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NEW: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of NH, top Democrat on Senate appropriations subcommittee that funds the U.S. Census Bureau, is asking for the Commerce Department inspector general to investigate the decision to cut short #2020Census counting by a month:
shaheen.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
2. "I believe that this deviation in schedule is driven not by expert opinions of career Census Bureau employees but by external pressure from the White House and the Department of Commerce for perceived political gain," writes Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to IG Peggy Gustafson.
3. Full disclosure: My #2020Census reporting is cited on page 2 of the letter.
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NEW: I spoke with 13 current & former employees at the Census Bureau's local #2020Census offices. With the shortened schedule piled on top of the pandemic & tech problems, many are worried there's not enough time to complete the count safely & accurately:
npr.org/2020/08/11/901…
2. I interviewed 11 of the 13 current/former Census Bureau employees I spoke with on the condition of anonymity because they feared retaliation for speaking out.

Their perspectives underline the array of difficulties confronting the #2020Census right now.

In their own words...
3. "There's just not enough time to do all the work that needs to be done," one office operations supervisor told me.
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Hansi Lo Wang • 5️⃣5️⃣ DAYS
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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"
funderscommittee.org/wp-content/upl…
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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Hansi Lo Wang • 5️⃣5️⃣ DAYS
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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:
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7014…
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…
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