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September 23, 2020

Census Watchdog Says Order to Cut Short Data Collection Came from Outside Bureau
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New questions are being raised over why the Census Bureau cut short its
data collection for the census by a month. A new report by the Commerce
Department's internal watchdog reveals the decision did not come from
the director of the Census Bureau. In a report, the watchdog stated,
"The schedule change was not the Bureau's decision … Senior officials at
the Bureau, including the Director, did not know who ultimately made the
decision to accelerate the Census schedule." The watchdog report also
reveals there is a consensus within the bureau that shortening the
length of the data collection will "negatively impact the accuracy" of
the census.


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