Moms and Dads and Kids, Oh My!Bring Your Youth to Work Day — April 29, 2004

PHOTOS BY MARK TOLBERT III and NEIL MACLEAN

The much anticipated construction of the new building is finally here.The excavation and foundation work for the first parking garage beganin March. Pictorial updates of the project will be a regular feature inCounterParts. These photos were taken in May.

Burgess was born in 1887 in Newport,Rhode Island. He received his firstdegree from Brown University in mathe-matics in 1908 after only three years ofstudy.

He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa andawarded a Rhodes Scholarship toOxford University where he received aB. A. degree in 1910 in mathematics.He then became an instructor in mathe-matics at Purdue University and CornellUniversity where he received his Ph.D.in 1914. During World War I, Burgessand his equally-talented younger broth-er Randolph both served as statisticiansin the statistical branch of the GeneralStaff of the U.S. Army in Washington,D.C.

After the war, Burgess was an assistantprofessor of mathematics at BrownUniversity where he wrote a textbookon the mathematics of statistics. Hejoined the Western Electric Company in1924 where he soon became seniorstatistician and chief actuary.

His career at Western Electric lasted 28years after which he was automaticallyretired at age 65. He then became aconsultant in business and economicstatistics both to Johns HopkinsUniversity and a New York law firm. Hewas nominated by Eisenhower to beCensus Bureau Director on January 16,1953.

Burgess was probably brought to theattention of White House recruiters forthe census position by his brotherRandolph who had been appointed asconsultant and deputy to the secretaryof the treasury.

Randolph Burgess was an officer of theNational City Bank of New York, anauthority on monetary matters, a for-mer deputy governor of the FederalReserve Bank of New York City, andpresident of the American StatisticalAssociation in 1937.

A second influence was Ralph Robey, aprominent journalist and bankingexpert in New York and chief economist

for the National Association ofManufacturers.

Burgess’ eight-year term as CensusBureau Director coincided withEisenhower’s two terms as president.In style, Burgess was quiet and digni-fied. During his tenure, the CensusBureau’s statistical work continued toexpand and its current program budgetincreased from $10 million to $15 mil-lion annually. In 1960, about 45 per-cent of the total current budget consist-ed of funds received from other federalagencies for contract data collectionand special tabulations. As a result ofthe 1960 census, the Census Bureau’sbudget in total topped $100 million forthe first time.

When Robert Burgess retired from theCensus Bureau on March 3, 1961, hewas as reluctant to retire then as hehad been when he left Western Electricat age 65. Like four of his nine prede-cessors, Burgess easily surpassed the80-year mark and died in 1969 at age82.

Theodore G. Clemence

(Theodore Clemence joined the Census Bureau in

1959 as a junior statistician in the Population

Division. He served as chief, Office of Program and

Policy Development, and as senior advisor to the

deputy director. He passed away in 1988. An

amateur historian, he wrote biographies of 10

Census Bureau directors, from 1899 to 1961. This

is the last of the series.)

Robert Wilbur Burgess, 1953 -1961

At the end of Peel’s term in February1953, the Census Bureau had recentlymarked its 50th anniversary as a per-manent agency. Its budget for currentsurveys and special projects was about$10 million, exclusive of census funds.This was about twice the level of 20years earlier.

Employment had grown in a similarmanner; and by the end of 1952, theBureau had 3,400 employees, about2,700 of which were full time and per-manent employees, mostly at headquar-ters.

Some of this staff was supported in1952 with remaining census funds, butby then most of the normal contractionof employment following a decennialcensus had already been completed.

Dwight David Eisenhower had beenelected in 1952 on a wave of personalpopularity, and he ran far ahead of hisparty in many parts of the country. Amajor theme of the Republican cam-paign, however, was to cut governmentdown to size. Waste and inefficiencywould be eliminated and unnecessary

government functions wouldbe liquidated. Some ofEisenhower’s cabinetappointees pursued this goalwith grim determination.

The Cabinet, as announced byDecember of 1952, was heavywith business experience.One such person wasSecretary of CommerceSinclair Weeks, a Boston busi-nessman long active inRepublican politics and chair-man of the 1952 CampaignFinance Committee.

Weeks promptly announcedthat he was going to clearout the dead wood and poi-son oak that had accumulat-ed in the Department ofCommerce. He also made clear thata department so recently headed bysuch men as Harry Hopkins and HenryWallace must be crawling with rabid"New Dealers" or worse.

The first tool at hand for this task wasthe budget, or more specifically the lastTruman budget. The new secretary andhis staff went through this budget forCommerce and reduced it by 15 per-cent.

The CensusBureau’s currentprogram wasreduced by 5 per-cent, and therequest for the eco-nomic censuses of1953 was cut from$21 million to $11million.

A Census Bureau request for $1 millionfor a second UNIVAC computer waseliminated completely. The remainingbudget requests were not supportedvigorously by the department duringcongressional hearings, and the appro-priations committees eliminated fundsfor the economic censuses completely.

This action brought about a greatoutcry from the business community,and an intensive review committee wasestablished to consider the importanceof the economic censuses. As a resultof this committee’s work, funds for theeconomic censuses were restored at alower level. The census was taken ayear late and Secretary Weeks foundhimself testifying on behalf of therevised budget requests.

The adverse effects of these actions onthe Census Bureau’s staff are generallyremembered as the most disruptiveexperience in the history of the Bureau’semployment. During the first eightmonths of 1953, the Bureau’s perma-nent staff was reduced by over 1,000,or a 38 percent reduction from the startof the year. Some of the reduction wasa continuation of attrition from the pre-vious year, but some 500 people wereterminated and about the same numberwere downgraded.

To this unfortunate set of events camethe next census director, on Feb. 5,1953, Robert M. Burgess, with a longdistinguished career already behind himat age 65.

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2 You Want How Much?

3 RunningWith, NotFrom, theFeds

3 Are You a COR?

4 Toddle on Over

5 Managing ConflictThrough Mediation

6 Directors of theCensus Bureau andPortals to Leadership

7 Women’s Stress Diet

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BREAKFAST1 grapefruit1 slice whole-wheat toast1 cup skim milk

LUNCH

Small portion steamed chicken with a cup of spinach

1 cup herbal tea

1 Hershey's Kiss

SNACK

Rest of the Hershey Kisses in the bag

1 quart Hagen-Daaz with whippedcream

DINNER4 glasses of wine (white or red)2 loaves garlic bread1 family size pizza3 Snickers bars

BEDTIME SNACK1 frozen Sara Lee cheesecake

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“The adverse effects of these actions on theBureau’s staff are generally remembered asthe most disruptive experience in the history of the Bureau’s employment.”

— Theodore Clemence

Reprinted from, Team 24 News, the newsletter of the Detroit Regional Office.

This is a specially formulated diet designed to help cope with the stress that builds during the day.

