28

Jan

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Census Bureau Announces Revised Data Release Schedule But Stops Short on Firm Date for Redistricting Data

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The target date for apportionment data is April 30 2021. Bureau officials say a date for the release of redistricting data for the states is forthcoming, but they are certain…

12

Jan

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Apportionment Numbers Delayed Until March

By Editor

"Uncertainty over the timing of congressional apportionment increased Monday, as government lawyers told a federal judge the Census Bureau's new internal target date for finalizing state population counts is March…

28

Nov

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(Privacy) Invariants Set for 2020 Census Data Products

By Editor

The U.S. Census Bureau has determined the specific files within the redistricting data release that will not be altered for privacy purposes. Or in other words, which files will have…

20

Nov

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Census Bureau Director Says “Processing Anomalies” will Delay Census Data Release Schedule

By Editor

On November 19th the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau released a short statement acknowledging "certain processing anomalies" in the decennial census data collected earlier this year. While the director…

05

Oct

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Federal Judge Reprimands Census Bureau for Violating its Restraining Order

By Editor

On Sept. 24th the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction that enjoins the U.S. Census Bureau from ending its counting operations on September…

25

Sep

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Federal Judge Orders Census Count to Continue Through Oct 31

By Editor

A U.S. District Judge in the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction that enjoins the U.S. Census Bureau from ending its counting operations on September 30. The…

21

Sep

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Restraining Order Halting Census Wind-down Operation is Extended by Judge

By Editor

On Thursday, a federal district court judge extended a temporary restraining order barring the Census Bureau from wrapping up its counting operations in order to deliver census results on its…

14

Sep

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Washington State Data Office: Privacy Protected Census Data it Sampled is “Unfit” to Use

By Michelle Davis

"The majority of the data output from the DAS [disclosure avoidance system] appears to be unfit for most uses." Is how a letter to the Census Bureau's Disclosure Avoidance Team…

13

Sep

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Watch: House Committee Holds Hearing on Census Timeline

By Editor

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…