Census - Data Ingest and Collection for the Enterprise (DICE)
Investment ID: 006-000000135
Overview
Program Title
Census - Data Ingest and Collection for the Enterprise (DICE)
Description
Providing a modern platform for both data collection and ingest, DICE will be the key entry point for data into the Census Bureau for subsequent transfer, storage and use in the EDL. DICE will refresh the legacy field online and paper data collection technology with updated, flexible capabilities that reinforce the new operations and data ecosystem approach.
Type of Program
Major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
The goal is to maintain a similar ROI based on the migration from survey-specific systems to enterprise shared systems across all surveys and censuses. There are currently six unique systems at the U.S. Census Bureau for managing survey samples during data collection operations; twenty unique systems to manage the different modes of data collection, data capture, and field control; and five major unique survey and census data processing systems. In the preparation and execution of the 2010 Census, the Census Bureau spent over $1 billion to build and deploy only four of the nearly thirty systems mentioned above. After the 2010 Census, those four systems were retired.
In the Enterprise Data Collection and Processing initiative, we are creating an integrated and standardized system of systems that offers shared data collection and processing services across the enterprise. We will consolidate costs by retiring unique, survey-specific systems and redundant capabilities and bring a significant portion of the Census Bureau s total IT expenditures under a single, integrated and centrally managed program.
In the Enterprise Data Collection and Processing initiative, we are creating an integrated and standardized system of systems that offers shared data collection and processing services across the enterprise. We will consolidate costs by retiring unique, survey-specific systems and redundant capabilities and bring a significant portion of the Census Bureau s total IT expenditures under a single, integrated and centrally managed program.