Running With, Not From, the Feds

2 June 2004 Census CounterParts June 2004 3Census CounterParts June 2004 5Census CounterParts4 June 2004 Census CounterParts

During “Bring Your Youth to Work Day,” April 29, we took a survey (because that’s what we do) tofind out how much money your sons and daughters would like to make when they get their first“real” job. Here’s what they said:

ONE BIG HAPPY®by Rick Detorie

Reprinted by permission of Rick Detorie and Creators Syndicate, Inc.

$ You Want How Much? $

Census Running Totals (2 out of 26; 7 out of 96)Richard KerseyJohn WardMary PeateJim HartmanDoug Clift

Census Elite Joggers (9 out of 26; 24 out of 96)Alan PetersonDave WaddingtonReid RottachBarbara LazirkoTom Mesenbourg

Conflict is a part of life, and thatincludes the workplace. Though con-flict can result in positive changes,when it becomes disruptive to thework environment it may be time toget help. And that help is availableright here at the Census Bureau.

The American Federation ofGovernment Employees (AFGE) Local2782, AFL-CIO, and the CensusBureau have introduced the CensusAlternative Dispute ResolutionProgram (CADRP) for employees atheadquarters and in the regions.

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)is any method of resolving work-place conflicts or disputes otherthan the traditional EEO complaint,or grievance, processes. Themethod chosen by the Bureau ismediation, an interest-based, prob-lem solving process that is voluntaryand facilitated by a neutral mediator.The CADRP uses mediators from theInteragency Sharing NeutralsProgram for headquarters employeesand the Federal Executive Board for employees in theregions.

The CADRP offers employees a private, confidential environ-ment where disputing parties can share feelings, clear upmisunderstandings, find areas of agreement and devisemutually acceptable solutions to disputed issues. The pro-gram covers management/employee and employee/employ-ee workplace disputes. Employees who are already in anEEO complaint, or grievance, process can request mediation

when they feel it would be morebeneficial in resolving their dispute.

When a request for mediation isreceived, a coordinator will arrangea time convenient to both parties.In contrast to EEO and grievanceprocesses, mediations are set upwithin four to five days, and ses-sions are usually completed withinone to five hours.

On Jan. 22, 2004, the CADRP wasintroduced with representatives fromthe Equal Employment OpportunitiesCommission, Sharing Neutrals, ADRVantage and the Department ofCommerce participating in a paneldiscussion. More than 200 employ-ees attended an Introduction toMediation workshop. The Bureau hascontracted with the FederalConciliation and Mediation Servicesto present additional workshops forheadquarters and regional officeemployees this fall. Watch broad-cast messages for dates and times.

Information and ADR request formsare available in the CADRP office, room 1237-3, and athttp://cww.cen.gov/adr. Employees may call 1-800-872-6096 or fax (301) 457-2303.

For headquarters bargaining unit employees currently in thenegotiated grievance process, call AFGE, Local 2782 on (301)763-3175. For employees in the EEO complaint process, callthe EEO office on (301) 763-2853.

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“$6 million a year.”Jay Williams, 7

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Tony Reichert, 8

“$8.00an hour.”

Jessica Kiessling,15

“$3,000 a week.”

Michelle Yoder, 8 “$90,0

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a Robinson, 11“$100,000 a week.”QuaShun Battle, 11

On May 5, four teams from the Census Bureau joined more than 600 runners from the three branches ofthe federal government and the media to compete in the 23rd annual Capital Challenge to benefit theD.C. Special Olympics.

This year’s 3-mile race around the Anacostia waterfront marks the seventh time Census Bureau employ-ees have competed and the first time a team placed among the top three in the Executive Branch. TheCensus Running Totals placed second outof 26 teams in the Executive Branch andseventh out of 96 teams overall.

Front to back: Shawna Orzechowski, Dave Waddington, John Trimble,Barbara Lazirko, Jeff Stratton, Doug Clift, Richard Kersey, Alan Petersonand Reid Rottach.

Toddle on OverKara Haley (PIO)

Pint-sized potties, personal cubbies,and piles of LegosTM are perfect for the3- and 4-year-olds. Tricycles, trucksand tasty treats tempt the toddlers.Infants are cuddled by staff who don’tseem to want to let them go.

Sound inviting? On May 12, employeesfrom the Census Bureau, the Office ofNaval Intelligence (ONI) and theNational Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) were able toexplore the new Suitland Federal ChildDevelopment Center, where safety,security and cleanliness give parentspiece of mind during the workday.

“We are proud to have this facility atSuitland Federal Center,” said CensusBureau Director Louis Kincannon at thededication ceremony. Kincannon saidhe considers the center “an importantoption for parents that offers a safe,nurturing environment nearby.”

Grace Clemons (HHES) agrees.She and her husband, Eric, aNOAA employee, feel the cen-ter offers a good curriculumfor their son, who haslearned basic skills during histime there.

“He’s happy and he looks for-ward to coming to schoolevery day,” said Clemons.

One more reason to love thecenter? The outdoor play-ground, where supervisedkids climb, slide and swing,sits atop a safety surface thatabsorbs falls. Children ineach classroom get theopportunity to play outside atleast twice a day.

The Center accommodates childrenfrom 6 weeks old through preschool.The first priority for enrollment is givento employees of the Census Bureau,ONI and NOAA. Parents are welcome tovisit the center throughout the day andmay join their child for lunch.

Kincannon hopes the center will giveemployees the chance to “spend moretime together as families,” adding, “it isan enormous asset in recruiting andretaining excellent staff.”

For tuition rates and more information,visit:http://cww/hrd/census.gov/hrd/ER/childcare/childcare.htm.

June Bittinger (ACQ)

All federal agencies award contracts through anacquisition/procurement office. Employees whowork with these offices to monitor and managethese contracts, are contracting officer representa-tives (COR).

COR is a generic term that describes any individ-ual with delegated contract manage-ment duties. At the CensusBureau, one of theseemployees may be called aCOTR, ACOTR, TaskManager or Point ofContact, depending onthe type of appointment.

On April 1, 2004, theDepartment ofCommerce (DOC) issued

new certification requirements for CORs, placing agreater emphasis on project management to sup-plement technical knowledge and expertise.These new requirements will affect several hun-dred individuals at Census Bureau headquarters,the regional offices and the National ProcessingCenter.

In the near future, the Acquisition Division willhost an informational session to providea forum for introducing these new

requirements and an opportu-nity to ask questions.

The goal of the new require-ments is to develop compe-tencies to improve the

overall management andperformance of DOC pro-grams.

Lori Donovan and June Bittinger will give you the scoop on new requirements for CORs.

Grace Clemons with son, Lance.

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Census “T” Totalers (11 out of 26; 33 out of 96)John FinamoreShawna OrzechowskiGeoff GeeJohn TrimbleMarvin Raines

Census Short Forms (14 out of 26; 41 out of 96)Jim FarberScott WilliamsSonya CurcioJeff StrattonRick Swartz

Running With, Not From, the Feds

2 June 2004 Census CounterParts June 2004 3Census CounterParts June 2004 5Census CounterParts4 June 2004 Census CounterParts

During “Bring Your Youth to Work Day,” April 29, we took a survey (because that’s what we do) tofind out how much money your sons and daughters would like to make when they get their first“real” job. Here’s what they said:

ONE BIG HAPPY®by Rick Detorie

Reprinted by permission of Rick Detorie and Creators Syndicate, Inc.

