and
bull Reusing existing systems to support field t ests FY 2014 Project-Related Activities The FY 2014 project-related activities describe the workflow across the last year of the Research and Testing phase and embody the proof of concept work leading to preliminary design decisions During FY 2012 plans were developed and teams identified candidate methods for testing a number of operational options over the next two years In FY 2013 we will focus refining options We intend to conduct numerous small operational field tests to iteratively test and refine options We will also plan for our 2020 Census acquisitions In FY 2014 we will conduct field tests including a large national response test with a follow-up component to support selecting frame enumeration and infrastructure op tions The field test results will inform the following decisions bull Selection of at least two evidence-based preliminary designs for the 2020 Census bull Selection of at least two approaches for automating tailoring and increasing the efficiencies
of response bull Selection of at least two approaches for integrating and optimizing the IT and Field
infrastructures and bull Selection of at least two approaches for measuring and improving the MAF quality
Finally as a result of these preliminary design decision(s) we plan to prepare for the award of acquisitions that will begin in FY 2015 In order to ensure that we have sufficient expertise we are leveraging existing contracts such as the Census Bureaursquos existing Research and Development contract through which we can reach a number of strong technical and research-oriented expertise to support research and testing projects during this first planning phase Further the 2020 Census program will be included in an overall bureau-wide acquisition strategy for IT goods and services Specific areas of research are listed below
Census Frame Research and Testing Priorities (augmenting the geographic support program) bull Adjusting t he prototype continuing analysis and testing a MAF error model for use in
understanding the on going quality of the MAF
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bull Independently measuring MAF quality including t he identification of quality thresholds that will inform decisions regarding at what point Address Canvassing becomes necessary
bull Conducting focus groups with governments to obtain insight on what changes in the statutorily mandated Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) program are warranted especially given the potential to use only targeted address canvassing at the end of the decade
bull Researching and testing new MAF extract rules and plans for standardizing MAF definitions across programs and assessing the impact on data quality and coverage and
bull Examining current MAF business rules and analyzing how changes to the business rules support improved data quality and coverage
Enumeration Research and Testing Priorities bull Developing and testing electronic self-response options such as a standard Internet
option and smart phone and email responses bull Developing and testing the use of automated instruments for field data collection such
as address listing and enumeration bull Developing and testing the feasibility of tailoring response modes by demographics and
geography bull Conducting research around the use of administrative records to support and augment
response bull For different response modes testing the human-to-system interface and the system-toshy
system interface against questionnaire design usability and connectivity and bull Conducting research around how to link a physical address to a person-based response
(eg from an e-mail address)
Infrastructure Research and Testing Priorities
bull Developing and testing bureau-wide systems solutions for an integrated workload management listing and enumeration automation
bull Developing and testing integrated information technology solutions bull Developing and testing the reengineering of the process timeline from notification
through capture processing and response database development and bull Continuing r esearch to enhance administrative records databases
Proposed Plans and Deliverables by Investment Area To organize the research and testing phase work we identified eight investment areas The required work will be linked through a defined 2020 Census Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) so that for any given fiscal year it is clear what work is being done at what cost and where acquisitions are in their life cycles The following is a description of the work and major deliverables in FY 2014 by investment area Program management ($12667000 and 59FTE) Funding supports overall management for the planning of the 2020 Census Specifically funding covers the significant task of refining and
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implementing strategic and program management processes Program process areas include risk change issues performance schedule sourcing governance communications human capital management and budget management which includes budget formulation presentation and execution It also supports development and oversight of the programrsquos Research and Testing Plan and numerous program execution products including acquisitions Further this funding supports interactions with oversight activities by the Government Accountability Office the Office of the Inspector General the Office of Management and Budget and others and working with and supporting the Census Bureau advisory committees Key deliverables include bull FY 2015 Business Plan bull FY 2014 Operating Plans bull Artifacts from the continued implementation of program management processes baselined in
FY 2012 including a 2020 Census schedule risk mitigation and contingency plans and the Program Dashboard and
bull Preliminary full life cycle cost estimate ranges for down-selected design alternatives Systems engineering and integration ($10878000 and 25 FTE) Funding supports the implementation of a consistent systems engineering process for each development effort It includes the implementation of a systems engineering process to integrate the components of systems operations and application development efforts into an enabling operational infrastructure Key activities include establishing and maintaining the 2020 census program initial physical and logical architecture and design ndash leveraging the Census Bureaursquos enterprise architecture to assure that component systems designs are consistent with mandated standards and that they are designed to inter-operate as required supporting a requirements development and management process to assure that operational requirements (and constraints) are fully understood and translated into technical requirements evolving operational and systems concepts of operation conducting analyses of alternatives to identify preferred options taking into account expected costs and benefits leveraging a modular open system design to a llow for necessary evolution of requirements and expected technology refresh opportunities establishing a technical integration process to assure that separately developed components can and do operate cooperatively consistent with the concept of operations and establishing a systems engineering and integration function in support of the decennial census planning office Key deliverables include bull Updated Test and Evaluation Management Plan bull Updated Systems of Systems Engineering Life Cycle bull Rebaselined Systems Engineering Management Plan bull Federal Information Security Management Act Certification and Accreditation Products bull 2020 Program and Project level Requirements Products bull Updated 2020 Census Target Business Architecture for design options being considered and
tests being carried out and bull Updates to Migration Plan from the 2010 Census Business Architecture to the 2020 Census
Business Architecture Census frame ($7493000 and 48 FTE) Funding for the 2020 Census Frame projects together with the Geographic Support Systems Initiative will ensure that the decennial censusrsquo needs with regard to the MAF quality are well understood adequately measured and that deficiencies are addressed Funding supports developing a comprehensive error model for the MAF to be used to measure quality needed for the decennial census conducting independent MAF quality assessments which are intended to ensure that quality measures are being met and implementing a LUCA improvement project for increasing the utility and efficiency of LUCA especially in a potential
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targeted address canvassing environment All projects are crucial for ensuring that the 2020 Census begins with a high quality MAF which is the single biggest predictor of a quality census Key deliverables include bull MAF Error Model Prototype bull Final report on candidate methods and selected options for Independent Ongoing MAF
Quality Assessment bull Final report on candidate methods and selected options for LUCA processes bull Candidate options for Frame Extract Evaluation bull Candidate options for MAFTIGER Business Rules Improvement bull Field Test Plans and bull Qualitative Test Plans Enumeration ($81397000 and 308 FTE) Funding supports expanding automating tailoring and increasing the efficienciesmethods of response It includes projects that attempt to reduce paper make i t easier to be counted and tailor response modes to geographic or demographic groups If more and automated self-response options are available such as Internet response they could engender higher self-response resulting in decreased cost and increased quality (self-response is typically of better quality than enumerator-completed r esponse) This investment area also includes examining whether administrative records can be used for nonresponse applications Should this prove feasible there would be less required fieldwork and less data capture resulting in a smaller field infrastructure and ultimately lower cost In this investment area projects cluster into several areas (1) workload management including the development of an integrated system that provides multi-mode case tracking (2) optimizing self-response which includes investigating new electronic modes (such as internet response) new contact modes (such as post office boxes and email addresses) (3) investigating alternative approaches and methodologies to field response follow-up including alternative contacts (such as cell phone and email) as well as using administrative records to supplement nonresponse data and (4) automated field infrastructure in which we investigate how to design and implement efficient field automation Key deliverables include bull Hardware and architecture preliminary prototypes to support automating field activities bull Field Test Plans bull Qualitative Test Plans bull Analyses of candidate methods and selected options for nonresponse follow-up (nonshy
