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The Census Bureau is dropping a controversial proposal to change disability statistics

After public outcries, the U.S. Census Bureau says it's no longer moving ahead with proposed survey changes that could have shrunk a key estimated rate of disability in the U.S. by about 40%.

Privacy fears stymie government surveyors as responses dive

Privacy fears stymie government surveyors as responses dive

Response rates to federal surveys have been dropping in recent years due to growing public concern about privacy and online scams

The Independent UK

Barbara Bryant, first woman to lead Census Bureau, has died

Barbara Bryant, first woman to lead Census Bureau, has died

Barbara Everitt Bryant, the first woman to lead the U.S. Census Bureau, overseeing the 1990 count of every U.S. resident, has died

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Census Bureau chief defends new privacy tool against critics

The U.S. Census Bureau’s chief is defending a new tool meant to protect the privacy of people participating in the agency’s questionnaires against calls to abandon it by prominent researchers and demographers

The Independent UK

AP interview: Census director aims to restore trust in count

The next U.S. census isn’t until 2030, but already Census Bureau leaders are looking for ways to adapt to a roiled civic climate that only seems to be getting more contentious

The Independent UK

Researchers ask Census to stop controversial privacy method

Prominent demographers are asking the U.S. Census Bureau to abandon a controversial method for protecting survey and census participants’ confidentiality

The Independent UK

Census undercount risks funding for Native American reservations

WASHINGTON — Native Americans on reservations face another decade of underfunding from federal programs because thousands were not counted in the 2020 census — a problem shared by minority communities across the country.

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Census undercount risks funding for Native American reservations - Roll Call

Census undercount risks funding for Native American reservations - Roll Call

Native Americans on reservations face another decade of underfunding from federal programs because thousands weren't counted in the census.

Census Bureau considering changes after minority undercounts

WASHINGTON — Census Bureau Director Robert Santos suggested changes the agency may take to the next decennial census after undercounts in minority communities worsened in the 2020 count amid the coronavirus pandemic and endemic mistrust in government.

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Census Bureau considering changes after minority undercounts - Roll Call

Census Bureau considering changes after minority undercounts - Roll Call

Census Bureau Director Robert Santos says changes may be ahead for the next census after undercounts worsened in the 2020 count.

2020 census undercounted Black people, Latinos, Native Americans - Roll Call

2020 census undercounted Black people, Latinos, Native Americans - Roll Call

Latinos were left out in 2020 at rates higher than previous decades, the Census Bureau found. White and Asian populations were overcounted.

New Census director has faith in quality of 2020 numbers

New Census director has faith in quality of 2020 numbers

The new U.S. Census Bureau director says 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 head count

The Independent UK

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