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White House adds high-level officials to Census Bureau, raising fears of politicization
Last edited Thu Jul 16, 2020, 12:52 PM - Edit history (2)
That's the title of the article in the Washington Post last week. It came to my attention after Joe.My.God. posted a thread about this issue yesterday.
Hat tip, Joe.My.God.
Joe.My.God. provides a link so that you don't have to look up "Joey Salads," but it is porn. I can't use a work computer to link to this aspect of the career of our new federal employee.
WHITE HOUSE
'They basically swallowed hard': Trumpy Census Bureau hires revive fears of political meddling
The White House installed two political appointees in the studiously nonpartisan agency responsible for the 2020 census, and officials there aren't happy.
By DANIEL LIPPMAN
06/30/2020 03:43 PM EDT
The White House and Commerce Department forced the Census Bureau to take two new political appointees last week whose unexpected arrival has deepened fears at the agency that the 2020 census will be politicized, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Last Monday, Commerce deputy secretary Karen Dunn Kelley informed Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham and his career deputy, Ron Jarmin, that the two new appointees, Commerce aides Nathaniel T. Cogley and Adam Korzeniewski, had been installed in senior roles at the Census Bureau — a move that blindsided both of them, according to a Census Bureau official.
Cogley, a frequent radio commentator who received a Ph.D. in political science from Yale in 2013 and was the head of the department of government, legal studies and philosophy at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, will be deputy director for policy. Korzeniewski, now a senior adviser for Cogley, once worked as a Republican political consultant for the failed Staten Island congressional run of Joey Saladino, a Trumpy young YouTube star known as “Joey Salads.”
On Tuesday, Dillingham issued a statement announcing that Cogley and Korzeniewski were joining the agency. He praised Cogley’s “distinguished academic background” and said that Korzeniewski had “exemplary military and public service experience, including prior Census Bureau fieldwork.” He also said that “the support of Dr. Cogley and Mr. Korzeniewski will help the Census Bureau achieve a complete and accurate 2020 Census and study future improvements.”
But inside the Census Bureau, a technocratic agency long accustomed to carrying out its work without political meddling, the hires were viewed with suspicion. Not only had they occurred while the 2020 census was already well underway, officials didn’t view them as particularly qualified for their new positions. The fact that the White House had installed them only raised further alarms.
“No one has expressed any support for the decision” at the bureau for the decision to hire the two new appointees, according to the Census Bureau official. “There’s great concern.”
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'They basically swallowed hard': Trumpy Census Bureau hires revive fears of political meddling
The White House installed two political appointees in the studiously nonpartisan agency responsible for the 2020 census, and officials there aren't happy.
By DANIEL LIPPMAN
06/30/2020 03:43 PM EDT
The White House and Commerce Department forced the Census Bureau to take two new political appointees last week whose unexpected arrival has deepened fears at the agency that the 2020 census will be politicized, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Last Monday, Commerce deputy secretary Karen Dunn Kelley informed Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham and his career deputy, Ron Jarmin, that the two new appointees, Commerce aides Nathaniel T. Cogley and Adam Korzeniewski, had been installed in senior roles at the Census Bureau — a move that blindsided both of them, according to a Census Bureau official.
Cogley, a frequent radio commentator who received a Ph.D. in political science from Yale in 2013 and was the head of the department of government, legal studies and philosophy at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, will be deputy director for policy. Korzeniewski, now a senior adviser for Cogley, once worked as a Republican political consultant for the failed Staten Island congressional run of Joey Saladino, a Trumpy young YouTube star known as “Joey Salads.”
On Tuesday, Dillingham issued a statement announcing that Cogley and Korzeniewski were joining the agency. He praised Cogley’s “distinguished academic background” and said that Korzeniewski had “exemplary military and public service experience, including prior Census Bureau fieldwork.” He also said that “the support of Dr. Cogley and Mr. Korzeniewski will help the Census Bureau achieve a complete and accurate 2020 Census and study future improvements.”
