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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/">The Census Project Blog</a></h1></div> <ul id="nav"> <li><a class="current" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/">Front Page</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-2"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/about/" title="About">About</a></li> </ul> <div id="header_img"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847im_/http://censusblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/blogheader770x140.jpg" width="770" height="140" alt=""/> </div> <div id="content_box"> <div id="content" class="posts"> <div id="post-63" class="post-63 post hentry category-census-outreach-efforts category-politics-census-2010 tag-2010-decennial tag-census-bureau tag-challenges tag-partnerships tag-census-questions tag-census tag-phil-sparks tag-census-politics tag-census-media tag-press-questions tag-congress tag-congressional-oversight tag-census-day tag-dr-robert-groves"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/29/washington-press-conferences-trial-by-fire/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Washington Press Conferences – Trial By Fire">Washington Press Conferences – Trial By Fire</a></h2> <h4>September 29, 2009 · <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/29/washington-press-conferences-trial-by-fire/#respond" title="Comment on Washington Press Conferences – Trial By Fire">Leave a Comment</a></h4> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><em>by Phil Sparks<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-57" title="Phil Sparks" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847im_/http://censusblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/ps.jpg?w=150&h=112" alt="Phil Sparks" width="150" height="112"/></em></p> <p>One of the traditional ways that a newly appointed public figure introduces himself to official Washington is a press conference at the National Press Club. Newly minted Census Director Dr. Robert Groves held his inaugural press event last week. His briefing for reporters took place the day after he was quizzed by the House Government Operations Committee on the progress of Census 2010. The committee testimony was essentially a technical explanation of how planning for the decennial is proceeding. Not so with the press conference.</p> <p>Dr. Groves’ opening press statement attempted to frame the issues the way he hoped the press event would go. He described the overall plan for Census 2010 as a better model than the last decennial census. Dr. Groves focused on a number of planning milestones that he characterized as illustrating that 2010 planning was right on schedule: the establishment of a new management team since the debacle last year when the handheld computers failed; the opening of more than 500 local census offices across the country to supervise next year’s activities; the completion of the local address-listing process lasting from spring through the summer; the initial printing of the 180 million census forms; the training and deployment of thousands of local partnership specialists; the opening of data processing centers to handle the tens of millions of returned forms; and the planning of the rollout of the Census 2010 paid advertising campaign in January.</p> <p>In his opening statement Dr. Groves also described the political “tug” he felt “everyday” regarding the taking of Census 2010. That casual remark set off almost all of the subsequent questions posed to Dr. Groves.</p> <p>First came a series of questions about the Bureau’s decision to drop ACORN from its national partnership program. Then, there was a question about political influences in the Census Bureau. This was followed by a question about census confidentiality. Then, Dr. Groves was asked specifically about the political tug he felt. Mixed into the questioning were accounts of an apparent lack of communication with Census 2010 operations in Minneapolis, a query about why the first Census 2010 questionnaires will be completed in a remote Alaskan village which will be iced-over on Census Day (April 1), and a question about alleged “former felons” working for a Bureau subcontractor.</p> <p>In short, Dr. Groves did not get a single operational question about the decennial as he hoped. The press conference illustrates the challenge the Census Bureau will face as it ramps up to Census 2010. It is a massive operation, involving more than a million temporary workers. The lifecycle costs of Census 2010 are almost $15 billion. With all of those resources available, there will be disappointments. Some census takers will botch the job. Others may turn out to have criminal records or try to falsify questionnaires. There are serious checks against all of these activities. But they <em>will</em> occur in such a large operation. For example, terrorist bomber Ted Kazinski was discovered to have been a census taker years after he had been arrested and imprisoned. The Bureau had to carefully explain that Kazinski had no criminal record when he was a temporary census employee.</p> <p>It will, generally, be up to Dr. Groves to be the public face of the Census Bureau next year. At his press conference last week, Dr. Groves indicated that his Press Club appearance was the first in a series of monthly updates he will hold for the media. The job is only going to get harder!