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WORKSHOP ON DATA CONFIDENTIALITY

September 6-7, 2007 in Arlington, VA

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Nancy M. Gordon

U.S Census Bureau

 

 

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Nancy M. Gordon is the Associate Director for Strategic Planning and Innovation at the U.S. Census Bureau.

She directs the development of the Census Bureau’s strategic plan, which defines its mission,
long term goals, and objectives. Her main focus is the Census Bureau’s increased efforts to meet the needs of policymakers in dealing with critical economic and social issues, by working collaboratively with federal, state, and local stakeholders. She is responsible for coordinating work to develop innovative products that take advantage of the information revolution to provide data that were never available before, without increasing the burden on respondents.

Until July 2005, she was the Associate Director for Demographic Programs, where she provided executive leadership for all of the Census Bureau's demographic divisions with over 800 employees and an annual budget of $300 million. She led the areas of the Census Bureau that produce the estimates and projections that drive the allocation of about $200 billion in federal funds each year, and that collect data for many other government agencies.

Prior to coming to the Census Bureau, she served as Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources at the Congressional Budget Office. She was also a Brookings Economic Policy
Fellow while on leave from Carnegie Mellon University, where she was on the faculty of the Graduate School of Industrial Administration. She is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute. She received her B.A. in Economics and Statistics from the University of California at Berkeley and her Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University.