Sponsoring Section/Society: Government Statistics Section
Session Slot: 8:30-10:20 Tuesday
Estimated Audience Size: xx-xxx
AudioVisual Request: xxx
Panel Session Title: Greying of the Federal Statistical
Workforce-Challenges and Opportunities
The federal statistical workforce is
declining in size, as is the rest of the federal
government. Concurrently the existing workforce is
``aging.'' The three participants in this session are
the heads of the Census Bureau, the National Center for
Health Statistics and the Energy Information
Administration. Rather than give formal papers, they
will have a series of questions provided to them before
the session which they will each address. The session
topics will include: what are the implications of this
``greying'' for data products--will we move to the
electronic age more rapidly; how do we undertake
continuous training with an essentially static
workforce; how is the system innovating and adapting;
what are the implications of having fewer people and
less institutional knowledge to do things the way we
have always done them. The session will focus on the
ability of the system to adapt--although we are in a
static period the system has produced phenomenal change
in the way we disseminate information to our customers.
How was this accomplished? The participants will also
address future plans for adaptation.
Theme Session: Yes
Applied Session: Yes/No
Session Organizer: Carlson, Lynda Energy Information Administration
Address: Lynda Carlson, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy
Phone: 202-426-1068
Fax:
Email: lynda.carlson@eia.doe.gov
Session Timing: 110 minutes total (Sorry about format):
Opening Remarks by Chair - 5 minutes First Speaker - 25minutes Second Speaker - 25 minutes Third Speaker - 25 minutes Fourth speaker - 25 minutes (or none) Floor Discusion - 10 minutes (or 5 or 15)
Session Chair: Carlson, Lynda Energy Information Administration
Address: Lynda Carlson, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy
Phone: 202-426-1068
Fax:
Email: lynda.carlson@eia.doe.gov
Sondik, Edward Director, National Center for Health Statistics
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
Email: efs2@cdc.gov
Hakes, Jay Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
Email: jay.hakes@eia.doe.gov
Riche, Martha Director, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Address: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233
Phone:
Fax:
Email: mriche@census.gov
Groves, Robert Professor, Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
Email: bgroves@survey.umd.edu
List of speakers who are nonmembers: None