Plan to Plan for 2020 webinar series

The “Plan to Plan” webinar series provides orientation and training on specific 2020 Census programs and operations. Numerous state-based partners are involved, and the series will discuss the possible roles of SDCs and state networks. Our presenters include both Census Bureau program managers and state-based experts, invited to present their experience, best practics and tips for successful state involvement.

“How to” materials and documentation

• Fact-sheet: What is a housing unit? What is a group quarters facility? (8/25/2020)

  New from Metropolitan Council
  Fact-sheet: What is a housing unit? What is a group quarters facility?
  Most people live in housing units. But what counts as a housing unit? This information sheet clarifies the basic concepts and provides examples using the Census Bureau’s guidelines.
  Find it here: https://metrocouncil.org/Handbook/Files/Resources/Fact-Sheet/LAND-USE/Housing-Unit-vs-Group-Quarter.aspx

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• CEDSCI Deep Links Tutorial (3/18/2020)

  For those of you fighting with the new CEDSCI website, you can access tables directly through URL “deep links.” I have found for simple tasks, like getting several tables for all counties in a state, this is faster than going through the web search and table filter.

  CEDSCI_Deep_Link_Tutorial

  via Mara Kaminowitz, GIS Coordinator, Baltimore Metropolitan Council

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• Plan to Plan for 2020 webinar series (8/22/2018)

  The “Plan to Plan” webinar series provides orientation and training on specific 2020 Census programs and operations. Numerous state-based partners are involved, and the series will discuss the possible roles of SDCs and state networks. Our presenters include both Census Bureau program managers and state-based experts, invited to present their experience, best practices and tips for successful state involvement.

  The “Plan to Plan” webinar series is organized by the SDC Steering Committee, and hosted by program staff at Census Bureau. Comments, suggestions and volunteers are invited. You can contact Jennifer Shultz, Pennsylvania SDC, or any Steering Committee member.

  Webinar recordings

  Upcoming: Continuing the series

  Additional webinars are being planned. This list of topics is subject to change, additions, and rescheduling.

  • Building Custom Reports with APIs. Proposed, 2019.

  The “Plan to Plan” webinar series is organized by the SDC Steering Committee, and hosted by program staff at Census Bureau. Comments, suggestions and volunteers are invited. You can contact Jennifer Shultz, Pennsylvania SDC, or any Steering Committee member.

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• Recap of the 2018 SDC Annual Conference (5/8/2018)

  2018 State Data Center Annual Conference
  April 9-11, 2018
  Providence, RI

   

  AGENDA MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2018

  Note: The 15 presentations linked below will download as PowerPoint files.

  8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Conference Registration

  9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Welcome and Introductions
  • Lakiva Pullins, Branch Chief, Data Users Branch
  • Todd Graham, SDC Chairperson
  • Introduction of New Committee Member(s) and Officers
  • Misty Reed, Acting Division Chief, Customer Liaison and Marketing Services Office
  • Stephen Buckner, Assistant Director for Communications Division

  9:30 AM – 10:00 AM 2020 Census Integrated Communications Plan
  • Kaile Bower, Chief, Integrated Partnership & Communication Branch

  10:00 AM – 10:15 AM BREAK

  10:15 AM – 10:45 AM Findings from 2016-2017 Census Tests
  • Jennifer W. Reichert, Assistant Division Chief, Nonresponse, Evaluations, and Experiments, Decennial Census Management

  10:45 AM – 11:15 AM 2020 LUCA Updates, Group Quarters Inventory, and PSAP
  • Jennifer Holland, Chief, Partnership Communications and Outreach Branch, Geography Division

  11:15 AM – 11:45 PM 2020 Residence Criteria
  • Jason Devine, Assistant Division Chief, Census Programs Area, Population Division
  • Steven Wilson, Chief, Population and Housing Program Branch, Population Division

  11:45 AM – 1:00 PM LUNCH

  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM  Census Solutions Workshop Toolkit
  • Lorena Molina-Irizarry, Deputy Branch Chief, Enterprise Partnership

  3:00 PM – 3:15 PM BREAK

  3:15 PM – 4:30 PM 2020 Discussion – What are the SDCs doing?
  • Dan Veroff, WI, SDC Steering Committee
  • Jennifer Shultz, PA, SDC Steering Committee
  • SDC Leads Panel – Walter Schwarm (CA), Jan Vink (NY), Suzan Reagan (NM), Bob Coats (NC)

  4:30 PM Meeting Adjourn

  AGENDA TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2018

  8:15 AM – 8:45 AM Census Information Centers Overview
  • Melanie Poulter, CIC Steering Committee Chairperson

  8:45 AM – 9:45 AM 2017 Economic Census Update
  • Kim Moore, Chief, Economy Wide Statistics Division
  • Charles Brady, Branch Chief, Respondent Management and Promotion Branch, Economic Management Division

  9:45 AM – 10:00 AM BREAK

  10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Field Partnership and 2020 Complete Count Committees
  • Sydnee Chattin, Assistant Division Chief, Decennial Support Programs, Field Division
  • SDC Leads Panel – Liz Brooks (AK), Mallory Bateman (UT), Erica Gardner (WA)

  11:15 AM – 12:00 AM 2020 Census Redistricting Program
  • James Whitehorne, Branch Chief, Redistricting Office and Voting Rights Office

