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.
The Census Bureau is now headed by a Trump official in an acting position
George Cook is the Trump administration's new acting director of the Census Bureau, which has been thrust into the middle of a renewed attempt by President Trump to alter the national head count.
Trump appointee George Cook takes interim lead at Census Bureau amid new census push - WXXV News 25
By MIKE SCHNEIDER A Trump appointee has been picked to be the acting head of the U.S. Census Bureau, replacing a career economist in the interim job, at a time when the Republican president is calling for a new census that excludes people in the U.S. illegally. George Cook, who is chief of staff for the economic affairs undersecretary at the Department of Commerce, which oversees the Census Bureau, has been performing the duties of bureau dire…
Trump appointee George Cook takes interim lead at Census Bureau amid n
A Trump appointee has been picked to be the acting head of the U.S. Census Bureau, replacing a career economist in the interim job, at a time when the Republican president is calling for a new census that excludes people in the U.S. illegally. George Cook, who is chief of staff for the economic affairs undersecretary at the Department of Commerce, which oversees the Census Bureau, has been performing the duties of bureau director as of this week…
The Census Bureau is now headed by a Trump official in an acting position - TPR: The Public's Radio
George Cook is the Trump administration's new acting director of the Census Bureau, which has been thrust into the middle of a renewed attempt by President Trump to alter the national head count. The post The Census Bureau is now headed by a Trump official in an acting position appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.
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