ctpp-news October 2001

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Redistricting (PL-94-171) data and SF 1 data in shape file formats.

by Nanda Srinivasan

FYI Rick Ayers from ESRI sent me the attached note (inst.doc) that explains how to download redistricting data at the geographic detail of County - census blocks from the ESRI website at: www.geographynetwork.com. For those who want to convert Census data into ESRI shapefiles, I think the method Rick describes is easier to use than the one I wrote down to this listserve a while ago. Claritas Inc. is also making Census data available for free downloads from their website at: www.census.claritas.com. Thank you Nanda Srinivasan

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News Alert

by ed christopher

>From Census2000 <Census2000(a)ccmc.org> October 18, 2001 Census Bureau Says No To Adjustment; Review Finds Duplicates Wipe Out Most of Net Undercount Plus: Academy Panel Issues Report on Census 2000; Upcoming Advisory Committee Meetings; and more. The Census Bureau announced yesterday that it would not adjust Census 2000 data for non-political purposes, such as allocating federal program funds, citing a larger number of previously unidentified duplicates that reduced the net national undercount to "virtually zero in statistical terms." At a press conference in Washington, DC, Acting Bureau Director William Barron said he "concurred with and approved" the recommendation of the Executive Steering Committee for Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Policy (ESCAP), which transmitted a report to him earlier this week, that unadjusted data should be used for non-redistricting purposes. He also said it would have been "a terrible mistake" to adjust the census counts issued to the states for redistricting last winter, based on the A.C.E. results. The bureau said that evaluation of "considerable new evidence" revealed that the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (A.C.E.) survey did not measure "a significant number" of double-counts and other counting mistakes (collectively called "erroneous enumerations"). As a result, the ESCAP found, the A.C.E. overstated the net national undercount by about three million people. The committee reported earlier this year that 3.1 million people were counted twice and an estimated 6.4 million people were missed in Census 2000, for a net national undercount of 3.3 million. The net undercount is the difference between the number of people counted twice or in the wrong place and the number of people missed, as measured by the post-census survey. The bureau issued preliminary revised undercount estimates that take into account the newly identified duplicates, bringing the net undercount down to 0.06 percent from the 1.18 percent reported last March. Higher proportions of racial minorities and Hispanics than Whites were missed in the census, although the gaps were smaller than in 1990. The revised undercount for the Black (non-Hispanic) population is 0.78 percent, compared to the 2.17 percent originally reported; the Hispanic undercount was lowered from 2.85 percent to 1.25 percent. The revised estimate for Whites and all other groups showed a small overcount of 0.28 percent, compared to an initial net undercount estimate of 0.73 percent. The 1990 census had a net national undercount of 1.6 percent, based on a similar though smaller quality-check survey. The ESCAP noted that the "net undercount remains disproportionately distributed among renters and minority populations." The committee said that further research might result in further revised estimates of undercounting or overcounting that could be used to improve the accuracy of the annual population estimates, particularly for harder-to-count demographic groups. At the press conference, Mr. Barron said the Census Bureau must start planning now for the 2010 census. He said he did not believe the bureau could ever complete an Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation program similar to the one fielded in 2000, in time to adjust the detailed census numbers issued to the states for redistricting within a year after Census Day. Congressman Dan Miller (R-FL), chairman of the Subcommittee on the Census, applauded the Census Bureau for "[choosing] the count that accurately shows real people, living in real neighborhoods and communities in a very real nation. We now know with scientific certainty, that a virtual census would have been less accurate than a real count." Referencing the Commerce Department's decision not to adjust the 1990 census based on a similar post-census survey, the chairman said, "We should give up on this twice failed experiment and put this money into improving the real count in 2010." Congressman William "Lacy" Clay (D-MO), the subcommittee's senior Democrat, called the bureau's decision "disappointing and troubling." He said the revised undercount estimates "do not allay the concerns of cities and communities seeking their fair share of funds for critical services. Despite many successes, Census 2000 still missed a lot of people in our poorer neighborhoods." Congressman Clay called on the bureau to release the adjusted numbers to assess the count's accuracy at the local level. