Introducing the Office of Strategic Alliances

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Introducing the Office of Strategic Alliances

The U.S. Census Bureau is pleased to announce the transition of the 2020 Census National Partnership Program to the Office of Strategic Alliances (OSA), an evergreen partnership initiative. 

OSA aims to expand ways to disseminate Census Bureau data to non-traditional users and collaborate with national stakeholders to increase responses to the Census Bureau’s economic and demographic censuses and surveys. The Office of Strategic Alliances is leveraging the work performed during the 2020 Census to improve methods for future censuses. 

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The Census Bureau has worked with partners for decades from a variety of organizations to assist in carrying out our mission—to serve as the nation’s leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. 

Partners help us understand how best to collect data and assist with knowledge-sharing through communications about the importance of the decennial census as well as our other demographic and business statistics.  

The Office of Strategic Alliances will connect Census Bureau programs with diverse and influential organizations to improve data collection, data products, and data dissemination. The office will be led by Maria Olmedo-Malagon, chief, and Anna Owens, deputy chief. 

Visit our website to learn more about Census Bureau partnerships. We look forward to working with you!

Office of Strategic Alliances Goals

  1. Engage with external entities to help promote education and respondent participation in the decennial census, economic census, census of governments, and other demographic and economic surveys.  
  2. Engage with internal stakeholders who manage relationships with the Census Bureau’s partners, external stakeholders, and customers to leverage those relationships to meet the objectives of the strategic plan and the needs of program areas.   
  3. Engage with external entities to leverage knowledge and data assets in the modernization of Census Bureau data products, collection, acquisition, and dissemination.  
  4. Engage with external entities to seek feedback on their data needs and identify data gaps to solve challenges related to their businesses, organizations, or communities. 

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About Census Partnerships

From corporations to policymakers, foundations and non-profits to software developers, the U.S. Census Bureau partners across sectors and industries to help America work better through data. Together, we harness the power of our data, support each other’s missions, and co-create solutions to increase data use and participation in Census Bureau surveys, censuses and programs. Connect with the partnerships team at census.partners@census.gov to learn more.