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NEW: The Census Bureau is sending mixed signals about when it plans to finish counting for the #2020Census amid growing concerns among Democrats in Congress that the White House is pressuring the bureau to stop counting soon for political gain.
My story: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/30/896656747/when-does-census-counting-end-bureau-sends-alarming-mixed-signals
My story: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/30/896656747/when-does-census-counting-end-bureau-sends-alarming-mixed-signals
2. About 4 out of 10 households nationwide have not been counted yet, and census self-response rates are even lower in many communities. You can look up those rates here: https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html
3. On April 13, the Census Bureau said that because of COVID-19, it was pushing back its end date for door-knocking at unresponsive households to Oct. 31.
But yesterday, I learned the bureau quietly removed a key reference to that date from its website: https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1288498991978684422
But yesterday, I learned the bureau quietly removed a key reference to that date from its website: https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1288498991978684422
4. The Oct. 31 end date for conducting in-person interviews with households that haven't filled out a #2020Census form is part of broader plan the bureau's been trying to get Congress to back since April.
Democrats have shown support.
But Republicans... https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/895744449/republicans-signal-theyre-willing-to-cut-short-census-counting
Democrats have shown support.
But Republicans... https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/895744449/republicans-signal-theyre-willing-to-cut-short-census-counting
5. Lots to untangle, but here's the thing to keep in mind: top career officials at Census Bureau have publicly warned since May that they can no longer meet current legal deadlines -- meaning extensions aren't optional for a complete & accurate #2020Census https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1265983267632746501?s=20
6. On July 8, I asked the bureau's associate director for the #2020Census, Al Fontenot, during a press briefing about timing, and Fontenot confirmed: "We are past the window of being able to get those counts by those dates at this point." https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7007573-July-8-2020-Census-Bureau-Transcript-of-2020.html#document/p21/a573697
7. Back in early July, Associate Director Al Fontenot sounded optimistic that both Republicans and Democrats would back the Census Bureau's request for #2020Census deadline extensions. https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1281356084935041032?s=20
8. White House asked for additional $1 billion to fund "accelerated efforts" for completing counting "as quickly, & safely as possible," bureau has confirmed. But Republicans in Congress have offered less than half of that with no deadline extensions. https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1287884346251071489?s=20
9. @RepJimmyGomez, D-Calif., repeatedly asked the Census Bureau director at a hearing yesterday whether he supports the bureau's request to extend the census deadlines.
Dillingham did not answer the questions. https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1288540838205816832?s=20
Dillingham did not answer the questions. https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1288540838205816832?s=20