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), a subcommittee member, said the Census Bureau's decision "gave us more questions than answers," including why the bureau "conduct[ed] a search for duplicates but not conduct a search for omissions." She called on the Bush Administration to publicly release the adjusted data. Mr. Barron's statement and the ESCAP report are available through the Census Bureau's web site at <http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2001/webcast10_17event.html>. National Academy of Sciences panel evaluates Census 2000: The National Research Council (NRC), an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, has issued a new report, "The 2000 Census: Interim Assessment." The Panel to Review the 2000 Census, chaired by former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Janet Norwood, assessed Census 2000 operations, including the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (A.C.E.) program and statistical imputation methods, based on information available through August 2001. The expert panel said Census 2000 was "well executed in many respects," and that adequate funding helped to keep operations on schedule. It called the A.C.E. program, designed to measure the net undercount (or overcount) in the census, "well planned and documented... and [generally] well executed." The panel did not offer an opinion on whether Census 2000 data should be adjusted based on the A.C.E., but concluded that the Census Bureau followed its plan for evaluating the census and A.C.E. results, and that the recommendation last March to release unadjusted numbers for redistricting purposes "was justifiable." Imputation, a statistical procedure used to count people about whom the Census Bureau has incomplete or no direct information, was largely responsible for the lower net undercount in 2000, the panel said. According to the report, the 2000 census included 5.8 million imputed people, three times the number imputed in the 1990 census. A disproportionate number of imputed persons were minorities, renters, and children, the panel found, "thus accounting in large part for the reduction in differential net undercount for these groups, relative to non-Hispanic whites, owners, and older people." The State of Utah has challenged the use of imputation in federal court, contending that the Census Act and the U.S. Constitution prohibit the use of statistical methods to compile the state population totals for congressional apportionment purposes. The panel also questioned the accuracy of the Census Bureau's independent population benchmark, compiled from administrative data such as birth, death, Medicare, and immigration records. The Demographic Analysis estimate of 279.6 million was lower than the raw census count (281.4 million) for the first time, and about 5 million below the A.C.E.-adjusted population estimate of 284.7 million. Focusing on the bureau's methods for gauging immigration and emigration, the Academy panel concluded that "demographic analysis should not be used as a standard for evaluation [of census accuracy] at this time." The Census Bureau had cited the discrepancy between the three measurements as a primary factor in its recommendation against releasing adjusted census data last March. Federal agencies and outside experts should research improved methods for estimating legal and undocumented immigration, the panel suggested. The panel singled out four successful innovations in Census 2000: contracting for data processing, with better technology to 'capture' responses on the forms; simplified questionnaires and a direct mail strategy to encourage response; the paid advertising campaign and expanded outreach; and aggressive recruitment of census takers. The higher-than-expected mail response rate -- about the same as in 1990 - was "an important achievement," the panel said, although areas with low mail-back rates in 1990 had similarly low response in 2000. The report also noted the "marked decline" in the mail-back rate for the census long form, which the panel cautioned could affect the quality of those data. The NRC report expressed concern about the quality of the count of people in so-called "group quarters," such as college dorms, prisons, and nursing homes. The panel also recommended further evaluation of procedures to build the national address list (called the "Master Address File," or MAF), to determine if the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) program improved the accuracy of the MAF. While it made sense to seek address information from local and Tribal governments and the U.S. Postal Service, the panel said, "there were problems in execution that may have increased duplicate and erroneous enumerations." The National Research Council is part of the National Academy of Sciences. The report is available through the Internet at <www.nap.edu/books/0309076498/html/. Appropriations (funding) update: Congress is expected to pass a third "Continuing Resolution" to keep federal agencies running at fiscal year 2001 funding levels until lawmakers enact spending bills for fiscal year 2002, which started on October 1st. The new Continuing Resolution will run through October 31. Census Advisory Committee meetings: The Decennial Census Advisory Committee will meet on November 5 - 6, and the five Race and Ethnic Advisory Committees will meet on November 7 - 9, to discuss Census 2000 evaluations (including the ESCAP's work), planning for the 2010 census, the status of the American Community Survey, the findings of the National Academy of Sciences' Panel to Review the 2000 Census, the expanded Census Information Center program, and other relevant issues. Both meetings will take place at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Hotel, 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA (703-845-1010). The sessions are open to the public. New Census 2000 evaluations: The U.S. General Accounting Office, the audit and investigative arm of Congress, has issued two evaluations of Census 2000 operations and management. The reports, "2000 Census: Review of Partnership Program Highlights Best Practices for Future Operations (GAO-01-579, Aug. 20, 2001)" and "2000 Census: Better Productivity Data Needed for Future Planning and Budgeting (GAO-02-4, Oct. 4, 2001)," are available through GAO's web site at www.gao.gov <http://www.gao.gov> or by calling 202-512-6000 (TDD/202-512-2537). Questions about the information contained in this News Alert may be directed to Terri Ann Lowenthal at 202/484-2270 or, by e-mail at <mailto:terriann2k@aol.com>. For copies of previous News Alerts and other information, use our web site www.census2000.org <http://www.census2000.org>. Please direct all requests to receive News Alerts, and all changes in address/phone/fax/e-mail, to the Census 2000 Initiative at <mailto:Census2000@ccmc.org> or 202/326-8700. Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues and other interested individuals.