administrative records) bull Analyses of candidate modes and selected options for self-response bull Refined options for Workload Management System bull Refined options for questionnaire content design and mode study bull Options for multiple m ode interface study bull Refined non-ID processing approaches and bull Software prototypes for inclusion in Be Counted Systems Response processing ($8518000 and 46 FTE) Funding supports continued ex plorations to improve coding editing and as a last resort imputation of missing count and response items During FY 2014 we will continue to test options to improve the efficiency and integration of these
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three related processes and to test new options for conducting item and count imputation The key deliverables are bull Results of prototype testing for live coding editing and imputation and bull Final report and s elected options for coding editing and imputation Data products ($16159000 and 37 FTE) Funding supports ongoing maintenance and support of the Data Access and Dissemination System (DADS) In FY 2014 we will also begin to plan for the 2020 data products (content media etc) The key deliverable is bull Maintain the data system that disseminates the Decennial Census data Evaluative programs ($0 and 0 FTE) No funding is requested in this activity Infrastructure ($107660000 and 339 FTE) Funding supports improving consolidating streamlining and integrating IT and field infrastructures Projects supporting this include initiating the move to an enterprise infrastructure that establishes a common IT environment and facilitating the use of ACS as a 2020 Census test bed This includes the purchase of hardware and software that will provide cloud computing to support the 2020 Census projects starting in 2014 researching and examining improved matching techniques assessing applicability for various decennial census applications researching and enhancing administrative records data sources looking at quality coverage and t imeliness of data researching and testing alternative contact frames (such as PO boxes and email) for both self- and nonresponse testing the use of administrative records to reduce non-response operations studying privacy and confidentiality concerns researching and testing the utilization of technology (such as Global Positioning System coordinates) to i mprove quality control researching and gathering data on alternative training techniques including computer-based training expanding on the Integrated Logistics Management Study ndash investigating process improvements associated with large-scale deployment of equipment materials and personnel as is the case with a decennial census and standing up a Local Census Office (LCO) test bed that provides an environment through which we can model LCO functions and applications for process improvement and early prototype development and testing If Bureau-wide streamlined and integrated approaches are adopted there will be fewer and more compatible systems hence decreasing costs increasing quality and having transferable systems and methods Further should the field infrastructure and logistics model be streamlined significant cost and time savings will occur The key deliverables include bull Analyses selected methods for improving quality control of field work bull Prototypes of alternative administrative records and contact frame databases bull Refined prototypes of hardwaresoftware candidate solutions for IT infrastructure bull Report on selected communication strategies and selected options for privacy and
confidentiality concerns bull Report on methods for improving matching process bull Selected opt ions for contact methods bull Final report on gono go decision of use of administrative records for non-response
applications bull Defined methods for field staff training bull Refined options for field infrastructure models bull Refined options for logistics and inventory models
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bull Operational LCO Test Bed and bull Field Test Plans
Linkages with Other InitiativesPrograms The 2020 Census program will take advantage of related work across the Census Bureau Therefore we have identified specific relationships and interactions not only between and among program projects but also with other initiativesprograms particularly with the expansion of the Geographic Support program in FY 2011 The following is a summary of the interdependencies bull Supplement research included in the Geographic Support program To ensure no
duplication of effort clear project-by-project delineation will be decided to guide which activities belong in the Geographic Support program and which are required for 2020 Census independent research Specifically 2020 Census frame-related projects are focused on developing independent customer-focused methods for understanding error in the MAF measuring M AF quality over the decade and in improving LUCA Without these projects there is a high risk that we may not be able to discern the true quality of the MAF potentially leading to the need for a costly full address canvassing Results will flow in both directions between the Geographic Support program and 2020 Census research projects
bull Integrate appropriate testing into the ACS Methods Panel infrastructure bull Look for opportunities for bureau-wide architecture and IT solutions looking to the Chief
Information Officer as the systems overseer for enterprise IT solutions bull Integrate key components of the field infrastructure into all planning Statement of Need and Economic Benefits The multiyear integrated program for planning testing and developing the constitutionally mandated decennial census begins with developing and solidifying t he research and testing infrastructure in FY 2012 and continues through FY 2013 and FY 2014 As stated earlier the vision is ldquoAn efficient and quality census supported by corporate systems methods and infrastructurerdquo The expected results of the approaches for the 2020 Census are described below These are not exhaustive but are meant to highlight areas where approaches for the 2020 Census specifically strive to overcome some of the problems encountered in the 2010 Census Further we describe the potential program return on investment bull Establishing early program integration and common vision setting and aligning
major program control points o 2020 Approach Development of the Strategic Plan early in the life cycle to guide
subsequent plans and work A full life cycle integrated schedule including a WBS will link budgets work acquisitions and testing
o 2010 Approach Program management plans were not an early priority resulting in the need to finalize these plans late in the cycle in response to crisis Schedule information was not always linked to the budget resulting in the lack of an integrated view of the full life cycle with schedules and budgets out of alignment
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bull Estimated costs better aligned with actual costs
o 2020 Approach Use of a budget approach that incorporates successive approximation techniques for reduced uncertainty and allowing f or alternative cost estimates in FY 2013 and greater precision the closer we get to FY 2020
o 2010 Approach In 2000 the Census Bureau had to develop a full life cycle budget
for the 2010 Census before work on the actual design for 2010 had even begun This resulted in a misalignment between budget and schedule causing us to repeat some issues that occurred during Census 2000
bull Reduced contract risk and solutions to better meet actual program needs
o 2020 Approach Adoption of an overall 2020 Census acquisition strategy for external contractor support that is fully integrated with the Department of Commercersquos acquisition guidelines This strategy will include sourcing process criteria to enforce and document in-houseout-source and buildbuy decisions
o 2010 Approach Use of multiple acquisition strategies resulting in late or incomplete
acquisitions and misalignment of budgeted costs to contractor proposals causing early re-scoping
bull Fewer and less severe risk events o 2020 Approach Initiation of risk management at the beginning of the planning cycle
to mitigate risk early in the decennial census research and testing cycle
o 2010 Approach No formal mechanism to manage risk until the production phase of the program This means during t he RampD phase risks sometimes escalated to issues
bull Better metrics for determining how the program is progressing across numerous
projects o 2020 Approach Define a Performance Management Plan which includes Earned
Value Management for all projects in the program to illustrate how a projectrsquos performance measures are related to its specific problems goals and objectives
o 2010 Approach Performance Management was not systematically used resulting in approaches being designed on an ad hoc basis to communicate how each project in the program was progressing Earned Value Management was used mainly for major contracts
bull Increased efficiency reduced costs higher quality and reduced data collection
timeline andor lower differential undercount o Self-Response Options
2020 Approach Investigation of a wide array of electronic self-response options also researching and testing of response modes to tailor by demographics and geography
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2010 Approach Initially investigated the use of an Internet option but
dropped plans based on IT security concerns and cost-benefit analysis Implemented targeted replacement mailings and a bilingual form
o Nonresponse Options
2020 Approach Research and testing automated data collection instruments use of alternative modes of data collection testing the use of administrative records in various nonresponse applications and the use of more efficient strategies for traditional nonresponse follow-up including reduced number of contacts and alternative contact modes (eg email)
2010 Approach Initially planned the use of handheld computers for
Nonresponse Follow-up but dropped those plans due to major contract management issues As a contingency used a traditional paper-based labor-intensive and expensive non-response approach (involving up to six contacts)
o Headquarters and Field Automation
2020 Approach Research and testing an integrated workload management system and automation of field operations including a prototype for a bureau-wide listing and enumeration device and a standard operational control system that can be used for other surveys (not just the short-form census)
2010 Approach As contingencies to the Field Data Collection Automation
contract the 2010 Census ended up using separate operational control systems two listing devices and no automated enumeration devices resulting in additional expense higher risk due to the decision to go back to paper coming late in the program and potentially higher error rates
o IT Infrastructure
