On September 10, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing on the status of the Census Bureau’s operations in light of Covid-19 delays and other challenges. The hearing was prompted by suspension of count operations in April due to Covid-19, a failed request for Congress to extend critical statutory deadlines for delivery of census data, and an abrupt pivot by the bureau to end its count operations early in an effort to meet the original deadlines for delivery of apportionment and redistricting data.
Witnesses include:
- J. Christopher Mihm, Managing Director, Strategic Issues Team, Government Accountability Office (Mihm’s written testimony)
- John H. Thompson, Former Director of the Census Bureau (2013-2017);
- Stephen Roe Lewis, Governor, Gila River Indian Community;
- Stacey Carless, Executive Director, NC Counts Coalition; and
- Hans A. von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow, Heritage Foundation
