Anon Archived With the Census in peril, what will it take to "right the ship?" (salon.com)
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'The Census Bureau was directed to spend no more on the 2020 Census than it did on the 2010 Census; following that, says Lowenthal, Congress “shortchanged the census in annual funding bills throughout much of this decade.” Lawmakers later decided that the 2020 Census would in fact receive less funding than the 2010 Census. '
'Lowenthal says that funding for the 2020 Census has been so far “insufficient, uncertain and frequently late.” Following the 2010 Census, Congress for the first time set a cap on census costs. '
'As things stand now, there will be fewer than half as many temporary census takers in the 2020 Census as there were in 2010. “The window of opportunity to right this ship is closing fast,” says Lowenthal. '
'The 2020 Census is off to a rocky start, with crucial preparations already delayed or falling to the wayside, largely a result of inadequate funding from Congress. '
'The agency also won’t be testing certain local outreach and messaging strategies to get people to complete their census forms, Vargas says. '
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