2020 Approach Research and testing the feasibility of a common IT infrastructure (ie hardware software telecommunications operating system) for decennial and demographic programs
2010 Approach One-of-a-kind systems were developed solely for the 2010
Census that became somewhat obsolete at the end of the census
o Administrative Records 2020 Approach Conduct research to pursue various uses of administrative
records to increase the efficiency of the 2020 Census while maintaining quality In addition the Census Bureau will expand research capabilities by creating a Record Linkage Research team This team will investigate linkage algorithms data cleaning techniques parameter setting data processing techniques for large files and data quality measures for both input files and matched output
2010 Approach Use of the administrative records database (including t ax record data) in highly restricted and limited applications
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Potential Return on Investment
As stated earlier without substantial innovation and improvements the Census in 2020 will cost much more than the 2010 Census and may not meet the required goals As we progress in the Research and Testing phase move into the Operational Development and Systems Testing phase and integrate results and information obtained from external experts we will be able to further refine the life cycle cost estimate We will narrow the range of estimates as the 2020 Census gets closer
If the design for the 2020 Census were viewed on a continuum of change the purpose of the early research and testing agenda would be to determine how far along the continuum the Census Bureau could proceed without introducing unacceptable risk As mentioned earlier the focus of the 2020 Census research and testing agenda is to research methods aggressively to increase response rates reduce paper through automation and thus reduce field labor and infrastructure To illustrate increasing self-response by one percentage point through alternative contact modes tailored for each demographic group and geographic area (eg targeting younger neighborhoods with smartphone response options) could save the Census Bureau millions of dollars (For the 2010 Census a one percentage-point increase in the mail response rate was estimated to save $85 million)
Risk Assessment
Innovations and improvements are necessary to control the inflation-adjusted cost of undertaking the 2020 Census The need to maintain quality is as important as controlling the cost of the 2020 Census The outlined research and testing projects provide technical evaluation of alternative census designs including examining major aspects of completing a decennial census and performing analyses of proposed methods for improving coverage data quality timeliness and cost effectiveness Our FY 2012-FY 2014 research and testing agenda is very aggressive with the goal of refiningdeciding on key preliminary design decision(s) by the end of FY 2014 Continued investment in this initiative is critical to achieving that goal
Stakeholders expect a very high level of quality and accuracy from the decennial census while conducting the 2020 Census at an inflation-adjusted cost that is less per housing unit than the 2010 Census To achieve this goal research and testing for alternative 2020 census designs must be conducted in order to select a 2020 Census design early in the decade If the research and testing of the 2020 Census design alternatives is not funded at the requested level then the Census Bureau may decide on a preliminary design decision(s) that results in substantially lower coverage than the 2010 Census baseline design resulting in our inability to meet quality goals andor the implementation of a less cost-efficient design This would significantly impact the Census Bureaursquos ability to achieve this high priority goal and the expectations of Congress
2020 Census Program Outcomes of a Successfully Redesigned Decennial Census
The new design for the 2020 Census will produce the Nationrsquos population counts needed to meet its Constitutional mandate of producing the counts once each decade for apportioning the seats in the US House of Representatives among the states
The Census Bureaursquos objective for the Research and Testing Phase (FY 2012-FY 2014) is to develop a preliminary design(s) based on solid research aimed at achieving the goal of
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conducting t he 2020 Census at a lower cost than the 2010 Census (per housing unit on an inflation-adjusted basis) while maintaining high quality results In addition data collected from the 2020 Decennial Census and the ACS will improve the Nationrsquos ability to bull Determine the boundaries of congressional state and local legislative districts bull Allocate Federal funds for state local and tribal governments (estimated to be over
$400 billion annually) bull Monitor and evaluate Federal legislation bull Develop plans for roads schools hospitals and community and job training centers bull Conduct business research and bull Support Federal state tribal and local government responses to emergency situations
Base Resources Assessment
Base Resource Amount $89838000 Base FTE 476 Line Item 2020 Census The Census Bureau has initiated an aggressive and innovative research agenda for the 2020 Census program supporting fundamental changes to program business operational and technical processes to meet its vision and strategic goals respectively Vision An efficient and quality census that counts people once only once and in the right place
Goals
bull A complete and accurate census bull Embraced and valued results bull An efficient census bull A well-managed census
Without substantial and bold innovation the costs of conducting the 2020 Census may become prohibitive The Census Bureau must make fundamental changes to the design implementation and management of the decennial census if it is to meet its goals for the 2020 Census External stakeholders and experts have provided numerous reports and recommendations over the past decade asking for stronger program management and systems engineering approaches as well as urging us to consider more automation and considering new listing and enumeration methods Further we have volumes of internal research and evaluations over the decades which also support rethinking the decennial census The objective of the initiative is to provide sufficient information to make preliminary census decisions by the end o f FY 2014 Consequently we have accelerated into the FY 2012-FY 2014 time period research and testing necessary to develop a preliminary design for key components ndash rather than stretching much of it out over the FY 2012-FY 2018 period This decision was taken in reaction to lessons learned from previous more decentralized decennial research and testing approaches which resulted in the key design decisions not being made until late in the decade
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Without substantive changes to methods and developmental approaches in addition to cost increases the census may not meet the required quality goals The cost of the 2010 Census represents a 38 percent increase in the cost per housing unit over Census 2000 costs which in turn was a 76 percent increase over 1990 Census costs Figure 1 shows the increasing cost per housing unit from 1970 through 2010 (as currently estimated) and where the costs are headed for 2020 without significant changes
$160
$140
$120
$100
$80
$60
$40
$20
$-1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 (proj)
(estd)
$148
$94
$68
$39
$14 $28
Figure 1 Cost per Housing Unit by Census Year 1970 - 2020 (2010 dollars)
Source Bureau of the Census Notes (1) Projected cost per housing unit for 2020 assumes no change in design and real cost growth from 1990-2000 and 2000-2010 averaged (57) (2) Includes the costs for the Master Address FileTopologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing Enhancement Program and American Community Survey The Census Bureau analyzed costs over the 2010 Census life cycle to determine when the greatest costs occurred Most of the costs over the 12-year life cycle occurred in FY 2009 and FY 2010 A major cost in 2009 was the field costs associated with address canvassing (address list updating and map improvements) Most of the costs contributing to the peak in FY 2010 were for data collection This included the costs of follow-up including costs to hire field office staff and enumerators and supporting infrastructure These costs resulted in part from labor-intensive field operations for nonshyresponse follow-up and paper-based data collection Also significant was the cost of initial response including several field operations and an IT infrastructure to support all operations both supported in large part by major contracts and Headquarters staff Given the 50-year history of large cost increases coupled with an increasingly complex demographic and technological environment a new approach is warranted if costs are to be contained The 2020 Census planning approach is to (1) research new methods likely to affect costs early enough to inform timely design decisions (2) incorporate strong risk and program management and comprehensive and centralized systems engineering and (3) design a solution that is robust resilient and flexible enough to respond to as-yet-unknown further social and technological changes to the greatest extent possible Specifically we will integrate testing into the production environment of the ACS conduct many small inexpensive tests to narrow options and take advantage of cross-program uses of systems being developed
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Beginning early in the 2020 Census planning process key groups were consulted and their priorities have been reflected in our strategic plans and strategies The following is a list of the key stakeholders and their respective roles in planning the 2020 Census
Key 2020 Census Stakeholder Groups Key 2020 Census Stakeholder Groups Area of Interest
The American People A Representative and Accurate Census
Department of Commerce Oversight and Administration
Office of Management and Budget Oversight and Reporting Government Accountability Office Auditing and Reporting Congress Oversight and Funding
Decennial Census Advisory Committee Advisory
Census Scientific Advisory Committee Advisory Race and Ethnic Advisory Committees Advisory
Key National State and Local Partners Advisory
National Academy of Sciences Consulting
Line Item American Community Survey
Given the rapid demographic changes experienced in recent years and the strong expectation that such changes will continue and accelerate the once-a-decade data collection approach of a decennial census is no longer acceptable for producing much of the data required by the Federal government states municipalities and tribal governments To meet the needs and expectations of the Nation the Census Bureau developed the ACS