$ You Want How Much? $

Census Running Totals (2 out of 26; 7 out of 96)Richard KerseyJohn WardMary PeateJim HartmanDoug Clift

Census Elite Joggers (9 out of 26; 24 out of 96)Alan PetersonDave WaddingtonReid RottachBarbara LazirkoTom Mesenbourg

Conflict is a part of life, and thatincludes the workplace. Though con-flict can result in positive changes,when it becomes disruptive to thework environment it may be time toget help. And that help is availableright here at the Census Bureau.

The American Federation ofGovernment Employees (AFGE) Local2782, AFL-CIO, and the CensusBureau have introduced the CensusAlternative Dispute ResolutionProgram (CADRP) for employees atheadquarters and in the regions.

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)is any method of resolving work-place conflicts or disputes otherthan the traditional EEO complaint,or grievance, processes. Themethod chosen by the Bureau ismediation, an interest-based, prob-lem solving process that is voluntaryand facilitated by a neutral mediator.The CADRP uses mediators from theInteragency Sharing NeutralsProgram for headquarters employeesand the Federal Executive Board for employees in theregions.

The CADRP offers employees a private, confidential environ-ment where disputing parties can share feelings, clear upmisunderstandings, find areas of agreement and devisemutually acceptable solutions to disputed issues. The pro-gram covers management/employee and employee/employ-ee workplace disputes. Employees who are already in anEEO complaint, or grievance, process can request mediation

when they feel it would be morebeneficial in resolving their dispute.

When a request for mediation isreceived, a coordinator will arrangea time convenient to both parties.In contrast to EEO and grievanceprocesses, mediations are set upwithin four to five days, and ses-sions are usually completed withinone to five hours.

On Jan. 22, 2004, the CADRP wasintroduced with representatives fromthe Equal Employment OpportunitiesCommission, Sharing Neutrals, ADRVantage and the Department ofCommerce participating in a paneldiscussion. More than 200 employ-ees attended an Introduction toMediation workshop. The Bureau hascontracted with the FederalConciliation and Mediation Servicesto present additional workshops forheadquarters and regional officeemployees this fall. Watch broad-cast messages for dates and times.

Information and ADR request formsare available in the CADRP office, room 1237-3, and athttp://cww.cen.gov/adr. Employees may call 1-800-872-6096 or fax (301) 457-2303.

For headquarters bargaining unit employees currently in thenegotiated grievance process, call AFGE, Local 2782 on (301)763-3175. For employees in the EEO complaint process, callthe EEO office on (301) 763-2853.

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“$6 million a year.”Jay Williams, 7

“$1,000 a w

eek.”

Tony Reichert, 8

“$8.00an hour.”

Jessica Kiessling,15

“$3,000 a week.”

Michelle Yoder, 8 “$90,0

00 a year.”

Jess

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a Robinson, 11“$100,000 a week.”QuaShun Battle, 11

On May 5, four teams from the Census Bureau joined more than 600 runners from the three branches ofthe federal government and the media to compete in the 23rd annual Capital Challenge to benefit theD.C. Special Olympics.

This year’s 3-mile race around the Anacostia waterfront marks the seventh time Census Bureau employ-ees have competed and the first time a team placed among the top three in the Executive Branch. TheCensus Running Totals placed second outof 26 teams in the Executive Branch andseventh out of 96 teams overall.

Front to back: Shawna Orzechowski, Dave Waddington, John Trimble,Barbara Lazirko, Jeff Stratton, Doug Clift, Richard Kersey, Alan Petersonand Reid Rottach.

Toddle on OverKara Haley (PIO)

Pint-sized potties, personal cubbies,and piles of LegosTM are perfect for the3- and 4-year-olds. Tricycles, trucksand tasty treats tempt the toddlers.Infants are cuddled by staff who don’tseem to want to let them go.

Sound inviting? On May 12, employeesfrom the Census Bureau, the Office ofNaval Intelligence (ONI) and theNational Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) were able toexplore the new Suitland Federal ChildDevelopment Center, where safety,security and cleanliness give parentspiece of mind during the workday.

“We are proud to have this facility atSuitland Federal Center,” said CensusBureau Director Louis Kincannon at thededication ceremony. Kincannon saidhe considers the center “an importantoption for parents that offers a safe,nurturing environment nearby.”

Grace Clemons (HHES) agrees.She and her husband, Eric, aNOAA employee, feel the cen-ter offers a good curriculumfor their son, who haslearned basic skills during histime there.

“He’s happy and he looks for-ward to coming to schoolevery day,” said Clemons.

One more reason to love thecenter? The outdoor play-ground, where supervisedkids climb, slide and swing,sits atop a safety surface thatabsorbs falls. Children ineach classroom get theopportunity to play outside atleast twice a day.

The Center accommodates childrenfrom 6 weeks old through preschool.The first priority for enrollment is givento employees of the Census Bureau,ONI and NOAA. Parents are welcome tovisit the center throughout the day andmay join their child for lunch.

Kincannon hopes the center will giveemployees the chance to “spend moretime together as families,” adding, “it isan enormous asset in recruiting andretaining excellent staff.”

For tuition rates and more information,visit:http://cww/hrd/census.gov/hrd/ER/childcare/childcare.htm.

June Bittinger (ACQ)

All federal agencies award contracts through anacquisition/procurement office. Employees whowork with these offices to monitor and managethese contracts, are contracting officer representa-tives (COR).

COR is a generic term that describes any individ-ual with delegated contract manage-ment duties. At the CensusBureau, one of theseemployees may be called aCOTR, ACOTR, TaskManager or Point ofContact, depending onthe type of appointment.

On April 1, 2004, theDepartment ofCommerce (DOC) issued

new certification requirements for CORs, placing agreater emphasis on project management to sup-plement technical knowledge and expertise.These new requirements will affect several hun-dred individuals at Census Bureau headquarters,the regional offices and the National ProcessingCenter.

In the near future, the Acquisition Division willhost an informational session to providea forum for introducing these new

requirements and an opportu-nity to ask questions.

The goal of the new require-ments is to develop compe-tencies to improve the

overall management andperformance of DOC pro-grams.

Lori Donovan and June Bittinger will give you the scoop on new requirements for CORs.

Grace Clemons with son, Lance.

Are You a COR?

“ $1,0

00 a year.”

Dan

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“$600 aw

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Census “T” Totalers (11 out of 26; 33 out of 96)John FinamoreShawna OrzechowskiGeoff GeeJohn TrimbleMarvin Raines

Census Short Forms (14 out of 26; 41 out of 96)Jim FarberScott WilliamsSonya CurcioJeff StrattonRick Swartz

Running With, Not From, the Feds

2 June 2004 Census CounterParts June 2004 3Census CounterParts June 2004 5Census CounterParts4 June 2004 Census CounterParts

During “Bring Your Youth to Work Day,” April 29, we took a survey (because that’s what we do) tofind out how much money your sons and daughters would like to make when they get their first“real” job. Here’s what they said:

ONE BIG HAPPY®by Rick Detorie

Reprinted by permission of Rick Detorie and Creators Syndicate, Inc.

