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River are to blame for a barge colliding with washington's 14th street bridge. the coast guard spokesman says an initial assessment shows no structural damage to the bridge or the barge. the bridge is open to traffic, and the bridge is tied until the owners decide where to move it. and if you want to save the federal government $1.5 billion, the census bureau has a suggestion. the agency estimates that's how much could be saved if we all mailed in our census forms instead of waiting for a census-taker to show up at the door. the bureau has mailed the first 120 million forms to households to ...

To send a census taker to your door. >> reporter: it helps determine everything from congressional representation to where more than $400 billion in federal funding is directed each year. the lingering question is just how much does that need to cost taxpayers? kate bolduan, cnn, washington. >> we still have many questions about why the census costs so much and we know many of you do now. so we invited stephen buckman to help explain some of these expenses. thanks for joining us. this letter. i got one. a lot of people got one. it went out last week. saying the census form was coming. a lot of...

A higher response. our own research at the census bureau between 6% to 12% bump in the response rate so by spending $85 million to print and send postcards out to 120 million bail box mailboxes we did we'll save over $500 million on the low side by increasing response rates. it's less expensive to get the form back to us by mail than sending a census taker to your door. >> that's according to your own research it will save you how much? >> 6% to 8% increase in the response rate. over $500 million. it's both public and private research that says this is effective. >> before i get to that, we ha...

They want personal information like who is living in your home and how many people and do you own or rent and the race and age of the individuals. >> what are red flags that we should look for? no way, don't do this. what's that? >> those are the red flags. if i that are asking for information, if it arrives by e-mail, it's not from the census bureau. take a few moments to forward it to the census bureau e-mail flashing on your screen. >> what are about quickly someone pretending to be a census taker? >> if you want to be -- i'm sorry. in recognizing the individual who comes to your door if th...

A census taker mayau has come knocking on your door, to collect your answers. opening your door can open doors to other things in your community, like better education. open your door to your census taker. we can't move forward until you give your answers back. [ male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices every da...