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Sorry for the radio silence…we’re back.
An inside source tells us the people named in this MyTwoCensus piece are still employed by the Census Bureau! (A check on Census.gov confirmed this.)
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Census: Learning Lessons from 2010, Planning for 2020
Editor’s note: I’m currently in London where the UK’s 2011 Census is now underway. A 2011 UK Census form came in the mail a few days ago and I have also seen numerous billboards around town telling...
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2010 Census news roundup…
Hi everyone, it’s been a long time. Unfortunately, life has made it such that MyTwoCensus.com isn’t my #1 priority at this moment, but that doesn’t mean that the impact of the 2010 Census is any less...
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I would like to think that MyTwoCensus.com had some role in initiating these...
After two years of reporting on waste at the US Census Bureau, I was very happy to receive the following public relations announcement from the Census Bureau today. However, I do hope that the federal...
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Updates from Censusland
It’s been a while. But a Tweet from a former 2010 Census employee made me nostalgic for this project, so I figured that I’d provide some 2010 Census news for the MyTwoCensus Faithful. In the past...
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Detroit News: Bribery probe targets former U.S. Census official (Dwight Dean)
Since June 1, 2010, I have reported about problems in the Detroit office of the US Census Bureau involving Dwight Dean, who was booted from his once-stable perch in the Census Bureau hierarchy in...
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ProPublica: How Democrats Fooled California’s Redistricting Commission
Note: This piece was originally published by ProPublica and has been republished with their consent and encouragement. by Olga Pierce and Jeff Larson ProPublica, Dec. 21, 2011, 3:38 p.m. This spring, a...
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Bronxville, New York to challenge their 2010 Census numbers
The city of Bronxville, New York is planning to challenge their 2010 Census results. They won’t be the first municipality, and they certainly won’t be the last municipality to go this route.
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Pennsylvania to use the 2000 Census for redistricting: WHY?
Pennsylvanians are apparently living like its 1999. Here’s what the Courthouse News Service had to say: In January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said a 2011 redistricting plan establishing new...
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The 2010 Census makes an appearance on Glee
The 2010 Census made a rare appearance on the hit TV series Glee. According to Politifact, a fact-checking service run by the Miami Herald and the Tampa Bay Times: The plot of the Feb. 7, 2012,...
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Rahm Emanuel Wants A Re-Count For Chicago – Disputing 2010 Census Results
In the run up to the 2010 Census, Rahm Emanuel took a significant amount of flack for trying to bring the 2010 Census under the auspices of the White House. Republicans were enraged that President...
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In Ireland, people who don’t complete their census forms are actually prosecuted
In America, all residents are legally obliged to complete their census forms, but it has been many decades since the US government has actually enforced its rules and prosecuted citizens who have...
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More Americans with college degrees than ever before
As GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum tries to appeal to voters by claiming that President Obama is a snob for proposing that all Americans should get a college education, he is apparently...
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1940 Census results released by the Census Bureau after 72 years:...
The Census Bureau swears to protect its data for 72 years. As such, today, the Census Bureau is releasing the 1940 Census results for the first time. The Census Bureau has provided a fairly simple...
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BREAKING: Census Bureau Director Robert M. Groves resigns to become Provost...
It’s been a good few years for Robert M. Groves at the Census Bureau, but news broke earlier today that the man who may have saved the 2010 Census (and most likely eliminated much of the waste and...
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MyTwoCensus Editorial: Sign this MyTwoCensus Petition: Ensure that the Census...
UPDATE: Click HERE for the petition! As the founder and executive editor of MyTwoCensus.com, I am astounded that the GOP, the political party that consistently claims to be pro-business, recently voted...
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The 2010 Census was close, but not perfect…
According to the Associated Press, “The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minority members after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men, but it was mostly...
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Commerce Secretary John Bryson involved in multiple car accidents after seizure
We’ll have to wait to see what the real story here is after an investigation into John Bryson’s recent incidents is completed. Here’s the story: Commerce Secretary John Bryson said Monday he will take...
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NYT: New York Census Data, Centuries Old, Is Now Online
H/t to Sam Roberts at the New York Times for this (full article HERE): What was Al Capone’s address? Where did Jonas Salk live? What did John D. Rockefeller list as his occupation? Whom did Franklin D....
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OMG! The United States Census Bureau has finally done something proactive,...
The top 12 reasons the US Census Bureau is now almost cool in 2012 1. The Census Bureau has created an API. 2. The Census Bureau has created an API. 3. The Census Bureau has created an API. 4. The...
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