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NEW: I spoke with 13 current & former employees at the Census Bureau's local
#2020Census offices. With the shortened schedule piled on top of the pandemic & tech problems, many are worried there's not enough time to complete the count safely & accurately:https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901202892/not-enough-time-census-workers-fear-rushing-count-could-botch-results …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
NEW: Association of Village Council Presidents
@AVCPAlaska, representing 56 tribal nations in southwestern Alaska, "expressed dismay" over decision to cut short#2020Census counting "without notice, consultation, or consideration" for tribal communities struggling with COVID-19:pic.twitter.com/tSZ2w13aLAThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
There are 47 days left of counting for the
#2020Census. My@NPR colleagues at@npratc,@kellymcevers and I put together this#NPRConsiderThis podcast to explain what you need to know about the count:https://www.npr.org/2020/08/12/901833534/the-2020-census-could-be-the-least-accurate-ever-and-its-ending-a-month-early …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
6. Spokesperson Evan Hollander told me House appropriations staffers "had serious concerns," however, when they received this email message on July 30 from Census Bureau officials that said it "may be necessary to adjust the timing of future information sharing" re:
#2020Census:pic.twitter.com/T8X6TewKARShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
5. UPDATE: Census Bureau officials have resumed weekly
#2020Census briefing calls with House appropriations committee staffers, committee spokesperson Evan Hollander and Michael Cook, the Census Bureau's chief spokesperson, confirm to me. Here's Cook's statement:pic.twitter.com/x6g4EiKudIShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
NEW: The
#2020Census national self-response rate has ticked up to 63.6% as of Aug. 13, and the Census Bureau says there are 47 days left of counting. Your household can still respond at: - http://My2020Census.gov - 1-844-330-2020 SOURCE: https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html …pic.twitter.com/K5m3TTdKLAThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
4. UPDATE: Census Bureau says it's emailing
#2020Census reminders using addresses households "have provided in response to another Census Bureau program, or received from states (such as from their WIC, SNAP or TANF programs) or from a commercial list":https://2020census.gov/en/news-events/press-releases/adapts-2020-operations.html …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Do you know something about what's really going on with the
#2020Census that you think the public should know? Here's how to reach me: Text/Signal: 917-397-2639 Email: hwang@npr.org ProtonMail: hansilowang@protonmail.comThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
NEW: The Census Bureau says the additional paper
#2020Census forms that it recently announced would be mailed to areas with low self-response rates will be sent in late August to early September. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/adapts-2020-operations.html …pic.twitter.com/xIdwrlHJfhThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
2. Not counting all persons living in the US "in apportioning representatives to Congress—as our Constitution requires—would be enormously damaging," argue Sens.
@brianschatz,@SenBlumenthal,@SenSherrodBrown,@MartinHeinrich,@maziehirono,@SenJeffMerkley,@SenWarren,@RonWydenShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
NEW: Sen. Brian Schatz leads 7 fellow Senate Dems in asking to file amicus brief supporting NY-based challengers of Trump's apportionment memo, calling it "exactly the kind of manipulation of the rules of our democracy that the Framers sought to prevent."https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7036203-State-of-New-York-Aug-14-2020-Amicus-Brief-of.html …
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4. The
@CommerceGov Department's office of public affairs has not responded to my question from July 27 about the department's current position on the Census Bureau's request for Congress to extend#2020Census deadlines.Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
3. In the same Fox Business op-ed,
@SecretaryRoss does not address his April 13 statement that said the Census Bureau is seeking "statutory relief" from Congress to extend deadlines in order to "ensure the completeness and accuracy" of the#2020Census: https://2020census.gov/en/news-events/press-releases/statement-covid-19-2020.html?linkId=100000011751624 …pic.twitter.com/lA8gJf8XU4Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
2. The Census Bureau's public info office has not yet responded to my question from Aug. 5: Why did the Census Bureau stop conducting weekly calls about the 2020 census with the staff of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies?
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Last week, Rep. José Serrano, chair of House appropriations subcommittee that funds
#2020Census, told Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross the Census Bureau cancelled weekly briefings to committee staff (L). Today, in Fox Business op-ed, Ross indicates briefings haven't stopped (R).pic.twitter.com/ZsrH8m03aqShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Today is Friday. The U.S. Census Bureau says: - 47 days left to count - 56 million homes uncounted - 10 years of consequences Your household can still respond to the
#2020Census at: - http://My2020Census.gov - 1-844-330-2020Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
2. “The Census Bureau removes self-responses from the nonresponse followup workload as soon as possible,” the bureau told me in an email this week:pic.twitter.com/NZpRpy7jZW
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I have heard from some
#2020Census workers that this is happening often. Asked if they’re aware that door knockers are sometimes assigned to vists homes that have already self-responded, the Census Bureau told me they remove those addresses from the door-knocking workload ASAP.https://twitter.com/alicyp/status/1294002613550297090 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
3. The other two are Sen.
@LisaMurkowski and@SenDanSullivan, both Republicans from Alaska:https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1293337211241476097?s=20 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
2. One of them is Sen.
@SteveDaines (R-Mont.):https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1291570008775102466?s=20 …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
By my count, there are 3 Republicans in Congress who have publicly called for the reversal of the Trump admin decision to cut short
#2020Census counting. They're all senators from states with some of the lowest self-response rates -- Montana at 57% and Alaska at 50.3% as of 8/12.pic.twitter.com/k2LeiJD2aDShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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