The Deal With Data Collection
The decennial is a huge operation; it’s the largest domestic mobilization project that our country does. We collaborate across disciplines and departments within the Census Bureau. I look for individuals who have had some background training in interpersonal relations, individuals who either by design or default have been forced to work in environments where they have had to learn another technical difficulty beside their own. We have a number of people who are very deep in one area whether it’s math or demographics, however, to do a census you have to understand project management, budgeting, scheduling, and as we move through the process those disciplines actually become almost more important than the technical disciplines.
