Full Text of HJR0166 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Stanley D. Moore, a native of Washington, D.C., | 3 | | began working for the federal government on December 20, 1956, | 4 | | and within four years he started his lifelong career with the | 5 | | United States Census Bureau on July 24, 1960; and; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Moore began with the Census Bureau as a | 7 | | Systems Analyst and served as District Office Manager, Special | 8 | | Assistant to the Chief, Assistant Regional Director, and | 9 | | Associate Director for Field Operations; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1974, Stanley Moore and his family moved to | 11 | | Chicago, where he was appointed as the Regional Director of the | 12 | | Chicago Regional Office of the U. S. Census Bureau; as Regional | 13 | | Director, he was responsible for overseeing all Census | 14 | | operations in Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, | 15 | | Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In the 1970s, Stanley Moore was instrumental in | 17 | | the desegregation of Chicago housing; he fought a successful | 18 | | four-year legal battle against racial discrimination and | 19 | | purchased a home in the Beverly community; in recognition of | 20 | | this fact he was selected as a Most Valuable Community Player | 21 | | by the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities; | 22 | | this has been his family home for the past 42 years and the |
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| 1 | | street that it sits on has been renamed Stanley D. Moore Way; | 2 | | and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Moore's expertise and experience in the | 4 | | Special Census Program have been critical to the development | 5 | | and implementation of the program; during the 1990s, he was the | 6 | | administrative coordinator for the nationwide Special Census | 7 | | Program; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1998, Stanley Moore represented the United | 9 | | States at the 9th International Population Conference in Tokyo, | 10 | | Japan; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, During the following decade, Stanley Moore | 12 | | assisted in the development of a new method for data collection | 13 | | to improve the accuracy of the information proved by the Census | 14 | | Bureau; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Moore's design known as Operation RESPOND | 16 | | (Reaching Every Single Person on the Nation's Decennial) began | 17 | | as his region's operational and outreach program for Census | 18 | | 2000; this project involved coordinating the efforts of every | 19 | | department in the region to solicit the support of, and work | 20 | | with, the Complete Count Committees; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, The 2010 Census added a sixth census to Stanley |
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| 1 | | Moore's column of accomplishments; he expanded the Complete | 2 | | Count Committee Model to involve trusted voices to promote | 3 | | cooperation at the grassroots level; as Associate Director of | 4 | | the Field Division, he is instrumental in advancing another new | 5 | | innovation: TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic | 6 | | Encoding and Referencing), a technologically advanced database | 7 | | system that maps all geographic data for the entire United | 8 | | States, this has become an essential component in the | 9 | | compilation and tabulation of census data; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, Stanley Moore was asked by Director John | 11 | | Thompson of the U.S. Census Bureau to serve as his Senior | 12 | | Advisor; he is currently responsible for developing a | 13 | | data-driven national outreach program to strengthen the | 14 | | relationship between government and community, resulting in | 15 | | greater public participation in the 2020 Census; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Moore has received numerous awards for his | 17 | | service at the Census Bureau including the U.S. Department of | 18 | | Commerce Bronze Medal for Superior Service, the U.S. Department | 19 | | of Commerce Silver Medal Award for Meritorious Service, the | 20 | | U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award for Exceptional | 21 | | Service, and the National Partnership for Reinventing | 22 | | Government Hammer Award; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Moore has been a member of the Chicago |
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| 1 | | Federal Executive Board since 1973, serving as its Chair from | 2 | | 2002 to 2003; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Moore was featured on the covers of | 4 | | Positive Note and N-DIGO magazines; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Stanley Moore's accomplishments have been | 6 | | acknowledged and honored by Northeastern University as a 2010 | 7 | | Distinguished Alumni; additionally, Chicago State University | 8 | | has nominated him for an honorary doctorate; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 11 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate Stanley D. Moore | 12 | | on celebrating 60 years of dedication and service to the United | 13 | | States Census Bureau; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Stanley Moore as a symbol of our appreciation of | 16 | | his hard work and commitment to the U.S. Census Bureau.
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