1. After FactFinder: The future of data dissemination at Census Bureau December 17, 2015 1

2. Yes, FactFinder is going away  FactFinder scheduled for “retirement” in 2017  This presentation is about what comes next 2

3. What is CEDSCI?  CEDSCI = Census Bureau’s Center for Enterprise Dissemination Services and Consumer Innovation  CEDSCI is looking to centralize and standardize the data, metadata, and software needed to build dissemination tools and provide easy access to public use content to improve the users’ experience. 3

4. Future vision  Current situation: Census Bureau has several public data tools -- AFF, Quick Facts, Easy Stats, DataFerrett, others. All with their own data and metadata databases, infrastructure, software. Duplication exists in many of these systems.  Future vision:  1. Centralizing and standardizing, thus reducing data and systems management burden. Efficiency benefits!  2. Taking a customer focused approach to dissemination. 4

5. CEDSCI, the new platform  How? – At the Bureau, CEDSCI will provide the platform for publication of public data:  Centralized Data and Metadata Repository  Centralized Services  Tables  Maps  Search  Visualizations  All new data tools and apps deployed by Census Bureau will utilize CEDSCI services.  Should be simple to end users. New tools and apps will be marketed simply as Census.gov 5

6. Use and Adoption  Replacing existing disparate data tools  Continue to develop unique and specialized tools for different audiences, but all new tools will use the CEDSCI platform for development. 6

7. What is CEDSCI? 7 User Experience and User Interface Technology Infrastructure and Support Metadata & Data Repository Geo Services Table Services Visualizations Integration with Census.gov Sophisticated User Expert User CEDSCI Initial Release Dissemination Services and Tools

8. CEDSCI’s Iterative Approach 8 CEDSCI is being developed in an iterative process with stakeholder feedback driving continuous improvements along the way Alpha Phase1 Alpha Phase 2 Alpha Phase 3 Alpha Phase 4 Alpha Phase 5 Beta Dec 2015 Continuous Integration of Stakeholder Feedback Feb/Mar 2016May/June 2016 Aug/Sept 2016Nov/Dec 2016Dec 2016

9. Timeline 9 Proof of Concept #2 Completed Program Management Review CEDSCI IT Platform - Alpha Phase 1 Release November 2015 December 2015 Governance Processes Chartered CEDSCI Platform Beta Release July 2016 Alpha Phase 2 Release Jan-Feb 2016 Alpha Phase 3 Release Apr-May 2016 Beta Phase 3 Jan-Feb 2017 Beta Phase 2 Oct-Nov 2016 Beta Phase 3 Apr-May 2017 CEDSCI Production Release June 2017 AFF Retired 201520172016 Aug – Sept 2015 October 2015 Alpha Phase 1 Stakeholder Kickoff

10. Alpha Phase 1 Testing Overview 10 Alpha Phase 1 Testing Goals: Share CEDSCI early Capture feedback Identify improvements From feedback, identify improvements Guide the development process and prioritize upcoming tasks

11. Alpha Phase 1: Data 11  ACS (Detailed Tables)  1-Year (2012, 2013)  3-Year (2012, 2013)  5-Year (2012, 2013)  Econ Census – EWKS (2012)  County Business Patterns – CBP (2012, 2013)  Non Employer Statistics (2012, 2013)

12. Alpha Phase 1: Features 12

13. Integration with Search 13 Displays a list of tables that match the search term. The topic, geography, year and survey/program selection areas are filtered to only include values that are applicable to the search term. Business rules will determine the appropriate values to return. Customers are able to search directly from Census.gov and get relevant content, data tables, statistics, videos, publications, and images.

14. Alpha Phase 1 Features 14 Explore Data Leveraging Various Facets Search by Topics Search by Location Search by Year Search by Dataset Search by Program Areas Search by NAICS Codes Get table results that match selected facets

15. Alpha Phase 1 Features 15 Use More Geographies to select additional geographies and summary levels Search by Region Search by Counties Search by School Districts Type Ahead feature available to quickly find and select desired geographies Search by Congressional Districts

16. Alpha Phase 1 Features 16 Results Page – Matching table results to selected facets organized by Table ID. Your current selection Table Results matching the search criteria Select additional facets to further refine search results Trending Data Coming Soon

17. Alpha Phase 1 Features 17 Table Viewer Feature – Ability to Preview Tables Directly From the Results Page Preview desired tables side by side Table results grouped by datasets to reduce duplicate table entries Click on view table to launch the Full Table View

18. Alpha Phase 1 Features 18 Full Table View – Further review data in Full Table View mode. Ability to turn Margin of Error On / Off View/Hide Table Notes Modify Geography Directly From the Full Table View Additional Features “Coming Soon”

19. Logistics  Access the test site at: https://edi.test.ditd.census.gov/cedsci https://edi.test.ditd.census.gov/cedsci  Supported Browsers  Google Chrome  Mozilla Firefox  Feedback/Technical Issues:  Click the feedback button on the top right corner of the page  Email directly at cedsci.feedback@census.govcedsci.feedback@census.gov 19 Please Do Not Share username and password

20. Alpha Phase 2: Features 20

21. Alpha Phase 2: Features cont. 21

22. Data access innovation outside the Bureau as well  10 years ago: Census introduced “deep links” as a feature of its website. All the parameters needed to call a table could be included in the URL  Since 2012: Extending that idea, Census now has over a dozen API services (that is, software-to- software services) that can be plugged in to an external developer’s own website and apps. 22

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27. After FactFinder: The future of data dissemination at Census Bureau December 17, 2015 27