But inside the Census Bureau, a technocratic agency long accustomed to carrying out its work without political meddling, the hires were viewed with suspicion. Not only had they occurred while the 2020 census was already well underway, officials didn’t view them as particularly qualified for their new positions. The fact that the White House had installed them only raised further alarms.
“No one has expressed any support for the decision” at the bureau for the decision to hire the two new appointees, according to the Census Bureau official. “There’s great concern.”
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Ummm, no, Politico is not the only source for this. The story is not just over twelve hours old, it is over a week old. The NPR article is worth reading.
NATIONAL
Trump Appointees Join Census Bureau; Democrats Concerned Over Partisan 'Games'
June 23, 2020 10:51 PM ET
Updated June 24 at 10:17 p.m. ET
The Trump administration is adding two new political appointees to the U.S. Census Bureau, raising concerns among some Democrats and the country's largest professional association of statisticians about partisan interference with the ongoing national head count.
Nathaniel Cogley, a political science professor at Tarleton State University based near Fort Worth, Texas, is joining the federal government's largest statistical agency in a newly created position of deputy director for policy, while Adam Korzeniewski — a former political consultant to a YouTube personality known for racist pranks — is serving as a senior advisor to Cogley, according to a statement by Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham in a press release issued Tuesday.
In a separate statement to NPR, the bureau says that both of the new appointees have been working on census-related issues since April as advisors to the deputy secretary at the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau.
While the bureau says Cogley and Korzeniewski will "support the director from a policy standpoint, especially in relation to present demands and future innovations," it is unclear what kind of authority either will have over the count of every person living in the U.S. that the Constitution requires every 10 years. The results are used to determine each state's share of congressional seats, Electoral College votes and an estimated $1.5 trillion a year in federal tax dollars for health care, education and other public services.
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NPR researcher Will Chase contributed to this report.
Trump Appointees Join Census Bureau; Democrats Concerned Over Partisan 'Games'
June 23, 2020 10:51 PM ET
Updated June 24 at 10:17 p.m. ET
The Trump administration is adding two new political appointees to the U.S. Census Bureau, raising concerns among some Democrats and the country's largest professional association of statisticians about partisan interference with the ongoing national head count.
Nathaniel Cogley, a political science professor at Tarleton State University based near Fort Worth, Texas, is joining the federal government's largest statistical agency in a newly created position of deputy director for policy, while Adam Korzeniewski — a former political consultant to a YouTube personality known for racist pranks — is serving as a senior advisor to Cogley, according to a statement by Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham in a press release issued Tuesday.
In a separate statement to NPR, the bureau says that both of the new appointees have been working on census-related issues since April as advisors to the deputy secretary at the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau.
While the bureau says Cogley and Korzeniewski will "support the director from a policy standpoint, especially in relation to present demands and future innovations," it is unclear what kind of authority either will have over the count of every person living in the U.S. that the Constitution requires every 10 years. The results are used to determine each state's share of congressional seats, Electoral College votes and an estimated $1.5 trillion a year in federal tax dollars for health care, education and other public services.
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NPR researcher Will Chase contributed to this report.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020
Statement from Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham
JUNE 23, 2020
RELEASE NUMBER CB20-RTQ.20
JUNE 23, 2020 — I am pleased to welcome two new staff joining the U.S. Census Bureau, Nathaniel Cogley, PhD. as Deputy Director for Policy, and Adam Korzeniewski, as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director for Policy.
Dr. Cogley and Mr. Korzeniewski will assist the great work underway at the Census Bureau. Dr. Cogley has a distinguished academic background, and Mr. Korzeniewski has exemplary military and public service experience, including prior Census Bureau fieldwork.
As we resume operations delayed by the COVID19 pandemic, the support of Dr. Cogley and Mr. Korzeniewski will help the Census Bureau achieve a complete and accurate 2020 Census and study future improvements. Recognizing that our data collections are becoming increasingly complex and rely upon new technologies, innovations and reforms, it is imperative that we consider public, private, and not-for-profit sector needs for relevant and quality data. The importance of more and better data for decision making will continue as the heart of the Census Bureau mission.
