Trump Is Trying To Rig The Census And Hopes You Won't Notice, Key Senator Warns
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump Is Trying To Rig The Census And Hopes You Won't Notice, Key Senator Warns

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump is trying to rig the 2020 census for political gain and his administration’s effort to quietly rush the national headcount will leave millions of people ― particularly communities of color ― politically weakened for at least a decade, a key senator is warning. “They don’t really want the American people to know what’s going on with the census,” New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate subcommittee charged with funding the census, said in a Monday interview. Now, with the Census Bureau ending field operations early, census takers simply won’t reach some people at all. I have no idea what the results will be but they will not be as correct as past ones.” “ICE has ruined the census in my neighborhood.” - Jason, an Oregon census taker HuffPost reached out to the Census Bureau to ask why the agency isn’t pushing back its deadlines to ensure a more accurate count.

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Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census

NPR  

Trump's hiring freeze has halted local head counts and could threaten the U.S. census toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/AFP via Getty Images Unless the White House changes its order, counting can't start in White House, Tenn. After Trump issued a memorandum in January restricting the federal government from hiring civilian employees, Corbitt says the bureau told local officials they had to …

Will Trump’s immigration crackdown come for the census?
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2 months ago

Will Trump’s immigration crackdown come for the census?

Politico  

Will Trump’s immigration crackdown come for the census? This was all mostly moot, because the pandemic significantly delayed the release of census data until well into Joe Biden’s term, and he revoked both of those decisions on his first day in office, issuing his own executive order saying apportionment numbers should be produced “without regard to immigration status,” in line …

Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count
2 months, 1 week ago

Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count

Associated Press  

Republican efforts to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have begun anew, with four Republican state attorneys general suing to alter the once-a-decade head count even before President Donald Trump’s second term in office began Monday. During his first term, Trump signed an order that would have excluded people in …

‘This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering

Associated Press  

Inadequate funding and controversial measures in a budget bill could threaten what Americans know about themselves through federal data gathering, statisticians and demographers warn in a new report and a letter to U.S. congressional leaders. The bill would omit people in the country illegally from the count used to redraw political districts — even though the 14th Amendment requires “counting …

'This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The bill would omit people in the country illegally …

Census Bureau valiantly conducted 2020 census, but privacy method degraded quality, report says
1 year, 5 months ago

Census Bureau valiantly conducted 2020 census, but privacy method degraded quality, report says

Associated Press  

The U.S. Census Bureau’s career staffers valiantly conducted the 2020 census under unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, but new privacy protocols meant to protect the confidentiality of participants degraded the resulting data, according to a report released Tuesday. Key innovations such as encouraging most participants to fill out the census questionnaire online and permitting the use of administrative records …

The growing racial gap in U.S. census results is raising an expert panel's concerns
1 year, 5 months ago

The growing racial gap in U.S. census results is raising an expert panel's concerns

NPR  

The growing racial gap in U.S. census results is raising an expert panel's concerns Enlarge this image toggle caption Brian Snyder/Reuters Brian Snyder/Reuters The widening racial and ethnic gaps in how accurately different populations are counted in the U.S. census threatens the equitable distribution of political representation and federal funding, warns a new report by an expert panel who reviewed …

Report: 2020 US census helped guide distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual government spending
1 year, 9 months ago

Report: 2020 US census helped guide distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual government spending

Associated Press  

The head count of every U.S. resident in 2020 helped guide the distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual federal spending, underscoring the importance of participating in the once-a-decade census, according to a new report released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. There were 353 federal assistance programs that used the Census Bureau data in 2021 to steer the allocation of …

Don’t delay the census further
1 year, 10 months ago

Don’t delay the census further

Hindustan Times  

The government will make sure that India’s next census is smarter and more dynamic, Union home minister Amit Shah said while inaugurating the new office of the Registrar General of India. When read with the continuing uncertainty about the conduct of the 2021 census, the government’s latest comments about making the next census smarter, suggest a truncated understanding of the …

Simulation suggests 2020 census missed many noncitizens
1 year, 10 months ago

Simulation suggests 2020 census missed many noncitizens

Associated Press  

New results from a U.S. Census Bureau simulation indicate a significant number of noncitizens were missed in the 2020 census, a national head count during which the Trump administration tried to prevent people in the United States illegally from being tallied at all. Almost a fifth of noncitizens found in the administrative records had addresses that couldn’t be matched in …

The 2020 census may have missed a big share of noncitizens, the bureau estimates
1 year, 10 months ago

The 2020 census may have missed a big share of noncitizens, the bureau estimates

NPR  

The 2020 census may have missed a big share of noncitizens, the bureau estimates Enlarge this image toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The last national head count of people living in the United States may have missed a substantial share of residents who are not U.S. citizens, according to a Census Bureau report …

Why is the government delaying Census 2021?
2 years, 2 months ago

Why is the government delaying Census 2021?

