1. 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

2. 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.

3. Regional Office Boundaries 2013

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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, square miles, compared to Texas at 261, square miles.

8. 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

9. 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

10. Contacts Paula Wright Paula.K.Wright@Census.Gov Office: 214-253-4482
Suzee Privett
Office:
Lacey Loftin
Lacey.
Cell:
Angeles Ortega
Office:
Cell:
Jerry O’Donnell
Office:
Cell:
Pauline Nunez
Office:
Cell:
Amadeo Shije
Cell:
Kimberly Davis
Office:
Partnership and Data Services Program
Denver Regional Census Office
6950 W. Jefferson Avenue, Suite 250
Denver, Colorado 80235
Phone:

11. Questions?