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Statement from Census Bureau Director Dr. Steven Dillingham
JUNE 23, 2020
RELEASE NUMBER CB20-RTQ.20
JUNE 23, 2020 — I am pleased to welcome two new staff joining the U.S. Census Bureau, Nathaniel Cogley, PhD. as Deputy Director for Policy, and Adam Korzeniewski, as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director for Policy.
Dr. Cogley and Mr. Korzeniewski will assist the great work underway at the Census Bureau. Dr. Cogley has a distinguished academic background, and Mr. Korzeniewski has exemplary military and public service experience, including prior Census Bureau fieldwork.
As we resume operations delayed by the COVID19 pandemic, the support of Dr. Cogley and Mr. Korzeniewski will help the Census Bureau achieve a complete and accurate 2020 Census and study future improvements. Recognizing that our data collections are becoming increasingly complex and rely upon new technologies, innovations and reforms, it is imperative that we consider public, private, and not-for-profit sector needs for relevant and quality data. The importance of more and better data for decision making will continue as the heart of the Census Bureau mission.
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Dr. Nathaniel Terence Cogley
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White House adds high-level officials to Census Bureau, raising fears of politicization
By Tara Bahrampour
June 23, 2020 at 6:43 p.m. EDT
The Trump administration on Tuesday said that it is appointing two new high-level officials to the Census Bureau, sparking speculation among census experts that the White House could be trying to influence the outcome of the 2020 count.
Nathaniel Cogley, an assistant political science professor at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Tex., will be deputy director for policy, and Adam Korzeniewski, a former Marine with “prior Census Bureau fieldwork” experience, will be his senior adviser, according to a bureau announcement. The positions had not existed previously and will increase the number of political appointees in the Census Bureau from three to five.
The appointments — and their timing at a crucial point in data collection for the decennial count — elicited outrage among Democrats and census experts.
“The idea of adding high-level officials to the Census Bureau willy-nilly from the White House has never happened,” said former bureau director Kenneth Prewitt, adding that the move seemed motivated by similar goals as a controversial citizenship question the Supreme Court struck down last year.
“They have no job description, we don’t know what they’re going to do,” he said of the new appointees. “It seems the White House is trying to get some political control over the census at this sensitive time .?.?. someone who can take direct orders from the White House which influence the census in a fashion that will produce the likelihood of higher counts in red states.”
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Magda Jean-Louis contributed to this report.
Tara Bahrampour
Tara Bahrampour, a staff writer based in Washington, D.C., writes about aging, generations and demography. She has also covered immigration and education and has reported from the Middle East and North Africa, and from the republic of Georgia. Follow https://twitter.com/TaraBahrampour
White House adds high-level officials to Census Bureau, raising fears of politicization
By Tara Bahrampour
June 23, 2020 at 6:43 p.m. EDT
The Trump administration on Tuesday said that it is appointing two new high-level officials to the Census Bureau, sparking speculation among census experts that the White House could be trying to influence the outcome of the 2020 count.
Nathaniel Cogley, an assistant political science professor at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Tex., will be deputy director for policy, and Adam Korzeniewski, a former Marine with “prior Census Bureau fieldwork” experience, will be his senior adviser, according to a bureau announcement. The positions had not existed previously and will increase the number of political appointees in the Census Bureau from three to five.
The appointments — and their timing at a crucial point in data collection for the decennial count — elicited outrage among Democrats and census experts.
“The idea of adding high-level officials to the Census Bureau willy-nilly from the White House has never happened,” said former bureau director Kenneth Prewitt, adding that the move seemed motivated by similar goals as a controversial citizenship question the Supreme Court struck down last year.
“They have no job description, we don’t know what they’re going to do,” he said of the new appointees. “It seems the White House is trying to get some political control over the census at this sensitive time .?.?. someone who can take direct orders from the White House which influence the census in a fashion that will produce the likelihood of higher counts in red states.”
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Magda Jean-Louis contributed to this report.
Tara Bahrampour
Tara Bahrampour, a staff writer based in Washington, D.C., writes about aging, generations and demography. She has also covered immigration and education and has reported from the Middle East and North Africa, and from the republic of Georgia. Follow https://twitter.com/TaraBahrampour
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