Management, Administration, & IT

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The WCF conducts enterprise-wide services that support both appropriated and reimbursable programs. These services cover a wide range of critical administrative, management, research, and technical activities that are critical for the successful performance of the Census Bureau's mission and are key components of change that will position the bureau to respond effectively. The key management, administration, and IT activities and services of the WCF include: Executive Direction and Policy Coordination: Manage the agency's program portfolio and enterprise risk register. Promotes and sustains policy and privacy principles that comply with data stewardship and privacy laws for protecting the confidentiality of respondents. Research and Methodology: Researches and conducts individual and collaborative research projects with internationally recognized experts that focus on issues critical to executing the Census Bureau's mission and the broader Federal statistical community. Develops, maintains, and administers systems for disclosure protection of Census Bureau information products to ensure respondent confidentiality. Human Resources, Equal Opportunity, and Administrative Services: Encompasses an array of services that ensure the recruitment and retention of a highly skilled workforce that is aligned with program needs, promotes a competency-based and results-oriented performance culture, ensures equal opportunity in all employment matters, and administers the health and safety program of the Census Bureau; manages and directs the facility, property, and records management programs, oversees all aspects of contractor and employee security and pre-employment screening, and manages the Bureau's continuity of operations program. Communications and Outreach Services: Manages the Census Bureau's internal and external communications program, advises Bureau leadership and staff on Congressional matters, and coordinates with other governmental stakeholders. Field Operations Management, Infrastructure, and Services: Provides administrative, logistical, and infrastructure support necessary to carry out operations of the National Processing Center and the field data collection program supported by the six regional field offices. Budget, Financial Management, and Acquisition: Prepares the official budget estimates for the Census Bureau working with the Department of Commerce, and the Office of Management and Budget; and manages the execution of the enacted budget and coordinates the management of the Census Bureau WCF; provides timely, accurate, and complete financial information to stakeholders; establishes accounting policies; makes payments, collections, and prepares financial reports; performs internal control and compliance reviews; provides contracting services; and processes purchase actions for Census Bureau programs. Rent and Federal Protective Service Charges: Centralizes bills related to rent and security to reduce administrative burden without increasing costs to the programs and supports the Census Bureau's flexible system of space allocations. 3 FTE and Positions in the Internal Reimbursable Programs in the WCF are distributed to appropriated and external reimbursable programs via an algorithm based on contributions to the Management, Administration, and IT; and Cost Collection PPAs. They are not shown here in order to avoid double counting. CEN-135 Exhibit 12 Information Technology (IT) Management: Manages the development of strategic, operational, and business IT plans for the Census Bureau and the implementation of IT program/project management and the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Application Services: Provides software solutions in the procurement, development, use, and maintenance of software applications and products that support the broad spectrum of Census Bureau business needs and builds enterprise applications that serve multiple Census business areas. Information Security: Ensures compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), develops, and maintains the Census Bureau IT security program, and assures that the bureau complies with procedures and safeguards for protection of IT resources and the confidentiality of program and administrative data. Network, Data Center, and Telecommunications: Provides enterprise-wide office automation, desktop, and peripherals support and services, manages the IT Service Help Desk and inventory management and control; delivers data communication services, maintains telecommunications resources; designs solutions for data communications objectives; operates and maintains the data center and maintains the stable and secure computing environment. The WCF provides the vehicle where these services may be centrally executed, thus reducing duplicated services in each individual program. The centralization also provides the Census Bureau with the opportunity to standardize these services, which results in efficiencies, process improvements, and potential cost avoidance. All programs and projects, whether supported by direct or reimbursable funding sources, pay predetermined shares of the enterprise-wide services to ensure full recovery of the cost, based on actual usage and beneficiary. Stewardship of the WCF is a major priority of the Census Bureau and it respects the desire of the Congress that the WCF contain only those programs and services necessary for the efficient functioning of the programs that these services support.

Extracted from Census Bureau, p. 133. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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