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TAZ

by Michael Moan

Nanda, what are the implications for my CTPP package if the Census Bureau changed, added and split RI's census tracks? Our TAZ's are based on tracks and block groups. Michael Moan, RI Statewide Planning (MPO).

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c2ss data

by ed christopher

Recently, Elaine Murakami, FHWA and Nanda Srinivasan, Cambridge Systematics Inc., developed a transportation focused power point presentation using the C2SS data. They have passed the presentation along and it is now posted on the TRB Subcommittee on Census Data Webpage. http://www.TRBcensus.com/c2ss.html In addition to the powerpoint presentation are some "dot" points that several of us developed when the C2SS data first came out in August. The C2SS was a survey of 700K households designed to test the operational feasibility of collecting long form-type data simultaneously, but separately, from a decennial census. The first wave of C2SS data was released at the statewide level in August 2001. Additional data for most cities and counties of 250,000 or more people are scheduled for release in the fall 2001, and winter 2002.

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FW: Census 2000 TIGER/Line and Tract Relationship Files

by Robert LaMacchia

The Census Bureau has now made available the Census 2000 TIGER/Line files and the Census 2000 Tract Relationship files. All files are now available. This includes the first release of the Census 2000 TIGER/Line files for the Island areas (American Samoa, Guam, Midway Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). These files will be available for purchase from the Census Bureau either on DVD (1 disk) or CD-ROM (7 disks). Both the DVD and the CD-ROMs will be created as "one-off" copies as they are ordered. The Census 2000 TIGER/Line files may be downloaded from: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tiger2k/tgr2000.html Please be aware that there are some differences between this version and the Redistricting Census 2000 TIGER/Line files. This is the version that contains the ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) and the address ranges based upon the final Census 2000 Master Address File. It also contains the correct boundaries for the Congressional Districts for the 106th Congress. The document http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tiger2k/rdchg2k.txt contains a description of all the corrections that were made to the Census 2000 TIGER/Line files from the Redistricting version. The Census 2000 Tract Relationship files may be downloaded from: http://www.census.gov/geo/www/relate/rel_tract.html If you have any questions, please send them to: geography(a)geo.census.gov Bob LaMacchia Geography Division U. S. Census Bureau (301) 457-1022 rlamacchia(a)geo.census.gov

