Program Plan
Department of Commerce - 2010 Census Partnership Recovery Plan
Updated 05/15/2009
Objectives
Program Purpose
Additional 2,027 partnership staff will permit a greater outreach to population groups that are at higher risk of not being counted in 2010. More staff will result in more contacts with community organization leaders, greater presence at community events, and better follow-through with partner organizations. Additional partnership staff can improve the census by informing the local census offices about strategies that will help improve coverage in hard-to-count population areas.
Public Benefits
No Data Available
Measures
The measures have been revised to enrich the performance metrics for Recovery targets. In some instances, targets will not be available until additional baseline data has been collected.
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Partnership staff effectively engage community leaders and organizations, particularly in hard-to-count areas, with a civic engagement campaign that positively affects mail response rates, undercount, and public cooperation.
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Measure Information
| Frequency : Long-term/Annual | | Direction : No Data Available | | Type : Output | Explanation : FY 2009 Target (Including Base):
2,707 total Partnership Staff (100%), including 680 from base funding, provide greater communication and follow-through with partner organizations, identify locations for 30,000 Questionnaire Assistance Centers and 40,000 Be Counted sites in hard-to-count areas (40% complete), and form and train approximately 10,000 Complete Count Committees (50% complete). Partnership staff establishes partnerships and work with approximately 70,000 organizations (60% of expected 120,000 organizational partnerships for 2010 Census).
FY 2010:
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Additional measures are under development. | - | - | - | - |
Measure Information
| Frequency : Long-term | | Direction : No Data Available | | Type : Outcome | | Explanation : No Data Available | | Unit : No Data Available |
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Schedule and Milestones
December 2008 Launched Integrated Partner Contact Database (IPCD)
March 2009 Held National Partners Kick-off Meeting
May 1, 2009 Partnership Specialists start work
June 1, 2009 Partnership Assistants start work
May 30, 2010 Partnership Assistants conclude work
September 30, 2010 Partnership Specialists conclude work
Milestones
| Milestone |
Completion Date |
2009 Targets Using Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funding
2,027 additional Partnership Staff hired by end of June 2009 (This includes the creation of 1,750 new partnership assistant positions. Their primary job of the assistants will be to help with follow through with established partners.)
2,027 additional Partnership staff received training and assist in communications with local organizations.
2,027 additional partnership staff assist base-funded partnership staff in communications with local organizations
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09/30/2010 |
| 2,027 additional partnership staff assist base-funded partnership staff in communications with local organizations |
09/30/2010 |
680 Partnership staff thank community organizations and other partners for their help with the 2010 Census.
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09/30/2010 |
Projects and Activities
Partnership staff will provide information and training about the 2010 Census to community-based organizations, religious leaders, educators, local businesses, and media outlets in designated hard-to-count areas. An expanded Partnership presence will result in greater support from community leaders for the 2010 Census. Residents in hard-to-count communities and neighborhoods will have a greater likelihood of knowing about the census and why they need to complete and return their questionnaire.
Review Process
The Census Bureau Chief Financial Officer’s organization establishes and operates a comprehensive financial management and internal controls program for the agency. The robust accounting structure contains detailed coding that allows obligations and expenditures for all activities and operations to be individually tracked and monitored.
The Decennial program offices manage the 2010 Census program requirements, schedule and budget. Program management is centralized within the Decennial Management Division (DMD). The 2010 Census program is divided into projects, and a program manager is assigned to each of these projects. The program managers oversee the budgets their assigned projects and work closely with the Census offices that participate in the projects to ensure that funds are being used to meet the project’s requirements, and to address any cost or schedule issues.
Monthly briefings are held with senior officials of the Department of Commerce and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the status of the 2010 Decennial Census program. The Monthly Status Report (MSR), which is used as the basis of these briefings, includes information on status and progress of major decennial activities, including all major contracts being managed (including earned value metrics, schedule accomplishments, risks, and issues) as well as obligation and expenditure information.
Decennial management has established comprehensive project and contract management structures for the major Decennial contracts supporting the collection, tabulation, and dissemination of the 2010 Census data. During the actual conduct of the Decennial Census (fiscal years 2009, 2010 and 2011), the 2010 Census Program also uses a Cost and Progress System to monitor costs and work completed daily for all major field operations. This ensures that there are no surprises and gives us an early warning to take corrective action, if necessary.
Cost and Performance Plan
Transparency
The Census Bureau has established a new Treasury account to track the $1 billion received from the ARRA. We have also established a financial structure, including unique coding that will allow us to separately track obligations and expenditures for each activity funded through ARRA and to aid in the transparency of these expenditures. All financial transactions associated with this funding will be captured and retained in the Census Bureau’s Core Financial System.
The Census Bureau’s ARRA spend plan is being made available to the public on the recovery.gov website. In addition, weekly reports will be completed and posted on the recovery.gov website.
Accountability
The Census Bureau has reporting requirements established by the Department of Commerce in response to guidelines established by OMB to monitor ARRA funding. The Census Bureau’s Comptroller, according to those established guidelines, will monitor all ARRA funds.
Budget and program staff conduct detailed monthly reviews of obligations compared to the operating plans. Census Bureau Executive Staff members, including the Director and Deputy Director are briefed regularly. Budget spending reports are also sent monthly to the Department of Commerce.
Monthly briefings are held with senior officials of the Department of Commerce and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on the status of the 2010 Decennial Census program.
Energy Efficiency Spending Plans
Program Plan Award Types
No Data Available