My Two Census

Formerly the non-partisan watchdog of the 2010 US Census, and currently an opinion blog that covers all things political, media, foreign policy, globalization, and culture…but sometimes returning to its census/demographics roots.

Another NYT Editorial re: Robert Groves’ Stalled Nomination

  • Sharebar

Robert Groves’ confirmation has been stalled since May 15. Over in Censusville, we’re getting very bored of discussing this issue, but it is of the utmost importance for America, so we will keep shouting about it until someone takes action. From Saturday’s NYT editorial:

Robert Groves, the nominee for director of the Census Bureau, has been on hold since mid-May. He has been deemed suspect for his expertise in sampling, a statistical method for adjusting miscounts. Republicans charge that sampling could unfairly tilt the census results. That is highly debatable, but, more to the point, it is a nonissue. Mr. Groves testified at his confirmation hearing that sampling will not be used in the 2010 count. But the hold on Mr. Groves endures, enfeebling the Census Bureau in the critical final months before the count.

Share

Tags: ,

avatar
This entry was posted on June 28th, 2009 at 9:09 pm by .
It is filed under Uncategorized.

«
»

One Response to “Another NYT Editorial re: Robert Groves’ Stalled Nomination”

  1. avatar My Two Census » Blog Archive » Will Harry Reid Move Along The Robert M. Groves Confirmation? Says:
    July 9th, 2009 at 6:27 pm

    [...] not one, but two senators, David Vitter (R-LA) and Richard Shelby (R-Al) who have been holding up Robert M. Groves’ confirmation to become the next U.S. Census Director. MyTwoCensus is inquiring with both of these [...]