  12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LUNCH

  1:00 PM – 2:45 PM Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP) and Center for Enterprise Dissemination and Services and Consumer Innovation (CEDSCI)
  • Alexandra Figueroa, Chief, Web and New Media Branch, Center for New Media & Promotion
  • KaNin Reese, Branch Chief, CEDSCI, Dissemination Outreach Branch

  2:45 PM – 3:00 PM BREAK

  3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Update and Overview of Administrative Records for ACS and Administrative Records for 2020 Census
  • Thomas Mule, Special Assistant to the Chief, Decennial Statistical Studies Division
  • Victoria Velkoff, Division Chief, American Community Survey Office

  3:45 PM – 5:00 PM SDC Business Meeting

  5:00 PM Meeting Adjourn

  AGENDA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018

  8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Breakout by Region
  Questions for SDC/DDB roundtable discussion

  1. What is the DDS staff approach in regard to disseminating Census Bureau data and program information to his/her assigned area?
  2. Name one or two specific areas or tasks where we can collaborate.
  3. What are you planning to do to support the 2020 data collection operation?
  4. In terms of the relationship between the SDCs and DDS/DDB, what is working well? What needs to be changed?
  5. We would like to ‘crowdsource’ suggestions for strategic national partnerships. Who should we prioritize from your perspective and what would be the ‘top three’ partners you would suggest working with and why?

  9:30 AM – 11:30 AM SDC 40th Anniversary

  • Topics for Next Annual Meeting
  • Brief History of SDC Program
  • Presentation of Awards – Todd Graham

  11:30 AM Meeting Adjourn

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• Applied Demography Toolbox (4/18/2018)

  New from Eddie Hunsinger
  Applied Demography Toolbox
  This Applied Demography Toolbox is a collection of applied demography computer programs, scripts, spreadsheets, databases and texts. If you would like to use, share or reproduce information or ideas from the linked files, be sure to cite the respective source.
  Find it here: http://www.demog.berkeley.edu/~eddieh/toolbox.html

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• Workbook: ORGANIZING Complete Count Committees (3/15/2018)

  New from Minnesota State Demographic Center
  Workbook: ORGANIZING Complete Count Committees
  The CCC is open and inclusive, speaks the languages of all the communities within it, and builds trust by encouraging neighbor-to-neighbor awareness of the importance of an accurate census count.
  Find it here: https://mn.gov/admin/assets/CCC%20workbook_3-15-18_tcm36-330543.pdf

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• Tasks and Responsibilities of SDC Lead Agencies (2/23/2018)

  New from NIU Center for Governmental Studies
  Tasks and Responsibilities of SDC Lead Agencies
  High-level inventory of tasks and responsibilities of SDC Lead Agencies.
  Find it here: https://sdcclearinghouse.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/tasks-and-responsibilities-of-sdc-lead-agencies.docx

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• Indiana’s 2020 Census website (1/23/2018)

  New from Indiana SDC
  Indiana’s 2020 Census website
  This site is for Hoosiers by Hoosiers to provide timely information on Census 2020.
  Find it here: http://www.census.indiana.edu/

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• Refresher on Census’s embargo data access program (5/19/2017)

  Many of you have embargo data access privileges with the Census Bureau. This post is a refresher on the rules associated with the embargo access program.

  Your embargo data access allows you to download, review and analyze data 1-2 days prior to public release. This early access enables you to prepare a local news release to coincide with the public release day, prepare your own SDC agency’s website for the public release day, and respond to press requests for comment.  (Note: Members of the press will need to get any data downloads via their own embargo data access logins.) 

  If you have embargo data access privileges, this access is for you alone; your username and password cannot to be shared.

  Within your SDC, if there are co-workers who need their own embargo data access, these co-workers can request it. Please apply for embargo data access on the census.gov website. Contact any member of the SDC Steering Committee if you have questions. 

  Some SDC coordinating agencies have or need access. Please share this email with them, as they are subject to the same rules.

  With this access, certain rules apply. Census Bureau’s embargo policy is online, here: www.census.gov/newsroom/embargo/embargo-policy.html

  Embargo access is granted on an individual basis only and cannot be shared with unapproved colleagues or associates …

  Embargoed news releases and data files may not be released to the public by any means… before the specified date and time of release. Failure to adhere to this embargo policy will result in the removal of the embargo privileges for the entire state or organization’s contacts as follows:

  1. First breach – six-month suspension of embargo privileges.
  2. Subsequent breach – one-year suspension of embargo privileges. Reinstatement must be requested in writing.

  The Census Bureau, through its Public Information Office, reserves the right to deny access to embargoed information to any entity that abuses embargo privileges.

  If an embargo is broken, the Census Bureau will immediately release the data to the public and a notification will be sent alerting data users that the information is now available to the public.

  The Assistant Director for Communications or his/her designee has final approval on all matters pertaining to embargo access.

  If you have questions about appropriate use of embargo data, please ask Census Bureau CLMSO staff.

  Finally, if you know of co-workers or SDC network colleagues who need embargo access, please apply for embargo data access on the census.gov website. Contact any member of the SDC Steering Committee if you have questions.

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• Census 2020 related web pages focused on New York State (3/19/2017)

  New from Cornell Program on Applied Demographics
  Census 2020 related web pages focused on New York State
  Includes Census Bureau meetings March-May.
  Find it here: https://pad.human.cornell.edu/census2020/nyportal.cfm

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