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 26, 2023 10:35 IST From the first synchronous census in 1881, the decadal census exercise has never been delayed or postponed. In April 2019, ORGI announced that for the first time in the 140-year-old history of the census, data would be collected using “not only paper and pen” but also mobile devices. In March 2022, another gazette …

Census: Detailed age, sex data may be limited based on place
2 years, 5 months ago

Census: Detailed age, sex data may be limited based on place

Associated Press  

Want to know the age and sex breakdown of people of Japanese ancestry in your U.S. state or territory? You may not be able to get that information in the future if you live in North Dakota or Puerto Rico under a new plan the U.S. Census Bureau is putting together to protect the privacy of participants whose detailed data …

Census meddling is targeted in bill, recommendations
2 years, 6 months ago

Census meddling is targeted in bill, recommendations

Associated Press  

Democratic lawmakers intent on making sure that unprecedented efforts by the Trump administration to politicize the 2020 census never happen again are moving forward with plans for safeguards they say will help the U.S. head count stay free of future interference. The Biden administration on Tuesday said it supported the legislation but indicated it may want changed provisions in the …

Bill attempts to prevent political meddling in US head count
2 years, 8 months ago

Bill attempts to prevent political meddling in US head count

Associated Press  

New questions on a census form would have to be vetted by Congress and a U.S. Census Bureau director couldn’t be fired without cause under proposed legislation that attempts to prevent in the future the type of political interference into the nation’s 2020 head count that took place during the Trump administration. The legislation introduced this week in the U.S. …

Next release of 2020 census data postponed until next year
2 years, 11 months ago

Next release of 2020 census data postponed until next year

Associated Press  

The next release of detailed data about U.S. residents from the 2020 census will be postponed until next year because the U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that it needs more time to crunch the numbers, including implementing a controversial method used to protect participants’ identities. Last year, the Census Bureau released state population counts used to determine how many congressional …

Bureau looking at adjusting for undercounts in some numbers
2 years, 11 months ago

Bureau looking at adjusting for undercounts in some numbers

Associated Press  

The U.S. Census Bureau is going to look at ways to possibly adjust its annual population estimates to account for the undercounts of some minority groups in the 2020 census numbers, a top official at the statistical agency said Tuesday. A technical research team within the Census Bureau is looking at the feasibility of adjusting the numbers to reflect the …

Time to retool census? Some think so after minorities missed
3 years ago

Time to retool census? Some think so after minorities missed

Associated Press  

Is it time to rethink the census and other surveys that measure changes in the U.S. population? The bureau’s biggest between-census effort to take the measure of the U.S. population, the American Community Survey, produces 11 billion statistics from interviews with 3.5 million households each year, and the once-a-decade census tallies every U.S. resident for a count used in divvying …

US Census undercounted minorities in 2020, new data shows
3 years ago

US Census undercounted minorities in 2020, new data shows

Al Jazeera  

Undercounting could affect federal funding, political representation for Black, Latino and other minority communities in the country. Black people, Latinos, and Native Americans were undercounted during the United States 2020 national census, new US Census Bureau data showed, potentially affecting political representation and federal funding for communities with significant minority populations. Demographics experts have said an ultimately unsuccessful effort by …

New Census director has faith in quality of 2020 numbers
3 years, 1 month ago

New Census director has faith in quality of 2020 numbers

Associated Press  

The new U.S. Census Bureau director said Monday that he is listening to the concerns of data users and policymakers, and the agency is making permanent community outreach efforts, in an effort to restore any trust that was lost following attempts by the Trump administration to politicize the nation’s 2020 head count. Despite those attempts and obstacles created by the …

White House moves to guard data after Trump census pressure
3 years, 2 months ago

White House moves to guard data after Trump census pressure

Associated Press  

The Biden White House this month pushed to protect scientific and statistical agencies like the U.S. Census Bureau from political interference in a report issued just days before newly disclosed documents showed the “unprecedented” extent of the Trump administration’s efforts to gain politically from the 2020 headcount. Shortly after the report came out, new documents released over the weekend revealed …

Let the challenges begin! Time for contesting census is here
3 years, 2 months ago

Let the challenges begin! Time for contesting census is here

Associated Press  

Detroit’s mayor believes tens of thousands of residents in the majority-Black city were missed in the 2020 census. At the start of the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau began accepting challenges from states, counties, cities and tribal nations about one of the most difficult counts in recent memory, due to the pandemic, political interference from the Trump administration, hurricanes …

Let the challenges begin! Time for contesting census is here
3 years, 2 months ago

