Who will oversee the Census Bureau during the upcoming 2010 Census? No one knows, yet, says the USA Today.
A little snippet from their story:
The Census Bureau faces a leadership void less than 14 months before the 2010 Census rolls out.
The agency is without a director and may not get one until someone is picked and confirmed to run the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau.
So far, two men nominated by President Obama for Commerce secretary — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. — have dropped out.
Obama's selection of Gregg rekindled partisan bickering in Congress. As a former chairman of a subcommittee in charge of Census funding, Gregg had opposed more money for the 2000 Census and voted for a measure that would have abolished the Commerce Department.
The stakes are politically charged because the Census determines the allotment of seats in the House of Representatives, the drawing of political districts and the distribution of billions of federal dollars for schools, roads, hospitals and other programs.
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