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Census 2000 Initiative News Alert

by ed christopher

Date:Wed, 3 Oct 2001 From:Census2000 <Census2000(a)ccmc.org> Census Bureau Facing Second Decision on Whether to Recommend Use of Adjusted Numbers Plus: Census Monitoring Board Disbands; Census Funding Update; Report on Counting Americans Living Abroad; and more. The Census Bureau continued its evaluations of Census 2000 and the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (A.C.E.) program as it moves closer to a self-imposed mid-October deadline for recommending whether adjusted census data should be used for purposes other than redistricting, such as the allocation of federal grants and federal survey controls. The A.C.E. program included a quality-check, 'post enumeration' survey of 314,000 households, designed to assess the number of people missed and double-counted in the census. In a letter last month to Democratic congressional overseers, Acting Census Bureau Director William Barron said that a decision to adjust the census data must be "made on solid technical grounds" and meet "pre-specified criteria" for gauging the relatively accuracy of the raw and A.C.E.-adjusted numbers. The Census Bureau still hopes to finish its evaluation of census accuracy by October 15. If it cannot meet that deadline, it would then complete its analysis by the fall of 2002, a schedule Mr. Barron said paralleled the timetable for deciding whether to adjust the 1990 census for the purpose of distributing federal funds and setting benchmarks for federal surveys. The bureau does not plan to release adjusted numbers publicly until that decision is made. Last March, Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans agreed with a bureau recommendation not to release statistically adjusted census numbers, citing discrepancies between the A.C.E.'s measurement of the population, the raw census counts, and an independent benchmark of the national population derived from "demographic analysis." Bureau experts said they did not have enough time to evaluate the differences between the three measures. The Secretary was required by law to transmit block-level population counts to the states for redrawing political district boundaries, by March 31, 2001. The bureau also raised questions about technical aspects of the adjustment process. At the time, the agency said it would continue to evaluate the results of the census and the A.C.E. program, to determine if the adjusted numbers were more accurate for uses such as doling out roughly $200 billion in federal funds annually to states and localities. The bureau subsequently described its research agenda in an August 7th memorandum. In his September 21 letter, Mr. Barron also said he was "troubled" that some legislators use the term "corrected data" to refer to statistically adjusted numbers, a description he called "misleading and inappropriate." The term might suggest, Mr. Barron wrote, "that one data set is error free, rather than improved (the latter being the best that the [adjustment methodology] could ever be used to achieve)." The director acknowledged that the bureau itself had used the term "corrected" in the past to describe the adjusted numbers. Mr. Barron emphasized that the adjustment process was designed to assess "net error" for different population subgroups, not "gross error" in the census. "Net error" refers to the difference between the number of people missed (undercount, or omissions) and the number counted twice (overcount, or duplications). "Gross error" combines various kinds of mistakes in the census, including people missed or counted twice, people counted in the wrong place, and fictitious people. The bureau looks at the net error for population subgroups in deciding whether a statistical adjustment would improve the accuracy of the census, the director said. Nationally, the bureau reported a net undercount of 3.3 million people based on the A.C.E. survey. The quality-check survey also revealed that 3.1 million people were counted twice or made up ("gross erroneous enumerations"), a measure that allowed the bureau to estimate the number of people missed in the census at 6.4 million people ("gross omissions"), for a minimum of 9.5 million miscounts. Legal update: Several lawsuits challenging the Commerce Secretary's decision not to release statistically adjusted census data to the states for redistricting purposes continue to wind their way through the federal courts. In Oregon, the U.S. District Court will hear arguments on October 18 in a case filed by two state legislators last June, seeking release of the adjusted population numbers under the Freedom of Information Act. Los Angeles and other counties and cities are pursuing their appeal of a district court judge's dismissal of their lawsuit challenging the legality of Secretary Evans' decision to release only unadjusted census data. In April, U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess ruled that the Secretary based his decision on sufficient evidence that the raw census numbers were the most accurate available, thereby meeting the objectives of the Census Act (title 13, United