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Census to offer Internet option in surveys

U.S. Census

For the first time, the Census Bureau is giving U.S. households a chance to respond to government surveys over the Internet, part of a bid to save costs and boost sagging response rates.

 

Portion of Americans Living in Poverty Rises to Highest Level Since 1993

Portion of Americans Living in Poverty Rises to Highest Level Since 1993

The Census Bureau report also found that median household incomes declined by 2.3 percent in 2010, in a sign of the toll the economic slump has taken.

 

Census Bureau gives back $1.6 billion

Census Bureau gives back $1.6 billion

The U.S. Census Bureau is giving back almost a quarter of the money it received to do its job this year.

Senh: Finally, a department that's being fiscally responsible. Whoever's in charge of the U.S. Census Bureau should be in charge of our budget. States tend to spend whatever's given to them, including money they don't have. Here's a department who's only spending as much as it's necessary to get the job and done and gave the rest back to the government.

 

Audit finds Census preparations wasted millions

A new audit finds that the Census Bureau wasted millions of dollars in preparation for its 2010 U.S. population count, including ...

 

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