The ACS sent monthly to a small percentage of the population collects detailed information on the characteristics of population and housing on an ongoing basis These data previously were collected only in census years on the decennial census long form The ACS collects data from households and group quarters in all counties throughout the US (including the fifty states District of Columbia and all municipios in Puerto Rico) and continues to be the only Census Bureau population-based survey that collects information in many of these counties ACS data enables Federal agencies state governments tribal officials and local customers to make decisions based on current information rather than on data collected nine or more years ago The Census Bureau releases the estimates from the ACS program each year based on the previous yearrsquos data collection Full implementation of the ACS eliminated the need for a long form as part of the 2010 Census and provides necessary data every year instead of once a decade as in the past
Collecting long-form data during the decade through the ACS has had a profound effect on the census design by reducing complexity Implementing the ACS means that the Decennial Census can focus on its constitutional mandate to accurately count the population to apportion the House of Representatives The ACSmdashsupported by a complete and accurate address systemmdashhas simplified the census design resulting in improvements in both coverage and data quality while providing current data on detailed population social economic and housing characteristics
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Schedule amp Milestones Program Area FY 13 FY 14
Strategic bull Maintain the Strategic Plan bull Maintain the Strategic Plan Planning bull Update Business Plan bull Update Business Plan Program bull Update the Program Management bull Update the PMP Management Plan (PMP) bull Baseline additional
bull Baseline additional supporting supporting plans for the PMP plans for the PMP bull Update schedule and budget
bull Update schedule and budget Systems bull Update the Systems Engineering bull Update the SEMP Engineering Management Plan (SEMP) bull Select the preliminary IT
bull Develop logical and physical design architecture
bull Identify candidate set of design alternatives
Research bull Implement study plans for bull Complete analyses for and Testing research and test projects research and test projects
bull Continue analyses bull Select methods bull Complete qualitative tests bull Produce final reports bull Refine methods for research and
testing projects bull Produce preliminary reports
Field bull Conduct tests and experiments bull Produce results Operations bull Prepare field test plans bull Conduct tests and
experiments and produce results
Deliverables
FY 2013 FY 2014 Analyze test and refine candidate Analyze test select methods and
methods document results
bull New methods are tested bull Methods are further tested and other new methods are tested
bull Prototypes for testing are matured and bull Prototypes leading t o 2020 production tested requirements are selected
bull Candidate methods are refined bull Methods to test operational functionality are selected
bull Research and testing r esults are fully bull Research and testing r esults are fully integrated and documented integrated and documented
bull Candidate set of architectural design bull Preliminary architectural design is alternatives are determined selected bull Program management capabilities are
mature enough to move to the Operational Development and Systems Testing phase
bull Systems development and testing approach is decided
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Performance FY FY FY Goal 2012 2013 2014
Actual Target Target With Change 1) Candidate approaches
were identified for measuring (eg MAF Error Model) and improving MAF quality (eg LUCA) 2) Candidate approaches were identified for automating (eg Automating Field Infrastructure) tailoring (eg Optimizing Self-Response) and increasing the efficiencies of response (eg Reducing and Improving Household follow-up Operations) 3) Infrastructure approaches were identified for integrating (eg Integrated IT infrastructure) expanding (eg Alternative Administrative Records Database) and optimizing (Web-based HQ Workload Management) field and IT infrastructure
1) Candidate MAF quality measurement and improvement approaches are tested validated and refined 2) Candidate approaches for automating tailoring and increasing the efficiencies of response are tested validated and refined 3) Candidate approaches for integrating expanding and optimizing field and IT infrastructure are tested validated and refined
1) Approaches are selected for measuring and improving MAF quality 2) Approaches are selected for automating tailoring and increasing the efficiencies of response 3) Approaches are selected for integrating expanding and optimizing field and IT infrastructure
Without Without the requested increase we would not be able to continue a 2020 Census early planning effort in FY 2014
Without the requested increase we will not be able to continue a 2020 Census early planning effort in FY 2014
Without the requested increase we will not be able to continue a 2020 Census early planning effort in FY 2014
Change
Description Make preliminary design decisions based on high-quality information derived from individual product performance measures and key decision points The performance metrics table includes only activities for the Research and Testing Phase of the 2020 Census life cycle
Performance Goals an d Measurement Data This program supports the Department of Commerce Strategic Planrsquos Science and Information goal to ldquogenerate and communicate new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systemsrdquo It supports objective 14 to ldquoenable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and servicesrdquo
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Information Technology Reductions and Reinvestments
The 2020 Decennial Census programs contain a reallocation of funds among object classes to reflect a realignment of information technology funding See the Executive Summary for discussion
2 Administrative Savings (-$4748000 -6 FTE)
The 2020 Decennial Census programs contain a reduction of $4748000 and 6 FTE to reflect this programs share of administrative savings In addition the Census Bureau continues to aggressively reduce travel expenses and the FY 2014 request reflects a savings of $655000 within this program that will be redirected to other priorities See the Executive Summary for discussion
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL
Budget Program Demographic statistics programs Sub-program 2020 Decennial census program Program Change 2020 Census
Number Annual Total Title Location Grade of Positions Salary Salaries Geographer Suitland MD GS-14 2 $133264 $266528 Decennial Specialist Suitland MD GS-14 2 133264 266528 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-14 7 133264 932848 Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-14 2 133264 266528 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-14 14 133264 1865696 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-14 5 133264 666320 Social Science Analyst Suitland MD GS-13 1 106839 106839 Decennial Specialist Suitland MD GS-13 2 106839 213678 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-13 7 112774 789418 Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-13 2 112774 225548 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-13 13 112774 1466062 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-13 14 112774 1578836 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-12 3 94837 284511 Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-12 5 94837 474185 Survey Statistician Suitland MD GS-12 6 94837 569022 Survey Statistician Jeffersonville IN GS-12 12 84863 1018356 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-12 11 94837 1043207 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-11 1 74958 74958 Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-09 2 68326 136652 IT Specialist Suitland MD GS-09 1 65393 65393 Program Analyst Suitland MD GS-07 8 42209 337672 Secretary (OA) Suitland MD GS-05 3 40887 122661 Program Analyst Various GS-05 56 34075 1908200 Subtotal 179 14679646
Distributed share of staff for centralized services 215 16799727 Subtotal 394 31479373
Less Lapse 44 -17 -1385092 Total Full-time permanent 377 30094281 2013 Pay Adjustment 05 150471 2014 Pay Adjustment 10 302448 TOTAL 377 30547200
Personnel Data Number
Full-time Equivalent Employment Full-time permanent 377 Other than full-time permanent 11 Total 388
Authorized Positions Full-time permanent 394 Other than full-time permanent 2 Total 396
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Demographic statistics programs Sub-program 2020 Decennial census program Program Change 2020 Census
2014 Object Class Increase
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent $30547 113 Other than full-time permanent 515 115 Other personnel compensation 487 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation 31549 12 Civilian personnel benefits 15863 13 Benefits for former personnel 72 21 Travel and transportation of persons 547 22 Transportation of things -4 231 Rental payments to GSA 4140 232 Rental payments to others 445 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges 4547 24 Printing and reproduction 469 251 Advisory and assistance services 8854 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 61359 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts 5526 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities 2869 255 Research and development contracts 4627 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment 4432 258 Subsistence and support of persons -314 26 Supplies and materials -41 31 Equipment 14051 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations 158991
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Sub-program Program Change
Demographic statistics programs 2020 Decennial census program Administrative savings
2014 Object Class Pos FTE Decrease
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent -6 -6 -$416 113 Other than full-time permanent 0 0 -5 115 Other personnel compensation -11 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation -6 -6 -432 12 Civilian personnel benefits -139 13 Benefits for former personnel -7 21 Travel and transportation of persons -672 22 Transportation of things 0 231 Rental payments to GSA 0 232 Rental payments to others 0 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges -165 24 Printing and reproduction 0 251 Advisory and assistance services -44 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 480 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts -138 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities -66 255 Research and development contracts 0 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment -1988 258 Subsistence and support of persons -1 26 Supplies and materials -118 31 Equipment -1458 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations -4748
