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Trump appointee George Cook takes interim lead at Census Bureau amid new census push

  • George Cook is now performing the duties of Census Bureau director, according to the Department of Commerce.
  • George Cook aims for the Census Bureau to be a leader in operational and technological excellence while maintaining data integrity and accuracy, as stated by Cook.
  • Trump instructed the Commerce Department to start a new census that would exclude immigrants in the U.S. illegally from the count.
  • Experts noted that conducting a mid-decade census would be difficult due to potential changes in the Census Act requiring Congressional approval, according to experts.
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Trump appointee George Cook takes interim lead at Census Bureau amid new census push

A Trump appointee has been picked as the acting head of the U.S. Census Bureau. George Cook, chief of staff for the economic affairs undersecretary at the Department of Commerce, is now performing the duties of Census Bureau director.

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