$ You Want How Much? $

Census Running Totals (2 out of 26; 7 out of 96)Richard KerseyJohn WardMary PeateJim HartmanDoug Clift

Census Elite Joggers (9 out of 26; 24 out of 96)Alan PetersonDave WaddingtonReid RottachBarbara LazirkoTom Mesenbourg

Conflict is a part of life, and thatincludes the workplace. Though con-flict can result in positive changes,when it becomes disruptive to thework environment it may be time toget help. And that help is availableright here at the Census Bureau.

The American Federation ofGovernment Employees (AFGE) Local2782, AFL-CIO, and the CensusBureau have introduced the CensusAlternative Dispute ResolutionProgram (CADRP) for employees atheadquarters and in the regions.

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)is any method of resolving work-place conflicts or disputes otherthan the traditional EEO complaint,or grievance, processes. Themethod chosen by the Bureau ismediation, an interest-based, prob-lem solving process that is voluntaryand facilitated by a neutral mediator.The CADRP uses mediators from theInteragency Sharing NeutralsProgram for headquarters employeesand the Federal Executive Board for employees in theregions.

The CADRP offers employees a private, confidential environ-ment where disputing parties can share feelings, clear upmisunderstandings, find areas of agreement and devisemutually acceptable solutions to disputed issues. The pro-gram covers management/employee and employee/employ-ee workplace disputes. Employees who are already in anEEO complaint, or grievance, process can request mediation

when they feel it would be morebeneficial in resolving their dispute.

When a request for mediation isreceived, a coordinator will arrangea time convenient to both parties.In contrast to EEO and grievanceprocesses, mediations are set upwithin four to five days, and ses-sions are usually completed withinone to five hours.

On Jan. 22, 2004, the CADRP wasintroduced with representatives fromthe Equal Employment OpportunitiesCommission, Sharing Neutrals, ADRVantage and the Department ofCommerce participating in a paneldiscussion. More than 200 employ-ees attended an Introduction toMediation workshop. The Bureau hascontracted with the FederalConciliation and Mediation Servicesto present additional workshops forheadquarters and regional officeemployees this fall. Watch broad-cast messages for dates and times.

Information and ADR request formsare available in the CADRP office, room 1237-3, and athttp://cww.cen.gov/adr. Employees may call 1-800-872-6096 or fax (301) 457-2303.

For headquarters bargaining unit employees currently in thenegotiated grievance process, call AFGE, Local 2782 on (301)763-3175. For employees in the EEO complaint process, callthe EEO office on (301) 763-2853.

Managing Conflict Through Mediation

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“$6 million a year.”Jay Williams, 7

“$1,000 a w

eek.”

Tony Reichert, 8

“$8.00an hour.”

Jessica Kiessling,15

“$3,000 a week.”

Michelle Yoder, 8 “$90,0

00 a year.”

Jess

ic

a Robinson, 11“$100,000 a week.”QuaShun Battle, 11

On May 5, four teams from the Census Bureau joined more than 600 runners from the three branches ofthe federal government and the media to compete in the 23rd annual Capital Challenge to benefit theD.C. Special Olympics.

This year’s 3-mile race around the Anacostia waterfront marks the seventh time Census Bureau employ-ees have competed and the first time a team placed among the top three in the Executive Branch. TheCensus Running Totals placed second outof 26 teams in the Executive Branch andseventh out of 96 teams overall.

Front to back: Shawna Orzechowski, Dave Waddington, John Trimble,Barbara Lazirko, Jeff Stratton, Doug Clift, Richard Kersey, Alan Petersonand Reid Rottach.

Toddle on OverKara Haley (PIO)

Pint-sized potties, personal cubbies,and piles of LegosTM are perfect for the3- and 4-year-olds. Tricycles, trucksand tasty treats tempt the toddlers.Infants are cuddled by staff who don’tseem to want to let them go.

Sound inviting? On May 12, employeesfrom the Census Bureau, the Office ofNaval Intelligence (ONI) and theNational Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) were able toexplore the new Suitland Federal ChildDevelopment Center, where safety,security and cleanliness give parentspiece of mind during the workday.

“We are proud to have this facility atSuitland Federal Center,” said CensusBureau Director Louis Kincannon at thededication ceremony. Kincannon saidhe considers the center “an importantoption for parents that offers a safe,nurturing environment nearby.”

Grace Clemons (HHES) agrees.She and her husband, Eric, aNOAA employee, feel the cen-ter offers a good curriculumfor their son, who haslearned basic skills during histime there.

“He’s happy and he looks for-ward to coming to schoolevery day,” said Clemons.

One more reason to love thecenter? The outdoor play-ground, where supervisedkids climb, slide and swing,sits atop a safety surface thatabsorbs falls. Children ineach classroom get theopportunity to play outside atleast twice a day.

The Center accommodates childrenfrom 6 weeks old through preschool.The first priority for enrollment is givento employees of the Census Bureau,ONI and NOAA. Parents are welcome tovisit the center throughout the day andmay join their child for lunch.

Kincannon hopes the center will giveemployees the chance to “spend moretime together as families,” adding, “it isan enormous asset in recruiting andretaining excellent staff.”

For tuition rates and more information,visit:http://cww/hrd/census.gov/hrd/ER/childcare/childcare.htm.

June Bittinger (ACQ)

All federal agencies award contracts through anacquisition/procurement office. Employees whowork with these offices to monitor and managethese contracts, are contracting officer representa-tives (COR).

COR is a generic term that describes any individ-ual with delegated contract manage-ment duties. At the CensusBureau, one of theseemployees may be called aCOTR, ACOTR, TaskManager or Point ofContact, depending onthe type of appointment.

On April 1, 2004, theDepartment ofCommerce (DOC) issued

new certification requirements for CORs, placing agreater emphasis on project management to sup-plement technical knowledge and expertise.These new requirements will affect several hun-dred individuals at Census Bureau headquarters,the regional offices and the National ProcessingCenter.

In the near future, the Acquisition Division willhost an informational session to providea forum for introducing these new

requirements and an opportu-nity to ask questions.

The goal of the new require-ments is to develop compe-tencies to improve the

overall management andperformance of DOC pro-grams.

Lori Donovan and June Bittinger will give you the scoop on new requirements for CORs.

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Census “T” Totalers (11 out of 26; 33 out of 96)John FinamoreShawna OrzechowskiGeoff GeeJohn TrimbleMarvin Raines

Census Short Forms (14 out of 26; 41 out of 96)Jim FarberScott WilliamsSonya CurcioJeff StrattonRick Swartz

Running With, Not From, the Feds

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During “Bring Your Youth to Work Day,” April 29, we took a survey (because that’s what we do) tofind out how much money your sons and daughters would like to make when they get their first“real” job. Here’s what they said:

ONE BIG HAPPY®by Rick Detorie

Reprinted by permission of Rick Detorie and Creators Syndicate, Inc.

