M O N D A Y , A U G U S T 0 9 , 2 0 0 4Poverty Statistics: A Poverty of Decencyby Michael in New York on 8/09/2004 05:44:00 PMRoll Call is reporting a series of concerning issues surrounding theupcoming release of poverty statistics by the Census Bureau."By Ethan WallisonRoll Call August 9, 2004.....The bureau’s plan moved this year’s release date from lateSeptember to late August — a time when Members of Congress arenormally home in their districts and many journalists are on vacation.Then last week, Census officials announced yet another change: Forwhat appears to be the first time, the figures will be released not by acareer official but by the bureau’s director, a political appointee.</p><p> WhileCongressional Democrats emphasize that the director, CharlesKincannon, has always treated them fairly and honestly, the changeadded to the feeling that some kind of hijinks was going on. "Apolitical appointee should not be delivering such a significant statistic,because it opens the Census Bureau to charges of spinning statisticsfor political purposes," said Rep.</p><p> Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.).Wanna bet these numbers are really, really bad? Add New Comment Logged in as AnonymousUser Logout from DisqusLogged in asusing Facebook Connect (Logout)Type your comment here.</p><p> Unclaimed Register withDISQUSWhy?Use Media ▼Community Page Comments feed Trackbacks Daily KosShuster, Blow slam wingnut rhetoric - DavidShuster leads a panel discussion with gun activistAllan Gotlieb and New York Times columnistCharles Blow on the escalation of the right-wing’sre...15 minutes agoPaul KrugmanOne more time - Brad DeLong is, rightly, horrifiedat the great Ricardian equivalencemisunderstanding.</p><p> It's one thing to have anargument about whether consumers are perf...17 minutes agoHuffPost PoliticsLincoln Leaves Door Open For EFCA Compromise -Senator Blanche Lincoln on Monday announcedthat she would vote against the Employee FreeChoice Act.</p><p> But later she elaborated, leaving thedoor open for...23 minutes agoCrooks and LiarsMichelle Bachmann warns of politically correctre-education camps for young people - Isn't thestate of Minnesota embarrassed enough alreadyover Norm Coleman's hold out? They re-electedone of the craziest members of Congress back intoo...36 minutes agoEschatonDeep Thought - When my house gets foreclosed I'llprobably be pretty happy if there's a reeducationcamp I can go to.48 minutes agoJ O H N ' S P H OT O S Show AllA M E R I C A B L O G T VU.S.</p><p> Census RecordsSearch the U.S.</p><p> Census Collection1790-1930 to Discover Your Past.Ancestry.comStatistics Help FastGet 1 on 1 statistics help! Dissertationstatistics assistancewww.ResearchConsultationPros.comU.S.</p><p> PublishingOccupational Statistics CurrentEmployment Estimateswww.uspublishing.net Next 6AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Povert...http://www.americablog.com/2004/08/poverty-statistics-poverty... 1 of 64/6/09 7:55 PM
