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    Restrictions On Deployed U.S. Troop Data Could Put 2020 Census 'At Risk'

    New security measures limiting access to military records may prevent the Census Bureau from accurately counting service members, according to a newly released internal memo obtained by the NAACP.
    by Hansi Lo Wang Feb 25, 2019 3 minutes

    New security measures at the Department of Defense that limit the release of military records about U.S. troops deployed abroad could put the accuracy of the 2020 census "at risk," according to a newly released internal Census Bureau document.

    "This new guidance places us in jeopardy of not having the information necessary to count those who are deployed overseas in the communities in which they live," Census Bureau officials wrote in a Jan. 14 memo, which was prepared for Deputy Secretary of Commerce Karen Dunn Kelley.

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