$ You Want How Much? $

Census Running Totals (2 out of 26; 7 out of 96)Richard KerseyJohn WardMary PeateJim HartmanDoug Clift

Census Elite Joggers (9 out of 26; 24 out of 96)Alan PetersonDave WaddingtonReid RottachBarbara LazirkoTom Mesenbourg

Conflict is a part of life, and thatincludes the workplace. Though con-flict can result in positive changes,when it becomes disruptive to thework environment it may be time toget help. And that help is availableright here at the Census Bureau.

The American Federation ofGovernment Employees (AFGE) Local2782, AFL-CIO, and the CensusBureau have introduced the CensusAlternative Dispute ResolutionProgram (CADRP) for employees atheadquarters and in the regions.

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)is any method of resolving work-place conflicts or disputes otherthan the traditional EEO complaint,or grievance, processes. Themethod chosen by the Bureau ismediation, an interest-based, prob-lem solving process that is voluntaryand facilitated by a neutral mediator.The CADRP uses mediators from theInteragency Sharing NeutralsProgram for headquarters employeesand the Federal Executive Board for employees in theregions.

The CADRP offers employees a private, confidential environ-ment where disputing parties can share feelings, clear upmisunderstandings, find areas of agreement and devisemutually acceptable solutions to disputed issues. The pro-gram covers management/employee and employee/employ-ee workplace disputes. Employees who are already in anEEO complaint, or grievance, process can request mediation

when they feel it would be morebeneficial in resolving their dispute.

When a request for mediation isreceived, a coordinator will arrangea time convenient to both parties.In contrast to EEO and grievanceprocesses, mediations are set upwithin four to five days, and ses-sions are usually completed withinone to five hours.

On Jan. 22, 2004, the CADRP wasintroduced with representatives fromthe Equal Employment OpportunitiesCommission, Sharing Neutrals, ADRVantage and the Department ofCommerce participating in a paneldiscussion. More than 200 employ-ees attended an Introduction toMediation workshop. The Bureau hascontracted with the FederalConciliation and Mediation Servicesto present additional workshops forheadquarters and regional officeemployees this fall. Watch broad-cast messages for dates and times.

Information and ADR request formsare available in the CADRP office, room 1237-3, and athttp://cww.cen.gov/adr. Employees may call 1-800-872-6096 or fax (301) 457-2303.

For headquarters bargaining unit employees currently in thenegotiated grievance process, call AFGE, Local 2782 on (301)763-3175. For employees in the EEO complaint process, callthe EEO office on (301) 763-2853.

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On May 5, four teams from the Census Bureau joined more than 600 runners from the three branches ofthe federal government and the media to compete in the 23rd annual Capital Challenge to benefit theD.C. Special Olympics.

This year’s 3-mile race around the Anacostia waterfront marks the seventh time Census Bureau employ-ees have competed and the first time a team placed among the top three in the Executive Branch. TheCensus Running Totals placed second outof 26 teams in the Executive Branch andseventh out of 96 teams overall.

Front to back: Shawna Orzechowski, Dave Waddington, John Trimble,Barbara Lazirko, Jeff Stratton, Doug Clift, Richard Kersey, Alan Petersonand Reid Rottach.

Toddle on OverKara Haley (PIO)

Pint-sized potties, personal cubbies,and piles of LegosTM are perfect for the3- and 4-year-olds. Tricycles, trucksand tasty treats tempt the toddlers.Infants are cuddled by staff who don’tseem to want to let them go.

Sound inviting? On May 12, employeesfrom the Census Bureau, the Office ofNaval Intelligence (ONI) and theNational Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA) were able toexplore the new Suitland Federal ChildDevelopment Center, where safety,security and cleanliness give parentspiece of mind during the workday.

“We are proud to have this facility atSuitland Federal Center,” said CensusBureau Director Louis Kincannon at thededication ceremony. Kincannon saidhe considers the center “an importantoption for parents that offers a safe,nurturing environment nearby.”

Grace Clemons (HHES) agrees.She and her husband, Eric, aNOAA employee, feel the cen-ter offers a good curriculumfor their son, who haslearned basic skills during histime there.

“He’s happy and he looks for-ward to coming to schoolevery day,” said Clemons.

One more reason to love thecenter? The outdoor play-ground, where supervisedkids climb, slide and swing,sits atop a safety surface thatabsorbs falls. Children ineach classroom get theopportunity to play outside atleast twice a day.

The Center accommodates childrenfrom 6 weeks old through preschool.The first priority for enrollment is givento employees of the Census Bureau,ONI and NOAA. Parents are welcome tovisit the center throughout the day andmay join their child for lunch.

Kincannon hopes the center will giveemployees the chance to “spend moretime together as families,” adding, “it isan enormous asset in recruiting andretaining excellent staff.”

For tuition rates and more information,visit:http://cww/hrd/census.gov/hrd/ER/childcare/childcare.htm.

June Bittinger (ACQ)

All federal agencies award contracts through anacquisition/procurement office. Employees whowork with these offices to monitor and managethese contracts, are contracting officer representa-tives (COR).

COR is a generic term that describes any individ-ual with delegated contract manage-ment duties. At the CensusBureau, one of theseemployees may be called aCOTR, ACOTR, TaskManager or Point ofContact, depending onthe type of appointment.

On April 1, 2004, theDepartment ofCommerce (DOC) issued

new certification requirements for CORs, placing agreater emphasis on project management to sup-plement technical knowledge and expertise.These new requirements will affect several hun-dred individuals at Census Bureau headquarters,the regional offices and the National ProcessingCenter.

In the near future, the Acquisition Division willhost an informational session to providea forum for introducing these new

requirements and an opportu-nity to ask questions.

The goal of the new require-ments is to develop compe-tencies to improve the

overall management andperformance of DOC pro-grams.

Lori Donovan and June Bittinger will give you the scoop on new requirements for CORs.

Grace Clemons with son, Lance.

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Census “T” Totalers (11 out of 26; 33 out of 96)John FinamoreShawna OrzechowskiGeoff GeeJohn TrimbleMarvin Raines

Census Short Forms (14 out of 26; 41 out of 96)Jim FarberScott WilliamsSonya CurcioJeff StrattonRick Swartz

Moms and Dads and Kids, Oh My!Bring Your Youth to Work Day — April 29, 2004

PHOTOS BY MARK TOLBERT III and NEIL MACLEAN

The much anticipated construction of the new building is finally here.The excavation and foundation work for the first parking garage beganin March. Pictorial updates of the project will be a regular feature inCounterParts. These photos were taken in May.

Burgess was born in 1887 in Newport,Rhode Island. He received his firstdegree from Brown University in mathe-matics in 1908 after only three years ofstudy.

