As 2010 Census operations wind down, the Census Bureau has been forced to get rid of many of its temporary employees. However, the few employees who are still employed at the Detroit Regional Census Center’s “partnership” office have one thing
by Stephen Robert Morse25 Aug 2010, 7:14 AM PST0
Earlier today, I wrote that the Census Bureau commissioned a totem pole to be constructed in Alaska and then hauled to DC. Steve Jost of the Census Bureau responded to my claims as follows: The image you posted is not
by Stephen Robert Morse2 Aug 2010, 2:29 PM PST0
Now, this must be one of the most flagrant instances of waste that I have ever read about. A “totem pole” that has been created to celebrate the 2010 Census is traveling thousands of miles from Juneau, Alaska to Washington
by Stephen Robert Morse2 Aug 2010, 6:21 AM PST0
Last week, Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves said to Fox News that you can “trust 2010 Census data.” What our director fails to tell us is that the two software applications have operational problems that will ultimately lead to
by Stephen Robert Morse31 Jul 2010, 1:17 PM PST0
Rafael Dominguez, a New York-based regional partnership coordinator for the US Census Bureau since early 2008 has filed a petition to run as a Democrat for Assemblyman for New York’s 82nd District. Yet, as Census Bureau Associate Director Steve Jost
by Stephen Robert Morse27 Jul 2010, 5:39 AM PST0
What happened last month at the Brooklyn census office was indeed unfortunate. But let us not be naive: Data collection inaccuracies and falsifications are happening throughout the entire New York Regional Area and possibly the entire nation, though perhaps on
by Stephen Robert Morse12 Jul 2010, 8:34 AM PST0
As a 2010 Census watchdog, I am extremely disturbed to learn that a man so deeply involved in the Blagojevich/Obama-Senate-seat-for-sale scandal is now employed in an upper level management position by the Census Bureau in Chicago. Even if the man,
by Stephen Robert Morse18 Jun 2010, 1:46 PM PST0
For most of you, this is old news by now, but I hesitated to report it because it would probably just make you more angry. It recently came out that most of America’s new jobs are temporary Census Bureau positions
by Stephen Robert Morse8 Jun 2010, 8:13 AM PST0
Yesterday, MyTwoCensus.com reported that 2010 Census workers from Colorado have arrived in New York to assist with operations. Each of these employees is put up at a hotel and paid a per diem rate. (I’ve heard that Hilton Hotels are
by Stephen Robert Morse4 Jun 2010, 8:33 AM PST0
For nearly a year, MyTwoCensus.com was the only media outlet reporting about the problems that the Census Bureau faced in terms of fingerprinting the 1.4 million people who were set to work for the 2010 Census. And we continue that
by Stephen Robert Morse3 Jun 2010, 6:08 AM PST0
$15 billion. That’s the budget of the 2010 US Census. Where to begin with how it has been misspent? When we look back at the past ten years, we can see how the Census Bureau is an institution in need
by Stephen Robert Morse2 Jun 2010, 11:14 AM PST0