Topic: U.S. Census Bureau
House bans misleading census mailings
AP News
House passes tighter restrictions on use of census name after misleading mailings from GOPThe House passed legislation Wednesday that would ban misleading mailings designed to appear they're from the Census Bureau, following criticism that Republican groups were sending fundraising letters using the census name. Under the bill, mailings marked ...
Pop. 1 towns tell Census: Get count right
AP News
How can you miscount a town of 1? Census tally monitored warily in tiny placesThe founding fathers must have chuckled at the impossibility of the job when they etched it into the Constitution: Count every man, woman and child along every back road and big-city avenue in the entire country ...
Gov't offers new assurance census data is private
AP News
With 2010 count nearing, gov't offers new assurances census won't be used for law enforcementWith the 2010 population count looming, the government provided new assurances Thursday that information Americans fill out on their census forms will be kept confidential and not be used for law enforcement. In a ...
Gov't adopts formula that doubles elderly poor
AP Features
The government took steps Tuesday to highlight the increasing numbers of poor Americans, adopting a revised formula that is expected to double the number of older people classified as living in poverty to nearly 1 in 5. Under the new formula, overall poverty is expected to increase from 13.2 ...
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