SECTIOI.N Be it enacted by the Senate and House o

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Security and the Decennial 2010 Census

• Tim Ruland, CISSP, CISM
• CISO, US Census Bureau

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Census Act of 1790 signed March 1, 1790
SECTIOI.N Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the marshalls
of the the several districts of the United States
shall be, and they are to take hereby authorized
and required to cause the number of the
inhabitants within their respective districts to
be taken omitting in such enumeration Indians
not taxed, and distinguishing free persons,
including those bound to service for a term of
years, from all others distinguishing also the
sexes and colours of free persons, and the free
males of sixteen years and upwards from those
under that age for effecting which purpose the
marshals shall have power to appoint as many
assistants within their respective districts as
to them shall appear necessary assigning to each
assistant a certain division of his district,
which division shall consist of one or more
counties, cities, towns, townships, hundreds
or parishes, or of a territory plainly and
distinctly bounded by water courses, mountains,
or public roads. The marshals and their
assistarts shall respectively take an oath or
afirmation, before some judge or justice of the
peace, resident within their respective
districts, previous to their entering on the
discharge of the duties by this act required.
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The First Automation
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Census Timelines

• December 2000 begin planning for 2010
• 2002-2003 publish first basic design specs
• 2004 initial field testing of concepts
• 2005 award major contracts
• 2006 final concept testing
• 2007 initial field testing - LUCA
• 2008 full dress rehearsal
• 2009 - start of operations
• April 1 2010 Census Day
• December 31, 2010 Report on Presidents Desk

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Environmental Changes Since Decennial 2000

• Sept 11, 2001
• FISMA
• NIST has been busy
• 5 FIPS
• 105 Special Publications
• HSPD-12
• The VA incident
• FDCC
• TIC

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What Does It Look Like?

• Looking at technology 9 years out
• 12 Regional Census Centers opened 2 years
• Local Census Offices (470-520) open 18 months
  or so
• Telecommunications Infrastructure
• Telephone Centers
• 3 Data Capture Centers

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Staffing

• Ramp up begins approximately 2006/7
• Field Operations start in earnest in 2008/9
• Beginning in 2009 look for approx 2-3 million
  applicants for 750K jobs
• Clear them (HSPD-12)
• Train them
• Some operations only 4-6 weeks

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Risks

• Large contract operations for the first time in
  history
• Loss of experienced Census workers
• Congressional budget issues (CRs, etc)
• Unfunded mandates
• Respondent attitudes

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Strategies

• Try and use proven security methods and standards
  developed for the rest of the agency
• Risk based approach
• Rolling accreditations based on multiple
  operations

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Major Operations

• Address Canvass (AdCan)
• Remote Alaska (RA)
• Group Quarter Advanced Visit (GQAV)
• Group Quarter Enumeration (GQE)
• Update Leave (UL),Update Enumerate (UE)
• Non-Response Follow up (NRFU)
• Field Verification (FV)
• Census Coverage Management (CCM)

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Challenges

• New requirements
• NIST, OMB, GAO,
• Congressional Oversight
• OIG Oversight
• Transparency
• Time

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What About 2020?

• Bringing in new, young staff
• Looking at technology
• Create new energy and excitement
• Lessons Learned

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Questions?
Tim Ruland 301-763-2869 timothy.p.ruland_at_census.go
v tpruland_at_comcast.net