Since the beginning of the year, Washington-based media has become more attuned to the challenges facing the U.S. Census Bureau and both its 2020 decennial and the American Community Survey. This is good news!
If the next decennial census doesn’t receive proper funding between now and Census Day 2020, the prospects for a huge undercount of the population dramatically increases.
A Washington Post article declares�that underfunding means “the robustness of the 2020 Census is especially vulnerable.”
Meanwhile, a Science Magazine article is headlined “Scientists fear attack on federal statistics collection.”
Finally, a recent Education Week piece notes “education watchers are keeping close tabs on (funding for) the Census Bureau’s 2020 decennial census and for the American Community Survey.”
Let’s hope these articles are read by national policymakers!
Census Challenges in the News
Since the beginning of the year, Washington-based media has become more attuned to the challenges facing the U.S. Census Bureau and both its 2020 decennial and the American Community Survey. This is good news!
If the next decennial census doesn’t receive proper funding between now and Census Day 2020, the prospects for a huge undercount of the population dramatically increases.
A Washington Post article declares�that underfunding means “the robustness of the 2020 Census is especially vulnerable.”
Meanwhile, a Science Magazine article is headlined “Scientists fear attack on federal statistics collection.”
Finally, a recent Education Week piece notes “education watchers are keeping close tabs on (funding for) the Census Bureau’s 2020 decennial census and for the American Community Survey.”
Let’s hope these articles are read by national policymakers!
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