Census Bureau Funding & Oversight
With the 2010 Census quickly approaching, the civil rights community is concerned that insufficient funding will jeopardize the goal of a fair and accurate count. Any further cuts in funding could undermine efforts to improve accuracy and reduce the historic and disproportionate undercount of underserved populations – particularly people of color, the poor, and children.
- President Obama to Nominate Robert Groves to Be Census Director - April 2, 2009
- Commerce Secretary Nominee Wants to Get the 2010 Census Right - March 23, 2009
- Increased Funding for Census Bureau Will Help Count Underserved Populations - May 8, 2007
- Census Bureau Funding for Fiscal Year '08 - Testimony by Karen K. Narasaki, Asian American Justice Center - April 2007
- Decreased Census Funding Threatens American Community Survey Implementation - October 17, 2005
- House Funding Cuts Could Endanger Census Accuracy - June 20, 2005
