Modernizing Data Ecosystem at Census Bureau

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The Census Bureau is undergoing a transformation by integrating data-centric approaches, modernizing data collection processes, and leveraging third-party data to enhance the quality of statistical products. The focus now includes merging data science with traditional methods and diversifying data products. Initiatives such as Data DICE, EDL, and CEDSCI aim to provide efficient data collection, storage, and dissemination solutions, establishing a robust foundation for innovative data handling.

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Technology Transformation at the Census Bureau: Building a Data-Centric Ecosystem FedCASIC Conference, April 12, 2023

Change is Here Today s panel is about the early steps in a new era for the Census Bureau. We'll discuss how we re modernizing data collection, storage, and processing capabilities and how the linking of survey, census, and third-party data will improve innovation and quality product creation for our stakeholders and the public. With this new work, the Census Bureau s focus as an agency will no longer be simply to field surveys and censuses and publish the results, but rather to shift to combining data-science with traditional survey methods, diversifying our data products and placing data at the center of our approach. 2

Change is Here At the Census Bureau, the survey process is being modernized with an eye toward easing the burden on respondents. A key question guiding that effort, says Eloise Parker, assistant director for demographic programs, is: What are other ways that we can be producing statistics that aren t so wholly dependent on the household being gracious, cooperative and willing to basically give up their privacy on our behalf? The answer, in part, is third- party data. (From a recent article in Bloomberg News) 3

CODE Functionality and Solutions Get Data DICE Provide a suite of standard, efficient, modern, cost-effective, and scalable data collection and data ingest solutions that can support the full spectrum of Census Bureau operations from the smallest survey to the Decennial Census Store and Compute Data EDL Provide a cloud-centric data storage and computing platform for survey operations, concurrent and research analytics, data processing, product creation, product innovation, and archiving Curate Data Frames Provide foundational datasets (related to geospatial locations, businesses, jobs, and people) that are linkable in nature, agile in structure, and accessible for production or research on a need-to-know basis Disseminate Data CEDSCI Disseminate our publicly available data products in a way that simplifies the means of data and metadata discovery and broadens the availability, utility, and ease of consumption for our data users 4

CODE Focus Across the Decade Focus on development and testing of Demographic and Economic Surveys 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 Gradual transition to development and testing of Decennial Census