The Census Bureau announced Monday that it intends to wrap up its census in October, despite a judge’s order to continue the census by the end of October.
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross
The Wilbur-Louis Ross Census Bureau intends to wrap up the count on Nov. 5, despite a judge’s order that the Trump admin file a U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court has been asked to release people carrying out illegal censuses in the US. declared kto. Announced that self cut. There was a “target date” for completing self-response and field data collection operations, the Census Bureau posted on Twitter on Monday.
Oct. Dead October deadline Obama-appointed U.S. The cutoff will be reduced to three weeks before the date set by District Judge Lucy Koh. In order Last week.
The Commerce Secretary has announced a target date of 5 October 2020 to complete the 2020 census self-response and field data collection operations.
– U.S. Census Bureau (Techniques) September 28, 2020
August Gust Flente, an aide to the Justice Department or special adviser to the Torni General, said Ross’s announcement on Monday “reflects the most current planning” and that the government would take action in the coming days. Can answer questions about the 5th date, According to CNN.
Koh has requested the government to send documents regarding the recent decision.
Ross abruptly postponed the census last month, with the administration closing the census by September 30, a month ahead of the deadline set by Koh’s order.
Ross’s August Gust announcement moved the deadline for reporting numbers to the President to December 31, instead of the April 2021 planned date.
President Trump
Donald John Trumpsense Bureau intends to wrap up the count on Nov. 5 Despite a judge’s order, top House Republican NYT Trump says to investigate the source of tax documents.The administration has been seeking Koh’s preliminary order in the high court since last Thursday, CNN reported.
Earlier Monday, prosecutors informed the court that the bureau decides whether to appoint its supervisors to the cut. How to direct until the 31st deadline, according to the network.
Government Liability Office Released a report Last month, the administration said the move to extend the collection deadline increased the risk of the 2020 census being inaccurate.
The census, conducted every 10 years, helps determine how hundreds of billions of federal funds are distributed.
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