Included in this total are administrative savings for the following line items 2020 Decennial census -2 -2 -4057 American community survey -4 -4 -691
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Exhibit 12 ndash 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Periodic Censuses and Programs BUDGET PROGRAM Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign For FY 2014 the Census Bureau requests a decrease of $263000 and 1 FTE from the FY 2014 base for a total of $9602000 and 56 FTE for Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign BASE JUSTIFICATION Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign Overview The Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign (DSSR) program budget is organized into one subshyprogram with the same name under the Periodic Censuses and Programs account This subshyprogram contains one line item with the same name ($96 million and 56 FTE) SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS-TO-BASE The Census Bureau requests an increase of $32000 to fund adjustments to the Demographic Survey Sample Redesign program This increase will fund a portion of the estimated 2014 Federal pay raise of 10 percent SUB-PROGRAM Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign The Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign program is essential to maintain the relevance accuracy and quality of major federal surveys of families and households by providing improved sampling methodologies sample designs and automated data processing systems Only by selecting new updated samples for the major household surveys ndash based on t he most recent information about the population ndash will the Congress and the public be able to maintain confidence in critical socioeconomic indicators such as the monthly unemployment rate the monthly consumer price index and annual measures of health insurance coverage and fair market rent which are vital to the effective management of the United Statesrsquo economy and government programs The Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign program takes updated information on the location and characteristics of the American population and uses that up-to-date snapshot to select representative samples of the population These new representative samples then become the basis for major household surveys sponsored by federal agencies until the next sample redesign This program supports the Department of Commercersquos Science and Information goal to generate and communicate new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems It supports objective 14 to enable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and services Traditionally following each decennial census the Census Bureau works with other agencies to perform a redesign o f the following major demographic surveys bull Current Population Survey sponsored jointly by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) bull Consumer Expenditure Survey ndash Quarterly and Diary sponsored by the BLS bull Survey of Income and Program Participation sponsored by the Census Bureau bull National Crime Victimization Survey sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics bull American Housing Survey sponsored by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development bull State Childrenrsquos Health Insurance Program Survey jointly sponsored by the Census Bureau
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and the BLS bull National Health Interview Survey sponsored by the National Center for Health Statistics
Future sample redesigns will not be locked into a once-a-decade cycle because of the continued availability of updated MAF and American Community Survey (ACS) data We will have the flexibility to produce up-to-date efficient samples for the federal household surveys when needed The long history and broad application of these surveys demonstrate their value to sponsoring agencies policy makers academia and other data users The surveys produce statistically valid data and estimates that can be linked to a long historical record which permits a unique depth of research Yet these surveys are not entrenched and inflexible The surveys continue to evolve based on changes in the population subject matter legal mandates data uses budgets survey methods technology and other requirements The overarching goals of the redesign are to check that survey requirements continue to be met to incorporate new or changing requirements and to assess and improve statistical methods and operational processes in the ongoing survey programs These goals are met through the Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign program a comprehensive and integrated program of evaluation research development and implementation The redesign surveys generally use similar methods and processes therefore significant resources are saved by integrating their redesign into one program rather than seven separate programs Funding supports the redesign research and development activities common to all surveys The program is funded by an annual congressional appropriation and by reimbursable agreements that are specifically for redesign work The sponsoring agencies have separate reimbursable agreements with the Census Bureau to fund annual survey production work such as listing interviewing and processing The surveys within the scope of the Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign program play important roles in the Federal government and beyond Their importance contrasts with their size each survey having a sample size that is a small fraction of the annual sample size of the ACS The survey results help to guide policy decisions evaluate program effectiveness and provide timely indicators of the socio-economic well being of the population among many other uses There is a large community of stakeholders that depend on the Census Bureau and the Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign program to build a solid foundation for the demographic surveys The strength of that foundation depends primarily on three key building blocks the sampling frame statistical methodology and operational implementation One of the programrsquos goals is to determine if the surveys could use the existing MAF as their sampling frame in place of the complicated and costly four-frame system of previous redesigns To assess and evaluate this use of the MAF the Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign program sponsored the Frame Assessment for Current Household Surveys (FACHS) research and evaluation program The key to the v alue of the FACHS program was a $2 million field test in which a statistically valid sample of census blocks was listed This test yielded a ldquogold standardrdquo address list that enabled highly accurate and detailed measurement of MAF coverage The field test was the largest known nationally representative listing operation conducted in non-census years and proved highly valuable not only for the FACHS evaluations but also for decennial and ACS programs The FACHS evaluations examined many different aspects of a MAF-based s ampling frame including address coverage overall and for many sub-universes such as new construction and rural areas The FACHS also assessed the impact of MAF coverage issues on key survey estimates such as the unemployment rate and consumer expenditures The results of the FACHS evaluations
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have helped to identify areas of concern by the sponsors and to guide research into potential solutions to those concerns The research and development of solutions to sampling frame coverage issues is a key part of the foundation of the surveys in the 2010 Redesign
The statistical methodology research in the Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign program involves designing and selecting the addresses to interview in each survey while meeting various survey requirements on quality or cost For example the Current Population Survey selects its sample to meet specific quality measures on state estimates of the unemployment rate In general the goals of the statistical research projects are to identify the statistical methods that would be the most effective or efficient at meeting survey requirements and then to implement the chosen methods and select the samples for the 2010 Redesign surveys
Redesign operational implementation involves research and development of processes systems and procedures needed to interview the addresses selected for the surveys The key factors in implementation are efficiency and flexibility The focus of much operational research is on the analysis of existing processes to determine if they are cost-effective Because redesigns occur infrequently it is important that operations are efficient and flexible because the sponsor agencies pay for the costs of those operations every year once the redesigned surveys begin interviewing If the sponsors perceive that the redesigned operations are not cost-effective and those operations cannot be readily changed they may take their reimbursable work to one of the many competitors of the Census Bureau in the field of survey research and management
Fiscal Years 2010 through 2014 are the most important years in the current redesign called the 2010 Redesign because of the heavy reliance on 2010 Census data Earlier years were spent largely on closing out the previous redesign planning the 2010 redesign and conducting the FACHS field test and evaluations Nearly all of the sample design research for the 2010 redesign was carried out in FY 2010 through FY 2012 And nearly all of the operational research development and implementation will occur from FY 2010 to FY 2014 when the newly redesigned surveys will begin field interviewing After the initial round of field interviewing for each survey the 2010 Redesign will be generally complete and planning will begin for the next redesign
Upcoming years are also key to the transition of redesign from a program tied to the decennial cycle to an ongoing program that facilitates continuous improvement in the statistical methods or operational processes of the surveys Because of the infrequency of past redesigns the redesign often incorporated a large number of changes in the sample design or operations Because there were so many changes it was often difficult or impossible to evaluate the effectiveness of any single change on the survey It was also difficult to make methodological or operational changes between redesigns A continuous and flexible redesign program will enable more measured incremental and frequent changes which can be especially valuable when unforeseen changes occur such as budget cuts natural disasters or legislative mandates
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PROGRAM CHANGES
Information Technology Reductions and Reinvestments
