And the workforce will come to order. Good morning, everyone. And welcome to todays hearing. The committee is honored to welcome our distinguished guest, secretary alexander acosta. Secretary acosta has been at the helm of the department of labor since april and were grateful he could join us to testify for the First Time Since his confirmation. Mr. Secretary, welcome to the committee. We look forward to your testimony. Which we are sorry did not arrive earlier. And discussing the department of labors policies and priorities under the new administration. The department of labor is on the front line of the issues facing workers and job creators. It sets policies that have a widespread impact on our nations economy, employment growth, Retirement Security, and more. Whether they relate to health care, worker protections, retirement planning, Workforce Development, or employee wages and benefits, its the responsibility of this committee to am sure these policies are in the best interest of
Estimate of cost of 2020 census which does not conform best practices. Quality cost estimates can help an agency manage complex activities as well as help Congress Make funding decisions and provide sufficient oversight however, cost estimate only partially met characteristics of best practice and min malely met other best practices well documented incredible. Bureau has not public released update to 2015 cost estimate yet several events since then including changes requirements and procedures, the life cycle cost would be substantially higher than original estimate of 12. 5 billion. The bureaus preparation for 2020 have been further complicated by ongoing vacancies in the positions of census director and Deputy Director. Active leadership has since been named, turnover makes it difficult to ensure accountability and continuity as well as to mitigate risks and control costs over the long term. This concludes my prepared remarks, i will turn it over to my colleague who will discuss the
The committee will come to order. Without objection, chairs authorized to declare a recess at any time. Secretary ross is with us, hell be joining us momentarily. Ill recognize myself for an Opening Statement and then my friend from maryland. The census is constitutionally required. It is what insures that just as every vote should be counted, every person should be counted. This is a conditioned precedent for accurate redistricting and accurate reapportionment. The census is not only important for purposes of constituting our government, its also important for apportioning the resources and services of our government. So the census is vitally important for a number of reasons. It is also eminently predictable. There are a few things that can be foreseen quite like the census. It happens every ten years whether youre ready or not. So its incredibly important beginning with the fundamental truth of counting every one of our fellow citizens, and we know well in advance when its coming. S
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Secretary ross is with us. Hell be joining us momentarily. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement, and then my friend from maryland. The census is constitutionally required. It is what ensures that every vote should be counted, every person should be counted. This is a Condition Precedent for accurate redistricting and accurate reapportionment. The census is not only important for purposes of constituting our government, its also important for apportioning the resources and service of our government. So the census is vitally important for a number of reasons. It is also imminently predictable. There are a few things that can foreseen, quite like the census. It happens every ten years, whether youre ready or not. So its incredibly important, beginning with the fundamental truth of counting every one of our fellow citizens. We know well in advance that its coming. So we cant
Public service by americas Cable Television companies. And is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next, commerce secretary wilbur ross on efforts to modernize operations of the u. S. Census bureau ahead of the 2020 census. Secretary ross outlined Information Technology investments at his agency and answered questions on reaching out to traditionally underrepresented communities while controlling costs. This House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is 2 two hours and 50 minutes. The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Secretary ross is with us. Hell be joining us momentarily. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement, and then my friend from maryland. The census is constitutionally required. It is what ensures that every vote should be counted, every person should be counted. This is a Condition Precedent for accurate redistricting and accurate reapportionment. The census is not only imp