Let the challenges begin! Time for contesting census is here

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the start of the new year, the U.S. …

Trump officials interfered with the 2020 census beyond cutting it short, email shows
3 years, 2 months ago

Trump officials interfered with the 2020 census beyond cutting it short, email shows

NPR  

Trump officials interfered with the 2020 census beyond cutting it short, email shows Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP Former President Donald Trump's administration alarmed career civil servants at the Census Bureau by not only ending the 2020 national head count early, but also pressuring them to alter plans for protecting people's privacy and producing accurate data, …

Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 head count
3 years, 3 months ago

Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 head count

LA Times  

The Census Bureau is looking to improve trust in the numbers it gathered during the 2020 census by fixing problems caused by the unprecedented challenges of conducting a U.S. head count during a pandemic, natural disasters and efforts by the Trump administration to politicize the process. The Census Bureau announced last week that it will break with past practice and …

Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 headcount
3 years, 3 months ago

Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 headcount

Associated Press  

The Census Bureau is looking to improve trust in the numbers it gathered during the 2020 census by fixing problems caused by the unprecedented challenges of conducting a U.S. head count during a pandemic, natural disasters and efforts by the Trump administration to politicize the process. The Census Bureau announced last week that it will break with past practice and …

Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 headcount
3 years, 3 months ago

Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 headcount

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Census Bureau announced last week that it will …

Census ponders producing less granular data in next release
3 years, 6 months ago

Census ponders producing less granular data in next release

Associated Press  

U.S. Census Bureau officials said Friday that they were pondering whether to produce less granular data in the next round of 2020 census data, dealing with housing and family relationships, in a decision that could upset researchers, city planners and others who rely on neighborhood-level information. By limiting some of the next round of 2020 census information to just the …

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected
3 years, 7 months ago

Report: Census hit by cyberattack, US count unaffected

Associated Press  

U.S. Census Bureau computer servers were exploited last year during a cybersecurity attack, but it didn’t involve the 2020 census, and hackers’ attempts to keep access to the system were unsuccessful, according to a watchdog report released Wednesday. According to the Office of Inspector General, the Census Bureau missed opportunities to limit its vulnerability to the attack and didn’t discover …

Census Finds U.S. Population Getting Less White And More Diverse
3 years, 7 months ago

Census Finds U.S. Population Getting Less White And More Diverse

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Census Bureau on Thursday issued its most detailed portrait yet of how the U.S. has changed over the past decade, releasing a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw political maps across an increasingly diverse country. The start of the 2020 census for most U.S. residents coincided with the spread of the coronavirus …

Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions
3 years, 7 months ago

Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions

The Independent  

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A look at what’s next in the release of 2020 census data
3 years, 11 months ago

A look at what’s next in the release of 2020 census data

Associated Press  

ORLANDO, Fla. — There were some genuine surprises in the first batch of data from the nation’s 2020 head count released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. ___ IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WOULD BE NO MATH The biggest task facing the Census Bureau between now and the release of the redistricting data in August and September is implementing …

The first batch of 2020 census data surprised many. A look at what’s next
3 years, 11 months ago

The first batch of 2020 census data surprised many. A look at what’s next

LA Times  

People walk on the sidewalks of New York on Monday. There were some genuine surprises in the first batch of data from the nation’s 2020 head count released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 2020 census data released this week — state population counts of every resident — were just the tip of the iceberg of what’s coming …

Census takeaways: Sluggish growth, good news for the GOP, bad news for Latinos?
3 years, 11 months ago

Census takeaways: Sluggish growth, good news for the GOP, bad news for Latinos?

LA Times  

U.S. Census Bureau Acting Director Ron Jarmin speaks as a graphic showing the U.S. population as of April 1, 2020, is displayed during a virtual news conference Monday. The U.S. population grew to 331 million, a 7.4% growth rate from the last time the Census Bureau counted every person in the country, in 2010. World & Nation Biden picks first …

Political Ramifications Show Importance Of Filling Out Census Form
3 years, 11 months ago

Political Ramifications Show Importance Of Filling Out Census Form

NPR  

Political Ramifications Show Importance Of Filling Out Census Form The first major results of the 2020 census are out. HANSI LO WANG, BYLINE: It's the day after the first 2020 census numbers are out, and Beth Jarosz, a demographer with a nonprofit research group called the Population Reference Bureau, says. WANG: Jarosz says New York would not be the first …

After A Disrupted Census, Congress Tries Again To Extend Deadlines For Results
3 years, 11 months ago

After A Disrupted Census, Congress Tries Again To Extend Deadlines For Results

NPR  

After A Disrupted Census, Congress Tries Again To Extend Deadlines For Results Enlarge this image toggle caption Paul Sancya/AP Paul Sancya/AP A bipartisan group of lawmakers is renewing a push that failed during the previous administration to extend the deadlines for reporting 2020 census results after the pandemic and Trump officials' interference disrupted the count. Sponsor Message Both the Senate …

Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting
4 years ago

Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states …

Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting
4 years ago

Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting

Associated Press  

Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start the once-a-decade task of redrawing voting districts used for U.S. House and state legislative elections. Democratic legislative leaders cited “constitutional turmoil” caused by late census data in asking the state Supreme Court to extend redistricting deadlines …

Lawmakers eye impact of census delay on redrawing districts
4 years, 1 month ago

Lawmakers eye impact of census delay on redrawing districts

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania lawmakers worried about the delay in census results were told Wednesday it may be May 2022 before the next set of district lines for Congress and the Legislature are hammered out. “When we were promised in this age of the computer that things would get much more simple.” Brent McClintock, head of the Legislative Data Processing …

Census: No redistricting data until end of September
4 years, 1 month ago

Census: No redistricting data until end of September

Associated Press  

The U.S. Census Bureau said Friday it won’t be delivering data used for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts until the end of September, causing headaches for state lawmakers and redistricting commissions facing deadlines to redraw districts this year. Census Bureau officials are aware of the deadlines facing lawmakers and redistricting commissions nationwide, but “we have a strong schedule that …

Census Bureau announces delay in data needed for redistricting
4 years, 1 month ago

Census Bureau announces delay in data needed for redistricting

CNN  

CNN — The redrawing of seats in the US House of Representatives will be delayed by several months, officials announced Friday, with states unlikely to receive the detailed population numbers that are typically released in the spring until the end of September. The redistricting numbers are typically released by April 1, and the Census Bureau historically provides the numbers even …

Census data for congressional seats still months away
4 years, 2 months ago

Census data for congressional seats still months away

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The numbers used for divvying …

Census Numbers For Dividing Up House Seats Delayed Until April 30, Bureau Says
4 years, 2 months ago

Census Numbers For Dividing Up House Seats Delayed Until April 30, Bureau Says

NPR  

Census Numbers For Dividing Up House Seats Delayed Until April 30, Bureau Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Updated at 6:15 p.m. Sponsor Message The timing for the second set of new census results — the detailed demographic data that state redistricting officials need to redraw voting districts — remains unclear. Last April, after …

Biden Ends Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted
4 years, 2 months ago

Biden Ends Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted

NPR  

Biden Ends Trump Census Policy, Ensuring All Persons Living In U.S. Are Counted Enlarge this image toggle caption Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images Updated at 9:44 p.m. ET One of President Biden's first executive actions has reversed former President Donald Trump's unprecedented policy of altering a key census count by excluding …

Trump's Census Director To Quit After Trying To Rush Out 'Indefensible' Report
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump's Census Director To Quit After Trying To Rush Out 'Indefensible' Report

NPR  

Trump's Census Director To Quit After Trying To Rush Out 'Indefensible' Report Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP Updated at 6:37 p.m. News about Dillingham comes days after Justice Department attorneys confirmed to a federal judge in a court order that the Trump administration has officially given up on trying to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the first …

Census Bureau makes last-minute push to tally non-citizens, watchdog says
4 years, 2 months ago

Census Bureau makes last-minute push to tally non-citizens, watchdog says

CNN  

CNN — Government officials balked when the Census Bureau set a last-minute deadline to assemble data on non-citizens as part of an apparent anti-immigration push by the Trump administration before leaving office, according to a new watchdog report. The Commerce Department’s inspector general, overseeing the 2020 Census, revealed on Tuesday that Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham told employees that a …

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan
4 years, 2 months ago

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan

Associated Press  

The Census Bureau will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, a delay that could undermine President Donald Trump’s efforts to exclude people in the country illegally from the count if the figures aren’t submitted before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Once in office, Biden could rescind Trump’s presidential memorandum directing the Census …

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan
4 years, 2 months ago

Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a …

Census Missed Year-End Deadline For Delivering Numbers For House Seats
4 years, 2 months ago

Census Missed Year-End Deadline For Delivering Numbers For House Seats

NPR  

Census Missed Year-End Deadline For Delivering Numbers For House Seats Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP Updated Friday at 2:49 p.m. ET Saddled with delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic and last-minute changes by the Trump administration, the first set of 2020 census results were not ready for release by Thursday's year-end deadline for numbers that determine …

With deadline looming, group wants more census documents
4 years, 2 months ago

With deadline looming, group wants more census documents

Associated Press  

With the Census Bureau days away from likely missing a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, President Donald Trump’s administration still hasn’t turned over documents showing how it’s crunching the data on a shortened schedule, according to a coalition of municipal governments and civil rights groups. Attorneys for the municipalities and civil rights groups …

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