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NEW: Rep. José Serrano, who chairs House appropriations subcommittee that funds the #2020Census, says the Census Bureau stopped conducting weekly briefing calls for the committee after the arrival of 2 new political appointees at the bureau:
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2. "It is completely unacceptable that this Administration is yet again politicizing the Bureau's operation," Rep. José Serrano (D-N.Y.) writes in a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the bureau.

Serrano has requested answers to these questions by Aug. 11:
3. My earlier reporting on the Trump administration's 2 new political appointees at the Census Bureau -- Deputy Director for Policy Nathaniel Cogley and Cogley's senior adviser, Adam Korzeniewski:
npr.org/2020/06/23/882…
4. UPDATE: I've asked the Census Bureau's public information office why the bureau stop conducting weekly calls about the #2020Census with the staff of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, which funds the bureau.
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NEW: Close to 450 philanthropic groups say they oppose cutting short #2020Census counting, urging the Census Bureau to keeping counting through Oct. 31 because they "rely on accurate census data to help identify community needs and prioritize grantmaking"
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2. "We have different funding approaches, are ideologically diverse, & do not always share the same priorities. But we have come together to support a fair & accurate 2020 Census, with a focus on historically undercounted communities," leaders of these philanthropic groups write.
3. Full disclosure: Signers of the letter include leaders of the following financial supporters of NPR:
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NEW: A federal judge in NY may issue a ruling as early as late August that could block ongoing Trump admin efforts to carry out the president's memo calling for unauthorized immigrants to be excluded from the census numbers that are used for reapportioning seats in Congress.
2. This morning during a phone hearing, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman announced a new fast-track schedule for the NY-based lawsuits over President Trump's apportionment memo after the NYAG's office confirmed plaintiffs are planning to file a formal request for an early ruling.
3. "Time is of the essence and delayed review would cause extremely serious harm," said Matthew Colangelo, an attorney with NYAG's office, adding they have evidence showing the memo has "penetrated" immigrant communities and increased distrust in sharing info for the #2020Census.
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BREAKING: Census Bureau confirms all #2020Census counting efforts will be cut a month short, risking a severe undercount of people of color. Collecting responses online, over the phone & by mail, plus door knocking at unresponsive homes, to end on Sept. 30
npr.org/2020/08/03/898…
2. Here is the key section of the statement from Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham confirming Sept. 30 as the new end date for all #2020Census counting efforts (full statement here:
census.gov/newsroom/press…):
3. Bureau's announcement comes after @NPR first reported #2020Census door-knocking efforts were being cut short. In-person interviews with unresponsive households started last month in some parts of U.S. and are set to expand nationwide on Aug. 11.
npr.org/2020/07/30/896…
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