The Demographic Survey Sample Redesign program contains a reallocation of funds among object classes to reflect a realignment of information technology funding See the Executive Summary for discussion
1 Administrative Savings (-$263000 -1 FTE)
The Demographic Survey Sample Redesign program contains a reduction of $263000 and 1 FTE to reflect this programs share of administrative savings In addition the Census Bureau continues to aggressively reduce travel expenses and the FY 2014 request reflects a savings of $25000 within this program that will be redirected to other priorities See the Executive Summary for discussion
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Sub-program Program Change
Demographic survey sample redesign Demographic survey sample redesign Administrative savings
11 111 113 115 118 119 12 13 21 22 231 232 233 24 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 26 31 32 33 41 42 43 44
Object Class Personnel compensation Full-time permanent Other than full-time permanent Other personnel compensation Special personnel services payments Total personnel compensation Civilian personnel benefits Benefits for former personnel Travel and transportation of persons Transportation of things Rental payments to GSA Rental payments to others Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges Printing and reproduction Advisory and assistance services Other services from non-Federal sources Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts Operation and maintenance of facilities Research and development contracts Medical care Operation and maintenance of equipment Subsistence and support of persons Supplies and materials Equipment Lands and structures Investments and loans Grants subsidies and contributions Insurance claims and indemnities Interest and dividends Refunds
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Exhibit 12 ndash 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Periodic Censuses and Programs BUDGET PROGRAM Geographic Support For FY 2014 the Census Bureau requests a decrease of $10594000 and 72 FTE from the FY 2014 base for a total of $55613000 and 330 FTE for Geographic Support BASE JUSTIFICATION Geographic Support Overview The Geographic Support budget is organized into one budget program with the same name under the Periodic Censuses and Programs account This budget program contains one sub-program with the same name ($556 million and 330 FTE) SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS-TO-BASE The Census Bureau requests an increase of $172000 to fund ad justments to the Geographic Support program This increase will fund a portion of the estimated 2014 Federal pay raise of 10 percent SUB-PROGRAM Geographic Support The objective of the Geographic Support sub-program is to provide maps address lists address and geographic reference files and associated processing systems needed to meet the geographic requirements of all Census Bureau pr ograms To support this objective the Census Bureau has developed an integrated computer-based Geographic Support System (GSS) One of the major components of this system is the Master Address FileTopologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAFTIGER) address and spatial database (MTDB) The GSS improves the quality and e fficiency of collecting and processing geographic data that takes advantage of state-of-the-art Commercial Off-The-Shelf products and Geographic Information System software products The MTDB is updated regularly and requires large volumes of information from many diverse external sources including state local and tribal governments the US Postal Service and other Federal agencies to maintain a current and complete inventory of addresses streets address ranges accurate geographic boundaries other map information and residential housing units Further the GSS supports improved address coverage continual updating of positionally accurate road and other related spatial data and enhanced quality measures of ongoing geographic programs By focusing on activities that improve the MAF (addresses) while maintaining and enhancing the spatial infrastructure that makes census and survey work possible this effort represents the next phase of geographic support after the MAFTIGER Enhancement Program of the last decade For many years stakeholders have urged the Census Bureau to initiate a comprehensive and ongoing program to improve and maintain address and geographic data The Congress Office of Management and Budget (OMB) the Government Accountability Office tribal state county and local governments and academia expressed their concerns with the absence of continuous updates The GSS is also critical in enabling the Census Bureau to carry out the activities described in Section 8 of OMB Circular A-16 (Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data Activities) This mandates that
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agencies provide technology and services necessary to support and maintain the National Spatial Data Infrastructure The OMB has designated the Census Bureau as the Federal agency with the lead responsibility for cultural and demographic statistics and governmental unit boundaries This effort allows the Census Bureau to address the challenges associated with boundaries names and numeric codes of geographic entities used to report Census Bureau statistical data
Technical geospatial capabilities and geographic products are essential to meeting the core needs of the economic census the current demographic statistics program the intercensal demographic estimates program the American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2020 Census
The GSS supports activities that maintain the master list of addresses and associated housing units known as the MAF Continuous updating of the MTDB in collaboration with the US Postal Service and tribal state and local government partners as required by Executive Order 12906 and PL 103-430 is the most cost-effective and quality-assured method for providing a spatially accurate housing unit address list for use as part of Census Bureau surveys and censuses
The MTDB update operations include updates of geographic features such as streets feature names zip codes and address ranges in the MTDB The MTDB then supports the assignment of a correct census block code to residential addresses through automated means (a process known as ldquogeocodingrdquo)
Further updates occur when new addresses provided by the US Postal Service cannot be geocoded automatically Where automated processes cannot assign the correct geocodes to an address clerical processes are used and structured to maximize the number of residential addresses spatially located This automated geocoding currently is the most efficient and cost-effective method of providing geocoded residential addresses required for processing and tabulating census and household survey data
The program also supports geographic cooperation efforts with Federal tribal state and local governments These cooperative efforts help the Census Bureau deal with concerns expressed by officials at all levels of government about inaccurate MAF and TIGER information They also increase the confidence of Census Bureau customers in the data provided from censuses and household surveys
The GSS supports the Geospatial One-Stop also known as Geodatagov a web-based portal that serves as a public gateway for improving access to geospatial information and data under the Geospatial One-Stop E-Government initiative The Geodatagov portal is designed to facilitate communication and sharing of geographic data and resources to enhance government efficiency and improve citizen services Geospatial One-Stop is one of 24 E-Government initiatives sponsored by OMB Geospatial One-Stop makes it easier faster and less expensive for all levels of government and the public to find and access geospatial information The Geographic Support program establishes and distributes the geographic component for the multi-agency Geospatial One-Stop project and the governmentrsquos Datagov website
The Geographic Support program also supports the Geographic Line of Business which is sponsored by the Federal Geographic Data Committee The Census Bureau chairs the Subcommittee for Cultural and Demographic Statistics and is the lead Federal agency for governmental unit boundary data Because of the need to continually update the road network to support censuses and surveys the Census Bureaursquos TIGER data is the de facto road transportation database for the Federal government
The program funds the maintenance of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) geographic area codes for states counties metropolitan and micropolitan areas and other geographic areas The GSS also funds cooperative geographic code maintenance efforts with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) which is the ANSI maintenance authority for place and minor civil division geographic codes
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The program funds the annual Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) The BAS collects data including legal boundaries of governments correct names and legal descriptions to determine the inventory of legally defined entities such as counties minor civil divisions (eg towns and townships) incorporated places American Indian reservations and off-reservation trust lands The BAS also provides the opportunity for participants to review the names and geographic relationships for their area These boundaries of governmental units determine the geographic limits of jurisdictions and affect the allocations of resources Title 13 of the US Code authorizes this survey
The BAS is the only current source of a nationally consistent inventory of governments their legal status and their boundaries In accordance with OMB Circular A-16 the BAS supports the Census Bureaursquos spatial data steward responsibilities for the Federal Geographic Data Committee and the Geospatial One-Stop by updating the inventory and boundaries of governmental units In addition the BAS is the source of up-to-date information on boundaries geographic codes and names for the USGS Geographic Names Information System and The National Map
The BAS information is used to provide a record for reporting the results of the decennial and economic censuses and to support the Population Estimates Program and the ACS Maintaining correct boundaries and boundary-toshyfeature relationships through the BAS helps ensure that the appropriate population is assigned to each entity
Finally the program supports quality assurance operations for geographic support products To assure high quality census and household survey results the Census Bureau employs statistically sound techniques to evaluate the quality of the processes used to build update and enhance the MTDB This includes continuous development of and adherence to geographic standards and criteria for statistical areas to support data dissemination In addition the Census Bureau must perform quality assurance processes before releasing geographic products for use by the public and the various censuses and household surveys to ensure that these products meet completeness and accuracy
