Regional Offices: It's All About Change Texas State Data Center Meeting May 23,2012 Cathy L. Lacy Denver Regional Director U.S. Census Bureau

Why are we changing? Budgets will be severely constrained and may well decline over the coming years, while field challenges increase. Our survey sponsors are demanding lower costs, improved efficiency, and increased responsiveness. Survey organizations increasingly use real-time administrative information to create leaner infrastructures.

Regional Office Boundaries 2013

Wave Implementation Timeline San Antonio January 2011 Phoenix April 2012 Oklahoma City June 2012 Denver August 2012 Albuquerque September 2012 Houston October 2012 Dallas & Kansas City November 2012

New RO Organization Chart Survey Support Regional Director Assistant Regional Director Coordinator A Survey Statisticians (Field) Field Supervisors Field Representatives Coordinator B Survey Statisticians (Office) Coordinator C Coordinator D Administration Automation Recruiting Geography Partnership

Transition Timeline and Key Milestones This process is happening now Posting for new positions began in July 2011 Training related to new duties and responsibilities begins in October 2011 Survey Statistician Field (SSF), Field Supervisor (FS), & Field Representative (FR) teams will transition to new supervisory structure in 7 waves between January and November 2012 The entire transition will be complete no later than January 2013

How does Texas fit into the Region? Texas is home to 47.7% of the population of the new Denver Region. Texas is the 2nd largest state both in population and land area in the is U.S. If you add the population for all New England states plus New Jersey, Delaware & Washington DC it would still be less than the population of Texas. Montana is the closest in land area at 145,545.80 square miles, compared to Texas at 261,231.71 square miles.

Denver Partnership & Data Services As part of Denver Regional Office our goal is to make the valuable Census data available at no cost to all by providing: Information Sessions & Presentations Data Workshops Hands on computer trainings Answers to specific data inquires Collaboration with partnering organizations

Data Available Community/Neighborhood Profiles Population Characteristics Housing Quality/Costs Retail Sales Service Industries Construction Governments Transportation Employment Dynamics Current Economic Indicators Yearly Population Estimates

Contacts Paula Wright Paula.K.Wright@Census.Gov Office: 214-253-4482 Suzee Privett Susana.Privett@Census.Gov Office: 214-253-4429 Lacey Loftin Lacey. E.Loftin@Census.Gov Cell: 214-784-5110 Angeles Ortega Angeles.Ortega.Moore@Census.Gov Office: 720-962-3872 Cell: 303-653.1798 Jerry O’Donnell Gerald.L.ODonnell@Census.Gov Office: 720-962-3875 Cell: 720-334-9662 Pauline Nunez Pauline.Nunez@Census.Gov Office: 720-962-3874 Cell: 303-204-6271 Amadeo Shije Amadeo.Shije@Census.Gov Cell: 505-379-6300 Kimberly Davis Kimberly.Ann.Davis@Census.Gov Office: 720-962-3871 Partnership and Data Services Program Denver Regional Census Office 6950 W. Jefferson Avenue, Suite 250 Denver, Colorado 80235 Phone: 720.962.3870 E-mail: denver.pdsp@census.gov

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