He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa andawarded a Rhodes Scholarship toOxford University where he received aB. A. degree in 1910 in mathematics.He then became an instructor in mathe-matics at Purdue University and CornellUniversity where he received his Ph.D.in 1914. During World War I, Burgessand his equally-talented younger broth-er Randolph both served as statisticiansin the statistical branch of the GeneralStaff of the U.S. Army in Washington,D.C.

After the war, Burgess was an assistantprofessor of mathematics at BrownUniversity where he wrote a textbookon the mathematics of statistics. Hejoined the Western Electric Company in1924 where he soon became seniorstatistician and chief actuary.

His career at Western Electric lasted 28years after which he was automaticallyretired at age 65. He then became aconsultant in business and economicstatistics both to Johns HopkinsUniversity and a New York law firm. Hewas nominated by Eisenhower to beCensus Bureau Director on January 16,1953.

Burgess was probably brought to theattention of White House recruiters forthe census position by his brotherRandolph who had been appointed asconsultant and deputy to the secretaryof the treasury.

Randolph Burgess was an officer of theNational City Bank of New York, anauthority on monetary matters, a for-mer deputy governor of the FederalReserve Bank of New York City, andpresident of the American StatisticalAssociation in 1937.

A second influence was Ralph Robey, aprominent journalist and bankingexpert in New York and chief economist

for the National Association ofManufacturers.

Burgess’ eight-year term as CensusBureau Director coincided withEisenhower’s two terms as president.In style, Burgess was quiet and digni-fied. During his tenure, the CensusBureau’s statistical work continued toexpand and its current program budgetincreased from $10 million to $15 mil-lion annually. In 1960, about 45 per-cent of the total current budget consist-ed of funds received from other federalagencies for contract data collectionand special tabulations. As a result ofthe 1960 census, the Census Bureau’sbudget in total topped $100 million forthe first time.

When Robert Burgess retired from theCensus Bureau on March 3, 1961, hewas as reluctant to retire then as hehad been when he left Western Electricat age 65. Like four of his nine prede-cessors, Burgess easily surpassed the80-year mark and died in 1969 at age82.

Theodore G. Clemence

(Theodore Clemence joined the Census Bureau in

1959 as a junior statistician in the Population

Division. He served as chief, Office of Program and

Policy Development, and as senior advisor to the

deputy director. He passed away in 1988. An

amateur historian, he wrote biographies of 10

Census Bureau directors, from 1899 to 1961. This

is the last of the series.)

Robert Wilbur Burgess, 1953 -1961

At the end of Peel’s term in February1953, the Census Bureau had recentlymarked its 50th anniversary as a per-manent agency. Its budget for currentsurveys and special projects was about$10 million, exclusive of census funds.This was about twice the level of 20years earlier.

Employment had grown in a similarmanner; and by the end of 1952, theBureau had 3,400 employees, about2,700 of which were full time and per-manent employees, mostly at headquar-ters.

Some of this staff was supported in1952 with remaining census funds, butby then most of the normal contractionof employment following a decennialcensus had already been completed.

Dwight David Eisenhower had beenelected in 1952 on a wave of personalpopularity, and he ran far ahead of hisparty in many parts of the country. Amajor theme of the Republican cam-paign, however, was to cut governmentdown to size. Waste and inefficiencywould be eliminated and unnecessary

government functions wouldbe liquidated. Some ofEisenhower’s cabinetappointees pursued this goalwith grim determination.

The Cabinet, as announced byDecember of 1952, was heavywith business experience.One such person wasSecretary of CommerceSinclair Weeks, a Boston busi-nessman long active inRepublican politics and chair-man of the 1952 CampaignFinance Committee.

Weeks promptly announcedthat he was going to clearout the dead wood and poi-son oak that had accumulat-ed in the Department ofCommerce. He also made clear thata department so recently headed bysuch men as Harry Hopkins and HenryWallace must be crawling with rabid"New Dealers" or worse.

The first tool at hand for this task wasthe budget, or more specifically the lastTruman budget. The new secretary andhis staff went through this budget forCommerce and reduced it by 15 per-cent.

The CensusBureau’s currentprogram wasreduced by 5 per-cent, and therequest for the eco-nomic censuses of1953 was cut from$21 million to $11million.

A Census Bureau request for $1 millionfor a second UNIVAC computer waseliminated completely. The remainingbudget requests were not supportedvigorously by the department duringcongressional hearings, and the appro-priations committees eliminated fundsfor the economic censuses completely.

This action brought about a greatoutcry from the business community,and an intensive review committee wasestablished to consider the importanceof the economic censuses. As a resultof this committee’s work, funds for theeconomic censuses were restored at alower level. The census was taken ayear late and Secretary Weeks foundhimself testifying on behalf of therevised budget requests.

The adverse effects of these actions onthe Census Bureau’s staff are generallyremembered as the most disruptiveexperience in the history of the Bureau’semployment. During the first eightmonths of 1953, the Bureau’s perma-nent staff was reduced by over 1,000,or a 38 percent reduction from the startof the year. Some of the reduction wasa continuation of attrition from the pre-vious year, but some 500 people wereterminated and about the same numberwere downgraded.

To this unfortunate set of events camethe next census director, on Feb. 5,1953, Robert M. Burgess, with a longdistinguished career already behind himat age 65.

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2 You Want How Much?

3 RunningWith, NotFrom, theFeds

3 Are You a COR?

4 Toddle on Over

5 Managing ConflictThrough Mediation

6 Directors of theCensus Bureau andPortals to Leadership

7 Women’s Stress Diet

8 Dig This!

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Census CounterParts is published by thePublic Information Office.

Jefferson D. TaylorAssociate Director for Communications

Kenneth C. MeyerChief, Public Information Office

Barbara L. HatchlEditor

Linda ChenGraphics Designer

To submit an article to appear inCounterParts, contact the editor:

U.S. Census BureauPIO Room 2705-3Washington, D.C. 20233Phone: (301) 763-3042E-mail: Barbara.L.Hatchl@census.govTDD: (301) 457-1037

U.S. Department of CommerceEconomics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Directors of the Census Bureau and Portals toLeadership

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BREAKFAST1 grapefruit1 slice whole-wheat toast1 cup skim milk

LUNCH

Small portion steamed chicken with a cup of spinach

1 cup herbal tea

1 Hershey's Kiss

SNACK

Rest of the Hershey Kisses in the bag

1 quart Hagen-Daaz with whippedcream

DINNER4 glasses of wine (white or red)2 loaves garlic bread1 family size pizza3 Snickers bars

BEDTIME SNACK1 frozen Sara Lee cheesecake

continued from page 6.

continued on page 7.

“The adverse effects of these actions on theBureau’s staff are generally remembered asthe most disruptive experience in the history of the Bureau’s employment.”

— Theodore Clemence

Reprinted from, Team 24 News, the newsletter of the Detroit Regional Office.

This is a specially formulated diet designed to help cope with the stress that builds during the day.

Moms and Dads and Kids, Oh My!Bring Your Youth to Work Day — April 29, 2004

PHOTOS BY MARK TOLBERT III and NEIL MACLEAN

The much anticipated construction of the new building is finally here.The excavation and foundation work for the first parking garage beganin March. Pictorial updates of the project will be a regular feature inCounterParts. These photos were taken in May.