The Community Address Updating System (CAUS) provides limited updates to the MTDB in areas specifically targeted where existing GSS processes are insufficient Funding will support research of targeting methodology for updates along with field work to maintain the MTDB for non-urban communities in the US These are areas where updates from the US Postal Service Delivery Sequence File (DSF) do not provide sufficient coverage and thus benefit from the use of trained field representatives to add update or delete non-city style addresses in the MTDB The goal is for each housing unit in the Nation to be accurately represented by one and only one record on the MTDB
Continuous updating of the MTDB throughout the decade will allow increased efficiency of the Census Bureau field staff through the availability of more accurate maps and improved address coverage This program improves the positional accuracy and halts the degradation of attributes of geographic data and captures new street growth to ensure data currency The financial impact of these activities are offset by the possibility of conducting only a targeted address canvassing operation in FY 2019 and avoiding a full spatial data accuracy improvement program in preparation for the next decennial census Planned assessments of address quality will track the success of improvements to the MTDB and determine the feasibility and magnitude of a targeted address canvassing operation These tasks will adhere to defined legal requirements and support the Census Bureaursquos statistical programs Federal agency geospatial data responsibilities and the commitment of high quality geographic products to the public
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PROGRAM CHANGES
1 Geographic Support (-$10594000 -72 FTE)
The Census Bureau requests a decrease that limits two major geographic partnership programs the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) and the evaluation of partner-supplied files as part of the Geographic Support System This FY 2014 budget request is the result of a review of both ongoing and cyclical programs necessary to achieve the Department of Commerce and Census Bureau goals Difficult choices were made in balancing program needs and fiscal constraints in order to fund higher priority programs within the Census Bureau and Department of Commerce
Cancellation of the FY 2014 annual Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) means that approximately 1800 governments will not have their boundary changes updated and correctly represented within the MAFTIGER database For this number of governments approximately 40000 boundary changes will not be included Accurate boundaries are critical for the correct allocation of statistical data collected in censuses and surveys including the annual American Community Survey and the Population Estimates Program Elimination of the FY 2014 BAS also affects one of the Census Bureaursquos performance measures and is part of the Bureaursquos IT portfolio To meet our responsibilities under Executive Order 12906 and OMB Circular A-16 the Census Bureau will need to accommodate two years of legal boundary changes in FY 2015
Securing partner-supplied files is a cost effective method to continuously update the address list throughout the decade Reducing efforts to obtain and review local government files that contain address and geographic data changes will increase the risk of delaying the evaluation and subsequent recommendation on the viability of targeted address canvassing originally scheduled for the beginning of FY 2015 This will negatively impact 2020 Census funding and planning decisions that are dependent on this recommendation
The realigned FY 2014 plan will focus on managing the core geographic infrastructure of the nation performing essential MAFTIGER System activities and operations including the semi-annual MAF updates using the Delivery Sequence File from the USPS and from very sparse field updates as part of the CAUS program The Census Bureau will continue to maintain the data and functionality of the MAFTIGER System to support address and geographic data needs for the 2012 Economic Census the American Community Survey and other current surveys
Information Technology Reductions and Reinvestments
The Geographic Support program contains a reallocation of funds among object classes to reflect a realignment of information technology funding See the Executive Summary for discussion
2 Administrative Savings (-$594000 -1 FTE)
The Geographic Support program contains a reduction of $594000 and 1 FTE to reflect this programs share of administrative savings In addition the Census Bureau continues to aggressively reduce travel expenses and the FY 2014 request reflects a savings of $90000 within this program that will be redirected to other priorities See the Executive Summary for discussion
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PROGRAM CHANGE PERSONNEL DETAIL Budget Program Geographic support Sub-program Geographic support Program Change Geographical statistical support
Number Annual Total Title Location Grade of Positions Salary Salaries Mathematical Statistician Suitland MD GS-13 -1 $89033 -$89033 Geographer New York NY GS-12 -5 95687 -478435 Geographer Philadelphia PAGS-12 -2 92982 -185964 Geographer Chicago IL GS-12 -3 92996 -278988 Geographer Atlanta GA GS-12 -6 86280 -517680 Geographer Denver CO GS-12 -4 93539 -374156 Geographer Los Angeles C GS-12 -5 94527 -472635 Statistical Assistant Jeffersonville IN GS-6 -31 45376 -1406656 Secretary (OA) Suitland MD GS-5 -1 34075 -34075 Subtotal -58 -3837622
Distributed share of staff for centralized services -17 -1414127 Subtotal -75 -5251749
Less Lapse 71 5 372874 Total Full-time permanent -70 -4878875 2013 Pay Adjustment 05 -24394 2014 Pay Adjustment 00 0 TOTAL -70 -4903269
Personnel Data Number Full-Time Equivalent Employment Full-time permanent -70 Other than full-time permanent -1 Total -71
Authorized Positions Full-time permanent -75 Other than full-time permanent -1 Total -76
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Sub-program Program Change
Geographic support Geographic support Geographical statistical support
2014 Object Class Decrease
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent -$4903 113 Other than full-time permanent -96 115 Other personnel compensation -64 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation -5063 12 Civilian personnel benefits -1618 13 Benefits for former personnel -28 21 Travel and transportation of persons -503 22 Transportation of things -30 231 Rental payments to GSA -421 232 Rental payments to others -7 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges -131 24 Printing and reproduction -7 251 Advisory and assistance services -1117 252 Other services from non-Federal sources -255 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts -335 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities -191 255 Research and development contracts 0 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment -164 258 Subsistence and support of persons -6 26 Supplies and materials -46 31 Equipment -78 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations -10000
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PROGRAM CHANGE DETAIL BY OBJECT CLASS (Dollars in thousands)
Budget Program Geographic support Sub-program Geographic support Program Change Administrative savings
2014 Object Class Pos FTE Decrease
11 Personnel compensation 111 Full-time permanent -1 -1 -$41 113 Other than full-time permanent 0 0 -1 115 Other personnel compensation -1 118 Special personnel services payments 0 119 Total personnel compensation -1 -1 -43 12 Civilian personnel benefits -14 13 Benefits for former personnel -1 21 Travel and transportation of persons -92 22 Transportation of things 0 231 Rental payments to GSA 0 232 Rental payments to others 0 233 Communications utilities and miscellaneous charges -20 24 Printing and reproduction 0 251 Advisory and assistance services -3 252 Other services from non-Federal sources 78 253 Purchases of goods amp services from Govt accounts -22 254 Operation and maintenance of facilities -3 255 Research and development contracts 0 256 Medical care 0 257 Operation and maintenance of equipment -264 258 Subsistence and support of persons 0 26 Supplies and materials -15 31 Equipment -195 32 Lands and structures 0 33 Investments and loans 0 41 Grants subsidies and contributions 0 42 Insurance claims and indemnities 0 43 Interest and dividends 0 44 Refunds 0 99 Total obligations -594
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Exhibit 12 ndash 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Periodic Censuses and Programs BUDGET PROGRAM Data Processing Systems For FY 2014 the Census Bureau requests an increase of $0 and 0 FTE from the FY 2014 base for a total of $37139000 and 0 FTE for Data Processing Systems BASE JUSTIFICATION Data Processing Systems Overview The Data Processing Systems budget is organized into one sub-program with the same name unde r the Periodic Censuses and Programs account That sub-program consists of one line item with the same na me ($371 million and 0 FTE) SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS-TO-BASE The FY 2014 Budget Request includes $47M in funding for an adjustment-to-base for the Departments Working Capital Fund SUB-PROGRAM Data Processing Systems The objective of the Data Processing Systems line item is to provide day-to-day information technology support for all program areas of the Census Bureau This program supports the Department of Commercersquos Science and Information g oal to generate and communicate new cutting-edge scientific understanding of technical economic social and environmental systems It supports objective 14 to enable informed decision-making through an expanded understanding of the US economy society and environment by providing timely relevant trusted and accurate data standards and services It also supports the Census Bureaursquos internal objective to support innovation promote data use minimize respondent burden respect individual privacy and protect the confidentiality of respondentsrsquo information The data processing systems program manages hardware and software supporting the Census Bureaursquos enterprise needs Economies of scale are achieved through centralized information technology contracts and services in accordance with the Department of Commerce guidelines and a comprehensive information technology plan The Census Bureau-wide information technology responsibilities include all voice and data telecommunications services management of the general-purpose computing facility management of the wide area network support for local area networks network security and continuity of operations support and management of several bureau-wide software licenses These enterprise software licenses ensure a standard open-systems development environment supporting distributed processing platforms This program will continue to provide automated systems and technology support for the decennial census and other Census Bureau programs PROGRAM CHANGES No program change i s requested for FY 2014
