Census Bureau Gets 4th Trump Appointee In 3 Months As Count Nears End
NPRCensus Bureau Gets 4th Trump Appointee In 3 Months As Count Nears End Enlarge this image toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR Claire Harbage/NPR The Trump administration has added its fourth political appointee in three months to the Census Bureau amid growing concerns about partisan interference with the 2020 census. But the bureau has not answered NPR's question about why Dillingham — a Trump appointee who has headed the bureau since January 2019 — needs a dedicated attorney given that lawyers at the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau, provide legal services for the agency. "I'm not authorized to speak to the press," Mayfield told NPR when reached by phone Wednesday, referring questions to the bureau's associate director for communications, Ali Ahmad, another Trump appointee. Since late June, however, the administration has been installing one appointee after another without any past bureau experience or obvious qualifications for joining the agency's highest ranks.
History of this topic
Bill attempts to prevent political meddling in US head count
Associated Press
Census chief quits early after final round of citizenship controversy
CNN
Trump's Census Director To Quit After Trying To Rush Out 'Indefensible' Report
NPR
Amid Partisan Concerns, Another Trump Appointee Joins Census Bureau's Top Ranks
NPRDiscover Related
)
