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Census Director quits [CNN]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Tue Jan 13 10:12:03 1998
From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com (Cypherpunks Distributed Remailer)
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 09:00:22 -0600 (CST)
Cc: austin-cpunks@ssz.com (Austin Cypherpunks)
Reply-To: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>
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> By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID
> Associated Press Writer
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Census Director Martha Farnsworth Riche, who
> battled Republican lawmakers over counting methods for 2000, is
> quitting.
>
> Riche said Monday she would leave office Jan. 30.
>
> She has been involved in a lengthy dispute with members of Congress
> over Census 2000, largely over how to count the many people who might
> be missed by regular methods.
>
> The fight focused on a practice called sampling, in which the bureau
> would determine the number and characteristics of people it cannot
> reach based on the people it can.
>
> Though the practice was endorsed by the National Science Foundation
> and statistical groups, Republicans in Congress have opposed it,
> concerned that the result would be more people counted in largely
> Democratic large cities.
>
> The results will be used to redistribute House seats to the states.
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