</p> </div> </div> <p class="tagged"><span class="add_comment"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/29/washington-press-conferences-trial-by-fire/#respond" title="Comment on Washington Press Conferences – Trial By Fire">→ Leave a Comment</a></span><strong>Categories:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-outreach-efforts/" title="View all posts in Census Outreach Efforts" rel="category tag">Census Outreach Efforts</a> · <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/politics-census-2010/" title="View all posts in Politics & Census 2010" rel="category tag">Politics & Census 2010</a> <br/><strong>Tagged:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/2010-decennial/" rel="tag">2010 Decennial</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-bureau/" rel="tag">Census Bureau</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/challenges/" rel="tag">challenges</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/partnerships/" rel="tag">partnerships</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-questions/" rel="tag">Census questions</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census/" rel="tag">census</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/phil-sparks/" rel="tag">Phil Sparks</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-politics/" rel="tag">Census & Politics</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-media/" rel="tag">Census & Media</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/press-questions/" rel="tag">Press Questions</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/congress/" rel="tag">Congress</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/congressional-oversight/" rel="tag">Congressional Oversight</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-day/" rel="tag">Census Day</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/dr-robert-groves/" rel="tag">Dr. Robert Groves</a></p> </div> <div id="post-45" class="post-45 post hentry category-public-opinion tag-2010-decennial tag-cbams tag-census tag-census-bureau tag-challenges tag-partnerships tag-polling tag-privacy tag-public-opinion"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/22/census-bureau-polling-on-the-next-decennial/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Census Bureau Polling on the Next Decennial">Census Bureau Polling on the Next Decennial</a></h2> <h4>September 22, 2009 · <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/22/census-bureau-polling-on-the-next-decennial/#respond" title="Comment on Census Bureau Polling on the Next Decennial">Leave a Comment</a></h4> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><em>by Phil Sparks<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-57" title="Phil Sparks" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847im_/http://censusblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/ps.jpg?w=150&h=112" alt="Phil Sparks" width="150" height="112"/></em></p> <p>What’s this about the Census Bureau asking a private contractor to conduct a nationwide survey? Isn’t this the job of the Bureau? Is the Bureau privatizing its work?</p> <p>The answer? Not if the survey is done every ten years, during the year preceding the decennial census. In August 2008, the Census Bureau commissioned the private firm Macro International to conduct the Census Barriers, Attitudes and Motivators Survey (CBAMS) of more than 4,000 people nationwide. In May of this year, the Bureau publically released the results of last year’s survey. The summary results <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/pdf/C2POMemoNo10.pdf">are now posted on the Census Bureau’s Web site</a> [PDF]. CBAMS is being used to help the Bureau target audiences for its outreach campaigns and to develop messages for its advertising and communications efforts. The survey contains some good news for Census 2010 and outlines a series of challenges in accurately completing the next decennial census:</p> <ul> <li>Aided awareness of the decennial census was very high with 93% of the population having heard of the the census when prompted with a description;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Among aware respondents, 76% knew that the census was used to count the population and 87% say they would respond if the census were taken today;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Majorities understand and appreciate that census information determines the allocation of federal funds for their community for vital services while at the same time determining congressional apportionment to their state.</li> </ul> <p>But:</p> <ul> <li>Disturbingly large pluralities among some groups falsely think the census information is used to determine their property taxes, track criminals, check their income taxes and locate illegal immigrants; and</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Pluralities of some groups also believe that the census form is an invasion of their privacy or that the government will share their answers and that census confidentiality can’t be trusted.</li> </ul> <p>The CBAMS points out the conflicting attitudes towards Census 2010 that were common across segments of the population and race/ethnic groups. For example, newcomers to this country are especially unaware of the value of the census and sometimes afraid of participating. The CBAMS also points out that “friends and family” are the key information sources, ahead of the media, for most people. So, partnership programs at both the national level and the community level with businesses, churches, community organizations, military/veterans organizations and labor unions will help push up participation rates. The advertising and communications campaigns themselves will have to be carefully calibrated to effectively reach target audiences with the right messages.</p> <p>The Census Project Blog will follow all of these activities as these communications and advertising plans for Census 2010 unfold. Stay tuned!</p> </div> </div> <p class="tagged"><span class="add_comment"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/22/census-bureau-polling-on-the-next-decennial/#respond" title="Comment on Census Bureau Polling on the Next Decennial">→ Leave a Comment</a></span><strong>Categories:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/public-opinion/" title="View all posts in Public Opinion" rel="category tag">Public Opinion</a> <br/><strong>Tagged:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/2010-decennial/" rel="tag">2010 Decennial</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/cbams/" rel="tag">CBAMS</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census/" rel="tag">census</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-bureau/" rel="tag">Census