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Census Bureau Must Temporarily Halt Winding Down Operations
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Census Bureau for the time being to stop following a plan that would have had it winding down operations in order to finish the 2020 census at the end of September
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Census Document Says Cutting Steps Risks Errors in Count
A U.S. Census Bureau document says some steps in the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census will need to be cut in order to meet an end-of-the-year deadline and that could increase the risk for errors.
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U.S Census Workers Say They Are Being Blocked From Entering Some High-Rise Buildings
The census deadline is at the end of this month, so census workers are urging you to complete it as soon as possible, Chris Glorioso reports.
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Cities Sue Census Bureau Over Ending 2020 Head Count Early
More than a half-dozen cities, counties and civil right groups have sued the Trump administration, saying there was no justification for its decision to cut the 2020 census short by a month
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Census Bureau Adds Emails, Phone Calls to Door-Knocking
If you haven’t filled out the 2020 census form yet, you may be getting an email, call or questionnaire in the mail asking you to answer the questions
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Census Bureau Drop-Outs Complicate Door-Knocking Efforts
The Census Bureau has another challenge as widespread door-knocking for the 2020 survey begins next week
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Trump Signs Memo Barring Census From Counting Undocumented People
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum Tuesday that seeks to bar people in the U.S. illegally from being counted in congressional reapportionment, a move that drew immediate criticism and promises of court challenges. Trump said that “respect for the law and protection of the integrity of the democratic process warrant the exclusion of illegal aliens from the apportionment base,...
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Trump Signs Memo in Push to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Census Count
President Donald Trump’s memo aims to omit undocumented immigrants from the apportionment base, which is, in part, used to determine how many seats a state gets in the House of Representatives.
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Everything You Need to Know About the 2020 Census
The 2020 U.S. Census is required for anyone living in the United States, but there are billions of reasons you’d want to take it: lawmakers use census data to divvy up money for important resources like hospitals, fire stations and roads. Lawmakers will rely on this year’s census data until 2030, so now’s your chance to make sure your household...
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Officials Want Delay in Nation's Head Count Due to Virus
The U.S. Census Bureau wants to delay deadlines for the 2020 head count of all U.S. residents because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Celebrities, Civil Rights Groups Form Coalition on Census
Civil rights groups, lawmakers, attorney generals, former Census Bureau directors and actors like Rita Moreno and George Takei say they are forming a coalition to protect the confidentiality of the 2020 census
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Texts, Not Door-knocks: Census Outreach Shifts Amid Virus
The coronavirus has waylaid efforts to get as many people as possible to take part in the census
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Census Bureau Delays Deadline for 2020 Count by 2 Weeks
The U.S. Census Bureau is delaying the deadline for counting everyone in the U.S. by two weeks because of the spreading novel coronavirus
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US Census Bureau Suspends Field Operations on Virus Concerns
The U.S. Census Bureau has suspended field operations for two weeks, citing the health and safety of its workers and the U.S. public from the novel coronavirus
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Who Is No. 1? Whoever Gets to Fill Out 2020 Census Form
Who gets to be “Person 1?”
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Report: Census Bureau at Risk of Not Being Ready for Count
The start of the 2020 census is just a month away for most U.S. residents. A new report says the U.S. Census Bureau has succeeded so far in early tasks but is at risk of not being ready for future operations.
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Confusion Over What Data Schools Can Provide for 2020 Census
The U.S. Census Bureau this week starts its process of counting students living in college-run housing, but there’s confusion over what demographic information university officials can share with the agency. Two weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Education said in a memo to schools that they couldn’t, if asked, provide information about students’ sex, race and Hispanic origin for...
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Nancy Pelosi Talks Impeachment, 2020 Census During San Francisco Visit
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited San Francisco Sunday before heading back to the nation’s capital with what she said is the backing of a vast majority of Americans who are demanding a full and fair impeachment trial in the senate.
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NYC Launches $40M ‘Complete Count Campaign' Ahead of 2020 Census
New York City officials kicked off the city’s Complete Count Campaign on Tuesday — a $40 million initiative that is the largest and most diverse coordinated municipal effort to achieve a complete and accurate 2020 Census count. “New York City has been on the front lines of the resistance against the Trump Administration and ensuring every New Yorker gets counted…
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Native Americans Fight for Accurate 2020 Census Tally
When the census officially kicks off in January in Alaska, it will start in an Alaska Native community three months before the rest of the nation, NBC News reports. It’s an important moment for the Native community in Alaska, which gets to decide who among their members will be the first counted.