# Presentation: 771409

## SDC/BIDC Network 2004 Annual Report

**Renee Jefferson-Copeland****Program Administrator**
**State and Government Programs****Presentation to the ****State Data Centers****September 2004**

## SDC/BIDC Network 2003 Annual Report

**Renee Jefferson-Copeland****Program Administrator**
**State and Government Programs****Presentation to the ****State Data Centers****September 2003**

## VISION

- “To create an SDC/BIDC program that is a model of Federal-State cooperation by being well managed, providing efficient and timely access to data and meeting the needs of the government partners and the ultimate customer, data users.”

## Mission

- “To effectively provide access to Census Bureau data and data products through a wide network of SDCs, including lead, coordinating and affiliate organizations.”

## The SDC Network

- Established in 1978
- BIDC added in 1988
- 56 SDC lead, 1,774 affiliate organizations
- Elected steering committee

## Core Competencies est. 1998

- Program administration (Lead Only)
- Data dissemination
- Data analysis, technical assistance, and consultation
- Customized programming/product development
- Education and promotion of censuses

## Core Competencies established - 1998

- Training
- Assistance with census operations
- Web presence
- Participation in regional or national meetings

## 2003 Program Administration

-  50 out of the 56 SDC leads reported
- 1,000  Full Time Equivalent employees
-  states expended $14.1 million
- 1,400 data user workshops

## Data DisseminationIn 2003 the network....

- handled 700,000 requests
- responded to 600,000 of above requests at no cost to the data user

## Data Analysis, Technical Assistance & Consultation .... In 2003 the network

- responded to 100,000 requests that required in-depth analysis

## Customized Programming & Product DevelopmentIn 2003 the network....

- prepared 29,000 customized products, the majority of which were based on Census Bureau data

## Training, Education and Promotion of Census Bureau programs (2010 & ACS)

- - 900 speeches or presentations
- - 300 general information workshops
- - 400 newsletter articles
- - 300 data user training workshops
- trained about 7,000 data users

## Education and Promotion of Census Programs - Economic Census

- - 700 speeches or presentations
- - 1900 general information workshops
- - 290 newsletter articles
- - 200 data user training workshops
- - trained about 5,000 data users

## Education and Promotion of Census Programs - Other Census Programs

- -  2,000 speeches or presentations
- 900 general information workshops
- 900 newsletter articles
- 1,000 data user training workshops
- trained about 18,000 data users

## Assistance with Census Bureau Operations

- 130 training workshops
- 170 media activities
- 23 SDCs assisted in locating meeting and training space

## Web Presence & Conference attendance

- All SDC leads have websites
- approximately 218.4 million  hits on the SDC websites
- About 24.2 million interactive user sessions
- 45 SDC representatives at national & regional conferences

## 2003 SDC TECHNOLOGY

- 100 SDCs are able to press CD-ROMs
- 100 SDCs have DVD readers
- 100 SDCs have GIS capabilities
- 70 SDCs can print and copy large scale maps
- 50 SDCs have video conferencing capabilities

## SDCs assist in Census Bureau Programs and Operations for...

- Decennial Census Advisory Committee
- Geography Division
- Economic Directorate
- Population Division
- Demographic Surveys Division
- The American Community Survey
- Decennial Census Planning

## SDCs assist in Census Bureau Programs and Operations for...

- Geography Division
- Regional Offices
- Communications Directorate

## SDC/Customer Liaison OfficeCoordination & Cooperation

- In 2004 CLO convened...
-  monthly steering committee telephone conferences
- 2 SDC steering committee meetings
- 1 regional conference
- 1 national conferences
- Continuous  telephone and email contact

## SDC/Customer Liaison OfficeCoordination & Cooperation

- Annual conference
- SDC maintained a network clearinghouse website
- CLO  assisted in 11 local SDC affiliate meetings for a combined audience of over 250 SDC staff, local officials, media and  data users

## SDC/Customer Liaison OfficeCoordination & Cooperation

- Listserves
- Data Dissemination Embargo directory
- Secure Servers
- FTP Site

## SDC/Customer Liaison Office Coordination & Cooperation

- Census Bureau provided about 86,000 products - retail  value $3.0 million
- Early Access to Census Bureau data (excludes Title 13 data)

## Plans for 2005

- Mutual support for Census Bureau & SDC products, programs and activities
- Data Dissemination
- SDC Training
- Annual Reports for program year 2004

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