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Making sense of the census
Published July 10, 2009, 12:04 am, St. Cloud Times
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann made news recently when she said that she won't completely fill out her 2010 census form, calling it an invasion of privacy. We decided to take a look at the decennial rite and see what the controversy is all about.
Georgetown news in brief
Published July 9, 2009, 12:30 pm, Georgetown Record
Georgetown news in brief for the week beginning July 9.
Census Bureau Opens National Pressing Center in Jeffersonville, Ind.
Published July 8, 2009, 9:40 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
The facility that will process 20 percent of completed forms for the 2010 Census opened today at the U.S. Census Bureau's National Processing Center (NPC) in Jeffersonville, Ind. The NPC expects to hire up to 2,000 people as the 2010 Census approaches, bringing its total employment level to about 5,000 at the peak of census processing.
Commissioners call for call for citizen involvement in government
Published July 7, 2009, 6:01 pm, The Daily Sentinel
In their words and actions Tuesday evening, Nacogdoches city commissioners endorsed a close relationship between citizens and their local government.
Sprint has role in next year’s census
Published July 6, 2009, 8:16 pm, The Kansas City Star
The U.S. census is wrapping up preparations for making next year’s count, which will use a communications network and support provided by Sprint Nextel. Sprint was picked in 2006 by Harris Corp., the systems integrator for the census, to be the exclusive wireless data provider and to provide both wireline and wireless support.
Counting heads a huge challenge for IT honcho
Published July 5, 2009, 5:08 pm, The Star
WITH open borders, a very high rate of illiteracy, endemic poverty and, above all, an inefficient bureaucracy, issuing a smart ID card to every bona-fide citizen is a huge organisational challenge.
County growing slowly, steadily
Published July 5, 2009, 4:21 am, North Platte Telegraph
The North Platte Telegraph Slow but steady growth in population in Lincoln County is reflected in the numbers released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. According to David Drozd, research associate and census specialist at the Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Nebraska - Omaha, all towns in Lincoln County, with the exception of Wallace, had a steady or growing population ...
Inching Upward?
Published July 5, 2009, 3:02 am, Yankton Press & Dakotan
An estimate released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week indicates Yankton’s population grew by almost 1 percent between July 2007 and July 2008.
Clerks prepare for what could be critical 2010 Census for Mass.
Published July 4, 2009, 10:21 pm, The Eagle-Tribune
Town and city clerks in the Merrimack Valley fear low participation by state residents on the 2010 Census could cost Massachusetts a seat on Capitol Hill. Along with the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, federal aid is also divided among the 50 states based on decennial Census population figures.
Millions of dollars at stake for the Valley
Published July 4, 2009, 7:56 pm, Valley Morning Star
McALLEN - The year 2010 is about money and power. That's when the government will, again, send surveys through the mail and researchers through communities to try to get an accurate count of every single person in the country.
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