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Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report

September 01, 2026 9:30 AM | DCSS Admin (Administrator)

Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report

NPR (Aug 31)

"The reliability of Census Bureau information during the Trump administration is coming under question again.

"This month, the bureau's parent agency, the Commerce Department, quietly cut language banning political interference from the department's scientific integrity policy, NPR has learned.

"The removal was part of an unannounced policy revision dated Aug. 19 — the day after the bureau issued a highly unusual report with claims about non-U.S. citizen voting from a team that, as NPR previously reported, has ties to a think tank founded by officials from President Trump's first administration."

See previous recent DCSS news items on Census and Commerce:

"Updated: Critique of report on noncitizen voting" (Aug 23)

"Further Updates on Census and Commerce Dept Data Changes" (Aug 23)

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