Bureau</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/challenges/" rel="tag">challenges</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/partnerships/" rel="tag">partnerships</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/polling/" rel="tag">polling</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/privacy/" rel="tag">privacy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/public-opinion/" rel="tag">Public Opinion</a></p> </div> <div id="post-48" class="post-48 post hentry category-census-outreach-efforts tag-2010-decennial tag-bob-barr tag-census-bureau tag-census-in-the-schools tag-census-questions tag-terri-ann-lowenthal"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/15/the-census-in-schools-debate/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Census-in-Schools Debate">The Census-in-Schools Debate</a></h2> <h4>September 15, 2009 · <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/15/the-census-in-schools-debate/#respond" title="Comment on The Census-in-Schools Debate">Leave a Comment</a></h4> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><em>by Terri Ann Lowenthal</em><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-36 alignright" title="Terri Ann Lowenthal" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847im_/http://censusblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/tal.jpg?w=128&h=150" alt="Terri Ann Lowenthal" width="128" height="150"/></p> <p>I had a completely different topic in mind for this week’s blog … until I saw this newspaper headline:<em> </em></p> <p><em> </em></p> <p style="text-align:center;"><strong>“CENSUS GOES TOO FAR WITH CHILDREN”</strong><br/> Atlanta <em>Journal-Constitution </em>(9/8/09)<br/> Weekly column by Bob Barr</p> <p>Now I’ve heard everything. The columnist, a former Georgia representative, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2009/09/08/census-goes-too-far-with-children/?cxntfid=blogs_bob_barr_blog">thinks we are brainwashing our children</a> with the much-lauded <em>Census in the</em> <em>Schools</em> program. The 2008 Libertarian Party presidential candidate posits that the modern census represents “the natural tendency of government to increase and retain power,” and that our children will become pawns of government overreaching when they exhort their parents to participate in the decennial count.</p> <p><em>Census in the Schools </em>began in 2000 – a genuine effort to improve outreach to <em>all </em>households with children, who themselves are disproportionately missed in the census. (In 1990, according to the Census Bureau, children represented a quarter of the population, but half of the census undercount.)</p> <p>Mr. Barr describes the <em>Schools </em>program as “child labor,” lamenting that the Census Bureau is trying to collect so much information about people that it needs to “tap into America’s vast labor reserve – our schoolchildren.” And lest you think this accusation is tongue-in-cheek, Mr. Barr urges parents to keep their kids home during “Census in the Schools Week.”</p> <p>Never mind that the 2010 census consists of only ten questions covering six basic topics.</p> <p>Never mind that Congress – constitutionally responsible for the decennial enumeration — decides what information it wants the Census Bureau to collect. (Adding questions to the census is an equal opportunity sport involving both parties; conservative Sen. Jesse Helms legislatively scolded the Census Bureau for moving the ‘marital status’ question from the short to the long form in 2000, suggesting the change was part of an anti-marriage crusade.)</p> <p>Never mind that nearly two-thirds of people living in households headed by America’s most recent immigrants speak English “less than very well,” and that school-age children in these homes might have the best shot at convincing their families to answer the census. (Oops, I only know this because the Census Bureau gathers the information . . . I am brain-washed for sure!)</p> <p>I wouldn’t pay this misinformed notion much mind if it hadn’t appeared in a major big-city newspaper. (A similarly-minded article, “<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://image.examiner.com/x-1449-Dallas-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m9d8-2010-Census-turning-pupils-into-puppets">2010 Census: Turning Pupils into Puppets</a>,” appeared on Examiner.com the same day.) I think this dangerous swipe at a creative and useful census program deserves a counter-blow from opinion leaders, starting with lawmakers overseeing the census. Rep. Patrick McHenry, senior Republican on the House census oversight subcommittee (with whom I respectfully disagree on a number of issues), bravely (and correctly) took fellow Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN) to task for suggesting that people didn’t need to answer all of the questions on the census form. I urge Rep. McHenry and his Democratic counterparts in congressional census-land to stand up publicly for the Census Bureau’s efforts to boost participation, and to defend the agency’s role as the nation’s objective information collector.</p> <p>I may be overreaching, but given the steady drumbeat against the census in some circles, I wouldn’t be surprised if a new “hard to count” group emerges in 2010: People who think the government can do no right.</p> <p align="center">* * *</p> <p>For more information on the <em>Census in the Schools </em>program, visit the Census Bureau’s web site at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/teachers.html">http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/teachers.html</a>.