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THE ROAD TO THE 2010 CENSUS


Census News Brief
June 21, 2009

Census News Brief
June 19, 2009

Census News Brief
June 16, 2009

Census News Brief
June 10, 2009

June 8, 2009 Letter to Appropriators

New Fact Sheets
June 8, 2009

Census News Brief
June 4, 2009

Census News Brief
June 2, 2009

Census News Brief
May 18, 2009

Census News Brief
May 11, 2009

Census News Brief
May 7, 2009

Census News Brief
May 5, 2009

Census News Brief
April 29, 2009

Census News Brief
April 22, 2009

April 2009 Letter to Senator Carper

April 2009 Letter to Senator Lieberman from Former Census Directors

April 2009 Letter to Commerce Secretary Locke

Census News Brief
April 2, 2009 (#2)

Professional Organizations' Statement in Support of Robert M. Groves

Census News Brief on Nomination of Robert M. Groves to be Census Director, including biography
April 2, 2009

Census News Brief
March 29, 2009

Census News Brief
March 22, 2009

Fact Sheet: Federal Assistance to States Allocated on the Basis of Census Statistics

Fact Sheet: Federal Funds Distributed on the Basis of Census Statistics

Census News Brief
February 26, 2009

Census News Brief
February 25, 2009

Census News Brief
February 23, 2009

Census News Brief
February 11, 2009

February 2009 Letter to Congressional Leadership

Census News Brief
February 5, 2009

Census News Brief
February 3, 2009

February 2009 Letter to the White House

January 2009 Letter to Appropriators

Census News Brief
January 2009

FOR MORE INFO.

Phil Sparks
(202) 326-8700
philsparks@ccmc.org

RECENT MEDIA

June 25, 2009: The Associated Press: Locke urges end to GOP block on census nominee

June 25, 2009: Bay Area Reporter: Census to count gay couples

June 25, 2009: Fontana Herald News: Group causes controversy by urging undocumented immigrants to boycott U.S. Census

June 25, 2009: Media Matters for America: Media conservatives target the 2010 census, encourage audience not to complete forms

June 25, 2009: The Minnesota Independent: Bachmann links Census to 1940s Japanese internment

June 24, 2009: The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah Rep. Chaffetz suggests mail carriers conduct Census

June 24, 2009: MinnPost: Minnesota close to losing a congressional seat after census

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On February 24, 2009, the Census Project sponsored a 45-minute audio press briefing that provided reporters with background information on Census 2010.

The two speakers were Dr. Martha Farnsworth Riche, census director from 1994-1998, and Dr. Louis Kincannon, census director from 2002-2008. This audio file contains opening statements by the two former Census Bureau directors as well as their answers to more than 20 questions posited by about a dozen reporters from across the country.

Click here to listen to the briefing.

Welcome to the Census Project Web site. This Web site is the result of a collaboration of a number of Census stakeholders (click here to view the full list) representing a broad range of organizations and issue areas.

The Census Project is concerned about additional funding needed to complete Census 2010 planning. The Census Bureau has indicated that it is returning to a more costly paper-and-pencil census. Late last year, Congress and the Bush Administration reached an agreement regarding several hundred million dollars in additional costs needed this fiscal year to begin that process.

Earlier this year, the new Congress and the Obama Administration added $1 billion in funding for Census 2010 in the economic stimulus package to provide more resources to reach hard-to-count populations. President Obama has also requested about $7 billion for Census 2010 in his FY 2010 budget request to Congress that will complete the decennial census funding. The Census Project is concerned about a fair and accurate Census 2010. Congress must act quickly to authorize these needed funds so that decennial census planning can proceed to its final stages in a timely manner. 

Finally, the Census Project is concerned that the nomination of Dr. Robert Groves to be the new Census Director has stalled in the U.S. Senate. The Census Bureau has been without its top political leadership for many months as a result. The Census Project is urging the Senate to quickly confirm the nomination of Dr. Groves to lead final operations for the next census.