Burgess was born in 1887 in Newport,Rhode Island. He received his firstdegree from Brown University in mathe-matics in 1908 after only three years ofstudy.

He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa andawarded a Rhodes Scholarship toOxford University where he received aB. A. degree in 1910 in mathematics.He then became an instructor in mathe-matics at Purdue University and CornellUniversity where he received his Ph.D.in 1914. During World War I, Burgessand his equally-talented younger broth-er Randolph both served as statisticiansin the statistical branch of the GeneralStaff of the U.S. Army in Washington,D.C.

After the war, Burgess was an assistantprofessor of mathematics at BrownUniversity where he wrote a textbookon the mathematics of statistics. Hejoined the Western Electric Company in1924 where he soon became seniorstatistician and chief actuary.

His career at Western Electric lasted 28years after which he was automaticallyretired at age 65. He then became aconsultant in business and economicstatistics both to Johns HopkinsUniversity and a New York law firm. Hewas nominated by Eisenhower to beCensus Bureau Director on January 16,1953.

Burgess was probably brought to theattention of White House recruiters forthe census position by his brotherRandolph who had been appointed asconsultant and deputy to the secretaryof the treasury.

Randolph Burgess was an officer of theNational City Bank of New York, anauthority on monetary matters, a for-mer deputy governor of the FederalReserve Bank of New York City, andpresident of the American StatisticalAssociation in 1937.

A second influence was Ralph Robey, aprominent journalist and bankingexpert in New York and chief economist

for the National Association ofManufacturers.

Burgess’ eight-year term as CensusBureau Director coincided withEisenhower’s two terms as president.In style, Burgess was quiet and digni-fied. During his tenure, the CensusBureau’s statistical work continued toexpand and its current program budgetincreased from $10 million to $15 mil-lion annually. In 1960, about 45 per-cent of the total current budget consist-ed of funds received from other federalagencies for contract data collectionand special tabulations. As a result ofthe 1960 census, the Census Bureau’sbudget in total topped $100 million forthe first time.

When Robert Burgess retired from theCensus Bureau on March 3, 1961, hewas as reluctant to retire then as hehad been when he left Western Electricat age 65. Like four of his nine prede-cessors, Burgess easily surpassed the80-year mark and died in 1969 at age82.

Theodore G. Clemence

(Theodore Clemence joined the Census Bureau in

1959 as a junior statistician in the Population

Division. He served as chief, Office of Program and

Policy Development, and as senior advisor to the

deputy director. He passed away in 1988. An

amateur historian, he wrote biographies of 10

Census Bureau directors, from 1899 to 1961. This

is the last of the series.)

Robert Wilbur Burgess, 1953 -1961

At the end of Peel’s term in February1953, the Census Bureau had recentlymarked its 50th anniversary as a per-manent agency. Its budget for currentsurveys and special projects was about$10 million, exclusive of census funds.This was about twice the level of 20years earlier.

Employment had grown in a similarmanner; and by the end of 1952, theBureau had 3,400 employees, about2,700 of which were full time and per-manent employees, mostly at headquar-ters.

Some of this staff was supported in1952 with remaining census funds, butby then most of the normal contractionof employment following a decennialcensus had already been completed.

Dwight David Eisenhower had beenelected in 1952 on a wave of personalpopularity, and he ran far ahead of hisparty in many parts of the country. Amajor theme of the Republican cam-paign, however, was to cut governmentdown to size. Waste and inefficiencywould be eliminated and unnecessary

government functions wouldbe liquidated. Some ofEisenhower’s cabinetappointees pursued this goalwith grim determination.

The Cabinet, as announced byDecember of 1952, was heavywith business experience.One such person wasSecretary of CommerceSinclair Weeks, a Boston busi-nessman long active inRepublican politics and chair-man of the 1952 CampaignFinance Committee.

Weeks promptly announcedthat he was going to clearout the dead wood and poi-son oak that had accumulat-ed in the Department ofCommerce. He also made clear thata department so recently headed bysuch men as Harry Hopkins and HenryWallace must be crawling with rabid"New Dealers" or worse.

The first tool at hand for this task wasthe budget, or more specifically the lastTruman budget. The new secretary andhis staff went through this budget forCommerce and reduced it by 15 per-cent.

The CensusBureau’s currentprogram wasreduced by 5 per-cent, and therequest for the eco-nomic censuses of1953 was cut from$21 million to $11million.

A Census Bureau request for $1 millionfor a second UNIVAC computer waseliminated completely. The remainingbudget requests were not supportedvigorously by the department duringcongressional hearings, and the appro-priations committees eliminated fundsfor the economic censuses completely.

This action brought about a greatoutcry from the business community,and an intensive review committee wasestablished to consider the importanceof the economic censuses. As a resultof this committee’s work, funds for theeconomic censuses were restored at alower level. The census was taken ayear late and Secretary Weeks foundhimself testifying on behalf of therevised budget requests.

The adverse effects of these actions onthe Census Bureau’s staff are generallyremembered as the most disruptiveexperience in the history of the Bureau’semployment. During the first eightmonths of 1953, the Bureau’s perma-nent staff was reduced by over 1,000,or a 38 percent reduction from the startof the year. Some of the reduction wasa continuation of attrition from the pre-vious year, but some 500 people wereterminated and about the same numberwere downgraded.

To this unfortunate set of events camethe next census director, on Feb. 5,1953, Robert M. Burgess, with a longdistinguished career already behind himat age 65.

6 June 2004 Census CounterParts June 2004 7Census CounterParts 8 June 2004 Census CounterParts

Vol. 13, No. 6June 2004

2 You Want How Much?

3 RunningWith, NotFrom, theFeds

3 Are You a COR?

4 Toddle on Over

5 Managing ConflictThrough Mediation

6 Directors of theCensus Bureau andPortals to Leadership

7 Women’s Stress Diet

8 Dig This!

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Vol. 13, No. 6, June 2004

Census CounterParts is published by thePublic Information Office.

Jefferson D. TaylorAssociate Director for Communications

Kenneth C. MeyerChief, Public Information Office

Barbara L. HatchlEditor

Linda ChenGraphics Designer

To submit an article to appear inCounterParts, contact the editor:

U.S. Census BureauPIO Room 2705-3Washington, D.C. 20233Phone: (301) 763-3042E-mail: Barbara.L.Hatchl@census.govTDD: (301) 457-1037

U.S. Department of CommerceEconomics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Directors of the Census Bureau and Portals toLeadership

INSIDE

See page 2.

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Women’s Stress Diet

BREAKFAST1 grapefruit1 slice whole-wheat toast1 cup skim milk

LUNCH

Small portion steamed chicken with a cup of spinach

1 cup herbal tea

1 Hershey's Kiss

SNACK

Rest of the Hershey Kisses in the bag

1 quart Hagen-Daaz with whippedcream

DINNER4 glasses of wine (white or red)2 loaves garlic bread1 family size pizza3 Snickers bars

BEDTIME SNACK1 frozen Sara Lee cheesecake

continued from page 6.

continued on page 7.

