Facing criticism that he was acceding to President Donald Trump s demand to produce citizenship information at the expense of data quality, U.S. Census
Census Bureau director to resign over criticism of 2020 data
Criticized for acceding to President Trump s demand for citizenship information at the expense of data quality, Steven Dillingham says he will resign Wednesday.
By MIKE SCHNEIDERAssociated Press
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U.S. Census Director Steven Dillingham pauses at a news conference in September. Dillingham says Wednesday will be his last day on the job.
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Facing criticism that he was acceding to President Trump’s demand to produce citizenship information at the expense of data quality, U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham said Monday that he planned to resign with the change in presidential administrations.
Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham Resigns Amid Criticism Over Data
Dillingham has been accused of acceding to President Trump’s demand to produce citizenship information at the expense of data quality.
Mike Schneider
Facing criticism that he was acceding to President Donald Trump’s demand to produce citizenship information at the expense of data quality, U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said Monday that he planned to resign with the change in presidential administrations.
Dillingham said in a statement that he would resign on Wednesday, the day Trump leaves the White House and President-elect Joseph Biden takes office. Dillingham’s term was supposed to be finished at the end of the year.
U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham is resigning after a watchdog agency alleged he had set a deadline that pressured statisticians to produce a report on the number of people in the U.S. illegally.