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Exhibit 33
Department of Commerce US Census Bureau
Periodic Censuses and Programs Appropriation Language and Code Citations
1 For necessary expenses to collect and publish statistics for periodic censuses and
programs provided for by law $726436000 to remain available until September 30 2015 provided that from amounts provided herein funds may be used for promotion outreach and marketing activities
13 USC sectsect4 6 12 61-63 81 91 181 182 301-307 401 15 USC sectsect1516 4901 et seq 19 USC sectsect1484(e) 2354 2393
13 USC sect4 authorizes the Secretary to perform the functions and duties imposed upon him by this title or he may delegate any of them to such officers and employees of the Department of Commerce as he may designate
13 USC sectsect6 12 61-63 81 91 182 301-307 provide for (1) acquisition of information from other organizations public and private (2) conducting joint statistical projects with nonprofit organizations or agencies (3) conducting mechanical and electronic developmental work as needed (4) collection and publication of statistics on fats and oils (5) collection and publication of statistics relating to the domestic apparel and textile industries (6) collection and publication of quarterly financial statistics of business operations (7) conducting current surveys on statistical subjects covered by periodic censuses and (8) compilation and publication of information on imports exports and mode of transportation
13 USC sect181 provides that The Secretaryshall annually produce and publish for each state county and local unit of general purpose government which has a population of fifty thousand or more current data on total population and population characteristics andshall biennially produce and publish for other local units of general purpose government current data on total population
13 USC sect401 provides that The Bureau of the Census shall exchange with the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce information collected under this title and under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act that pertains to any business enterprise that is operating in the United States if the Secretary of Commerce determines such information is appropriate to augment and improve the quality of data collected under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act
15 USC sect1516 provides that The Secretary of Commerce shall have control of the work of gathering and distributing statistical information naturally relating to the subjects
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confided to his departmentHe shall also have authority to call upon other departments of the government for statistical data and results obtained by them and he may collate arrange and publish such statistical information so obtained in such manner as to him may seem wise
15 USC sect4901 et seq provides that The Secretary [of Commerce] shall establish the [National Trade] Data Bank The Secretary shall manage the Data Bank
19 USC sect1484(e) provides that The Secretary of the Treasury the Secretary of Commerce and the United States International Trade Commission are authorized and directed to establishan enumeration of articlescomprehending all merchandise imported into the United States and exported from the United States and shall seek in conjunction with statistical programs for domestic production and programs for achieving international harmonization of trade statistics to establish the comparability thereof with such enumeration of articles
19 USC sect2354 provides that Whenever the [International Trade] Commission begins an investigationwith respect to an industry the Commission shall immediately notify the Secretary [of Commerce] of such investigation and the Secretary shall immediately begin a study of
(1) the number of firms in the domestic industry producing the like or directly
competitive article which have been or are likely to be certified as eligible for adjustment assistance and
(2) the extent to which the orderly adjustment of such firms to the import
competition may be facilitated through the use of existing programs
19 USC sect2393 provides that The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Labor shall establish and maintain a program to monitor imports of articles into the United States which will reflect changes in the volume of such imports the relation of such imports to changes in domestic production changes in employment within domestic industries producing articles like or directly competitive with such imports and the extent to which such changes in production and employment are concentrated in specific geographic regions of the United States
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Uno
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170
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Exhibit 12 ndash 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT Working Capital Fund BUDGET PROGRAM Working Capital Fund
The FY 2014 request is for $7425 million a decrease of $502 million from FY 2013 The request includes $2687 million in obligations from funding provided by other Federal agencies and other customers for reimbursable work that the Census Bureau performs on their behalf The request includes 2866 FTE in support of this reimbursable work for outside customers BASE JUSTIFICATION Working Capital Fund Overview The Working Capital Fund (WCF) was created by the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act 1997 (PL 104-208) The Working Capital Fund supports Department of Commerce and Census Bureau goals related to increasing scientific understanding and supports informed decision-making in the public and private sectors by providing current and benchmark measures of the Nationrsquos economy society and institutions SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS-TO-BASE The adjustments to base for the Working Capital Fund are not inflationary adjustments Rather they reflect the c yclical nature of reimbursable work agreements that are managed by the fund SUB-PROGRAM Working Capital Fund The Working Capital Fund is a revolving fund that supports a large reimbursable survey line of business performed for other Federal agencies The Census Bureau is able to capitalize on its nationwide field infrastructure to conduct this work more efficiently and effectively than other agencies are able to do on their own These reimbursable surveys include some of the most important surveys conducted by the Federal Government including the Current Population Survey the Consumer Expenditure Survey the National Health Interview Survey the National Crime Victimization Survey the National Schools and Staffing Survey to name a few A table breaking out FY 2014 estimated reimbursable obligations is shown below Census leadership is taking a direct role in providing a formal structure to better serve the needs of our customers We are aggressively implementing policies to achieve greater transparency and better communicate how the WCF serves our corporate needs as recommended by both the Congress and GAO The Census Bureau has developed a formal governance structure and put in place performance measures to quantify our progress The WCF supports centralized enterprise-wide services such as Information and Cyber Security to both appropriated and reimbursable programs We must constantly assess the security of all information systems that support the Census Bureau This is essential to our core mission because our work depends on protecting respondent data Other services include human capital support financial and budget support and much of the processing infrastructure that supports surveys censuses and programs Positioning the Census Bureau to respond effectively to a more challenging future is an organizational priority and key components of change initiatives include WCF funding For example we are investing in survey analytic capabilities to improve the quality of data we collect and enable informed decisions to reduce costs during t he data collection
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CEN - 171
process The Census Bureaursquos programs and projects whether funded by appropriated funds or other funds pay their own share of the centralized services received through the Working Capital Fund there is full recovery of the cost of providing the service paid by those who actually use or benefit from the service
The entire budgeted unobligated balance at the end of FY 2013 and FY 2014 is from funding provided by outside reimbursable customers to c onduct the work that they requested
FY 2014 Estimated Reimbursable Obligations (Dollar amounts in millions)
Survey Title Amount
Current Population Survey $ 539 Consumer Expenditure Survey 332 National Crime Victimization Survey 253 National Health Interview Survey 247 Medical Expenditures Panel Survey 98 American Housing Survey 98 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey 51 National Center for Education Statistics Poverty Statistics 50 American Time Use Survey 44 Telephone Point of Purchase Survey 39 Housing Sales Survey 30 Other Reimbursable Work 906 Total Reimbursable Obligations $ 2687
Totals may not add due to rounding
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N -
173
Dep
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$35
101
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582
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10
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En
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122
20
213
75
206
5
TOTA
L $7
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465
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The
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CE
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174
Exh
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Dep
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CR
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982
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CE
N -
175
Exh
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36
Dep
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Cen
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Bur
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AV
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FY 2
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4 A
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344
4
CEN - 175
TH
IS P
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INTE
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ON
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CE
N -
176
CEN - 176