Press Release | August 30, 2021 TOP: Colleges and Universities Promote Census Data Accessibility In September, 10 college and university programs will begin focusing on[...]

Each year, the U.S. Census Bureau brings together cross-sector collaborators during The Opportunity Project 's (TOP) technology development sprints to come up with ways to use data and technology to solve some of the world's biggest challenges.

TOP is led by the Census Bureau's Census Open Innovation Labs. It engages government, technologists and communities to create digital products using federal open data that serve the public. To date, more than 1,500 people, 30 federal agencies and hundreds of organizations have participated in TOP sprints, resulting in nearly 150 new open data tools including apps, websites, mapping tools, data visualizations, games and more.