</p> </div> </div> <p class="tagged"><span class="add_comment"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/15/the-census-in-schools-debate/#respond" title="Comment on The Census-in-Schools Debate">→ Leave a Comment</a></span><strong>Categories:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-outreach-efforts/" title="View all posts in Census Outreach Efforts" rel="category tag">Census Outreach Efforts</a> <br/><strong>Tagged:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/2010-decennial/" rel="tag">2010 Decennial</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/bob-barr/" rel="tag">Bob Barr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-bureau/" rel="tag">Census Bureau</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-in-the-schools/" rel="tag">Census in the Schools</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/census-questions/" rel="tag">Census questions</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://en.wordpress.com/tag/terri-ann-lowenthal/" rel="tag">Terri Ann Lowenthal</a></p> </div> <div id="post-18" class="post-18 post hentry category-general tag-2010-decennial tag-advertising tag-blog-info tag-census-bureau tag-commerce-department tag-immigration tag-obama-adminstration tag-questionnaire tag-terri-ann-lowenthal"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/08/here-we-go/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Here We Go! A Blog for Readers Supporting an Accurate 2010 Census">Here We Go! A Blog for Readers Supporting an Accurate 2010 Census</a></h2> <h4>September 8, 2009 · <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/08/here-we-go/#comments" title="Comment on Here We Go! A Blog for Readers Supporting an Accurate 2010 Census">3 Comments</a></h4> <div class="entry"> <div class="snap_preview"><p><em>by Terri Ann Lowenthal<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-36" title="Terri Ann Lowenthal" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847im_/http://censusblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/tal.jpg?w=128&h=150" alt="Terri Ann Lowenthal" width="128" height="150"/></em></p> <p>So … here I am in the blogosphere, nearly 23 years after I first started working on census issues. What the heck am I (low person on the tech totem pole) doing in cyberspace? Trying to set the record straight on key census issues and operations, as stakeholders work to support an inclusive count next year. I’m a census traditionalist, you could say. There’s one and only one overarching goal for the 2010 census: Produce an accurate count, and concentrate all efforts on achieving that goal. Eyes on the prize, and little patience for uninformed distractions (is the Census Bureau spending too much on FedEx?) that don’t advance the bottom line.</p> <p>Back in the good old census days (circa 1990), questionnaires were processing- but not user-friendly … now the Census Bureau plugs the ease of completing the form (10 questions, 10 minutes!). Census PSA’s ran at one o’clock in the morning … now, much of America will see census ads during Super Bowl XLIV. Address lists were locked tight in the census vault … now local governments can review lists and suggest changes in advance of the count. Lawmakers argued over whether to count undocumented residents and Americans living overseas; census takers went door to door to unresponsive households, pencils and questionnaires in hand … oh wait, this is starting to sound eerily familiar as 2010 approaches …</p> <p>Yes, when it comes to the decennial census, it seems, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Are we willing to pay $30 billion for the 2020 census? Stay tuned …</p> <p>What else keeps me up at night?</p> <ul> <li>Public figures spouting “faux facts” about the census, designed to raise the “census threat level” among certain constituencies. (A smart, conservative relative in Florida recently sympathized with people who were reluctant to answer the “income question” on the census. Doesn’t exist, dear cousin!)</li> <li>Headlines like these in last week’s <em>New York Times</em>: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/us/31elder.html">Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With ‘Nobody to Talk To’</a><strong> </strong>(8/31/09) and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/us/30florida.html">After Century of Growth, Tide Turns in Florida</a> (8/30/09). (I look at everything through census-colored glasses: Isolated, limited-English proficiency older immigrants? Record foreclosures and unemployment? This is the stuff of census nightmares!)</li> <li>Calls for immigrants to boycott the census until Congress adopts comprehensive immigration reform. (I really don’t get this one: A boycott won’t speed up reform efforts, and then what – less effective political representation and fewer resources for these very communities?).</li> </ul> <p>We’ll talk about these and other interesting policy and operational issues in the weeks and months ahead.</p> <p>And what gives me hope that we (yes, we’re all in this together) can overcome these significant challenges and some missteps in the 2010 planning process, and produce an accurate and – most importantly, equitable — census? The energy and excitement we saw in the 2008 elections among people who hadn’t been previously or fully engaged in the nation’s civic life, for one thing. It will take work, and a clarion call from the President on down to local ministers, to harness that enthusiasm again in support of the census, but I think it can be done.</p> <p>The next census will kick-off amid the grand spectacle of the Winter Olympics, a fitting metaphor for a task requiring an Olympian effort to count this global village of a nation. Let the 2010 countdown – and then the count – begin!</p> <p>[Full disclosure: I served on the Obama Presidential Transition Team, assigned to the Commerce Department, part of a two-person team reviewing the work of the U.S. Census Bureau and two other statistical agencies. I played no part in the presidential campaign and accepted no position with the new Administration. I have never worked for the U.S. Census Bureau (or in the executive branch, for that matter). Nevertheless, inevitably, the Administration’s harshest critics are likely to view everything I write through a partisan prism, attributing even the mildest kudos for steps taken by political appointees to my imagined far-left credentials. I hope, though, as I blog my way through the constitutionally-mandated decennial count, that reasonable observers will share my laser-like commitment to helping lawmakers, civic leaders, and ordinary Americans understand the importance (and safety and ease) of being counted in the census.]</p> </div> </div> <p class="tagged"><span class="add_comment"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930134847/http://censusprojectblog.org/2009/09/08/here-we-go/#comments" title="Comment on Here We Go! 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