President Obama made a controversial pick on Thursday for the next census director. Robert M. Groves, 60, was selected as the census director and will conduct the 2010 census.
The census is used to determine the number of seats each state gets in the House of Representatives and to allocate federal money.
Groves is very experienced in this field. He was the Census Bureau assosiate director of statistical design from 1990 to 1992 and he has been researching ways to improve research response rates for decades. The senate must still vote and confirm Obama's pick before Groves will offically be the census director.
Many Republicans in the House of Representatives disapproved of the selection. "We will be watching closely to ensure the 2010 census is conducted without attempting... statistical sleight of hand," said House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)
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Steve Lyons
Journalism 311 student
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