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Playing the Political Race Card

Playing the Political Race Card

It may have been nearly two weeks since former Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro remarked to a small California newspaper that she attributed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama’s success as a Democratic presidential nominee to his being a black male. But it seems to have been the starting point of the presidential campaign’s focus on racial issues.

The Deal With Data Collection

The Deal With Data Collection

The decennial is a huge operation; it’s the largest domestic mobilization project that our country does. We collaborate across disciplines and departments within the Census Bureau. I look for individuals who have had some background training in interpersonal relations, individuals who either by design or default have been forced to work in environments where they have had to learn another technical difficulty beside their own. We have a number of people who are very deep in one area whether it’s math or demographics, however, to do a census you have to understand project management, budgeting, scheduling, and as we move through the process those disciplines actually become almost more important than the technical disciplines.

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