“The adverse effects of these actions on theBureau’s staff are generally remembered asthe most disruptive experience in the history of the Bureau’s employment.”

— Theodore Clemence

Reprinted from, Team 24 News, the newsletter of the Detroit Regional Office.

This is a specially formulated diet designed to help cope with the stress that builds during the day.

Moms and Dads and Kids, Oh My!Bring Your Youth to Work Day — April 29, 2004

PHOTOS BY MARK TOLBERT III and NEIL MACLEAN

The much anticipated construction of the new building is finally here.The excavation and foundation work for the first parking garage beganin March. Pictorial updates of the project will be a regular feature inCounterParts. These photos were taken in May.

Burgess was born in 1887 in Newport,Rhode Island. He received his firstdegree from Brown University in mathe-matics in 1908 after only three years ofstudy.

He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa andawarded a Rhodes Scholarship toOxford University where he received aB. A. degree in 1910 in mathematics.He then became an instructor in mathe-matics at Purdue University and CornellUniversity where he received his Ph.D.in 1914. During World War I, Burgessand his equally-talented younger broth-er Randolph both served as statisticiansin the statistical branch of the GeneralStaff of the U.S. Army in Washington,D.C.

After the war, Burgess was an assistantprofessor of mathematics at BrownUniversity where he wrote a textbookon the mathematics of statistics. Hejoined the Western Electric Company in1924 where he soon became seniorstatistician and chief actuary.

His career at Western Electric lasted 28years after which he was automaticallyretired at age 65. He then became aconsultant in business and economicstatistics both to Johns HopkinsUniversity and a New York law firm. Hewas nominated by Eisenhower to beCensus Bureau Director on January 16,1953.

Burgess was probably brought to theattention of White House recruiters forthe census position by his brotherRandolph who had been appointed asconsultant and deputy to the secretaryof the treasury.

Randolph Burgess was an officer of theNational City Bank of New York, anauthority on monetary matters, a for-mer deputy governor of the FederalReserve Bank of New York City, andpresident of the American StatisticalAssociation in 1937.

A second influence was Ralph Robey, aprominent journalist and bankingexpert in New York and chief economist

for the National Association ofManufacturers.

Burgess’ eight-year term as CensusBureau Director coincided withEisenhower’s two terms as president.In style, Burgess was quiet and digni-fied. During his tenure, the CensusBureau’s statistical work continued toexpand and its current program budgetincreased from $10 million to $15 mil-lion annually. In 1960, about 45 per-cent of the total current budget consist-ed of funds received from other federalagencies for contract data collectionand special tabulations. As a result ofthe 1960 census, the Census Bureau’sbudget in total topped $100 million forthe first time.

When Robert Burgess retired from theCensus Bureau on March 3, 1961, hewas as reluctant to retire then as hehad been when he left Western Electricat age 65. Like four of his nine prede-cessors, Burgess easily surpassed the80-year mark and died in 1969 at age82.

Theodore G. Clemence

(Theodore Clemence joined the Census Bureau in

1959 as a junior statistician in the Population

Division. He served as chief, Office of Program and

Policy Development, and as senior advisor to the

deputy director. He passed away in 1988. An

amateur historian, he wrote biographies of 10

Census Bureau directors, from 1899 to 1961. This

is the last of the series.)

Robert Wilbur Burgess, 1953 -1961

At the end of Peel’s term in February1953, the Census Bureau had recentlymarked its 50th anniversary as a per-manent agency. Its budget for currentsurveys and special projects was about$10 million, exclusive of census funds.This was about twice the level of 20years earlier.

Employment had grown in a similarmanner; and by the end of 1952, theBureau had 3,400 employees, about2,700 of which were full time and per-manent employees, mostly at headquar-ters.

Some of this staff was supported in1952 with remaining census funds, butby then most of the normal contractionof employment following a decennialcensus had already been completed.

Dwight David Eisenhower had beenelected in 1952 on a wave of personalpopularity, and he ran far ahead of hisparty in many parts of the country. Amajor theme of the Republican cam-paign, however, was to cut governmentdown to size. Waste and inefficiencywould be eliminated and unnecessary

government functions wouldbe liquidated. Some ofEisenhower’s cabinetappointees pursued this goalwith grim determination.

The Cabinet, as announced byDecember of 1952, was heavywith business experience.One such person wasSecretary of CommerceSinclair Weeks, a Boston busi-nessman long active inRepublican politics and chair-man of the 1952 CampaignFinance Committee.

Weeks promptly announcedthat he was going to clearout the dead wood and poi-son oak that had accumulat-ed in the Department ofCommerce. He also made clear thata department so recently headed bysuch men as Harry Hopkins and HenryWallace must be crawling with rabid"New Dealers" or worse.

The first tool at hand for this task wasthe budget, or more specifically the lastTruman budget. The new secretary andhis staff went through this budget forCommerce and reduced it by 15 per-cent.

The CensusBureau’s currentprogram wasreduced by 5 per-cent, and therequest for the eco-nomic censuses of1953 was cut from$21 million to $11million.

A Census Bureau request for $1 millionfor a second UNIVAC computer waseliminated completely. The remainingbudget requests were not supportedvigorously by the department duringcongressional hearings, and the appro-priations committees eliminated fundsfor the economic censuses completely.

This action brought about a greatoutcry from the business community,and an intensive review committee wasestablished to consider the importanceof the economic censuses. As a resultof this committee’s work, funds for theeconomic censuses were restored at alower level. The census was taken ayear late and Secretary Weeks foundhimself testifying on behalf of therevised budget requests.

The adverse effects of these actions onthe Census Bureau’s staff are generallyremembered as the most disruptiveexperience in the history of the Bureau’semployment. During the first eightmonths of 1953, the Bureau’s perma-nent staff was reduced by over 1,000,or a 38 percent reduction from the startof the year. Some of the reduction wasa continuation of attrition from the pre-vious year, but some 500 people wereterminated and about the same numberwere downgraded.

To this unfortunate set of events camethe next census director, on Feb. 5,1953, Robert M. Burgess, with a longdistinguished career already behind himat age 65.

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Women’s Stress Diet

BREAKFAST1 grapefruit1 slice whole-wheat toast1 cup skim milk

LUNCH

Small portion steamed chicken with a cup of spinach

1 cup herbal tea

1 Hershey's Kiss

SNACK

Rest of the Hershey Kisses in the bag

1 quart Hagen-Daaz with whippedcream

DINNER4 glasses of wine (white or red)2 loaves garlic bread1 family size pizza3 Snickers bars

BEDTIME SNACK1 frozen Sara Lee cheesecake

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“The adverse effects of these actions on theBureau’s staff are generally remembered asthe most disruptive experience in the history of the Bureau’s employment.”

— Theodore Clemence

Reprinted from, Team 24 News, the newsletter of the Detroit Regional Office.

This is a specially formulated diet designed to help cope with the stress that builds during the day.