Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin Census experts warn extreme truncation of 2020 count puts data quality at risk

Census experts warn extreme truncation of 2020 count puts data quality at risk

Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 2:10 p.m.

b'The Census Bureau\\u2019s plan to finish the 2020 count on time is raising alarm bells. A former bureau director told the House Oversight and Reform Committee that expedited data processing requires the bureau to make last-minute changes to computer programs, increasing the potential for a serious computer error to go undetected until after the count is completed. Meanwhile, the bureau\\u2019s enumerators are walking off the job at twice the projected rate. Federal News Network\\u2019s Jory Heckman has more. \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'