States Code). Los Angeles asked the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to review the dismissal of its claim, and filed its opening brief last month. The Commerce Department (represented by the U.S. Department of Justice) has until October 10 to submit its response. A hearing date has not been set. Census Monitoring Board sunsets: The U.S. Census Monitoring Board, created by Congress in late 1997 to oversee planning for and implementation of Census 2000, closed its doors on September 30, when its statutory authority expired. The bipartisan board was comprised of four members appointed by President Bill Clinton with advice from Democratic leaders in Congress (called the Presidential members), and four members appointed by Republican congressional leaders (called the Congressional members). The panel had co-chairs (one Republican and one Democrat) and two executive directors, maintained separate offices at Census Bureau headquarters, and sometimes issued separate reports to Congress. The Presidential and Congressional members issued separate final reports that include recommendations for future census methods and operations. The Presidential members offered 18 recommendations that "will serve as a useful roadmap for 2010," co-chair Gilbert Casellas said in a written statement. Suggestions include: set a fixed term of office for the Census Bureau director, who currently serves at the pleasure of the President; retain a national advertising campaign, local and community-based partnerships, and a quality-check, 'post enumeration survey' in the 2010 census; reach a consensus on methods earlier in the decade; examine the effect of the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) program on accuracy; and use 'gross' rather than 'net' error as the primary yardstick of census accuracy. Mr. Casellas noted that despite operational successes in Census 2000, "the differential undercount, while reduced, remains," referring to the historically disproportionate undercount of racial minorities. "The undercount not only hampers Congress in its ability to direct federal funds to place where they are needed, but it also denies to taxpayers the right to have their money come back to their communities in the form of Federal program funds. ...[T]he use of statistically adjusted numbers would have made a difference in people's lives," the co-chairman said. In the their report, the Presidential members also summarized the briefings, hearings, and studies they conducted during the Board's tenure. The Congressional members issued a Summary Report to Congress on September 1, and also prepared a separate analysis of the Census 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation process (not yet printed). The summary identifies several elements of Census 2000 that the Congressional appointees said contributed to a successful census, including the partnership and advertising programs; using competitive and variable pay rates to attract and retain qualified workers; pre-census local government review of address lists (the LUCA program); and allowing regional directors to adapt census procedures to local conditions. The report also concludes that while the census "can be more accurate and more inclusive," statistical adjustment would not "completely eliminate" the differential and net undercounts. The bureau instead should "focus on methods that will work to reduce the actual undercount in the census and to actually help empower the hardest-to-count neighborhoods." The Congressional members offered six recommendations for improving future censuses, including mailing Spanish-language questionnaires to selected neighborhoods, eliminating the long form, and reinstating a "Post Census Local Review" similar to a 1990 operation that allowed local officials to examine their preliminary housing unit counts before the numbers were finalized. Describing their analysis of the A.C.E. process, Congressional Member Co-Chair A. Mark Neuman said, "[C]ontrary to popular belief, people missed in the Census don't get put back in the neighborhoods where they really live. Severely undercounted neighborhoods ...will remain severely undercounted. Statistical adjustment doesn't fix that." The final report of the Presidential members is available through their Web site at www.cmbp.gov <http://www.cmbp.gov>. The Congressional members' final reports are posted on their Web site at www.cmbc.gov <http://www.cmbc.gov>. [Note: Both Internet sites will be accessible for some period of time.] Appropriations (funding) update: The U.S. Senate approved its version of the Commerce Department's fiscal year 2002 spending bill (S. 1215), which includes funds for the Census Bureau, on September 13, sending the bill to a conference committee that will iron out differences with the House-passed version (H.R. 2500). The Senate Commerce, Justice, and State, The Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations bill allocates $517.1 million for Census Bureau activities. While the total amount is $26.3 million below the Bush Administration's budget request, appropriators assumed that a $27 million carry-over in the bureau's accounts from prior years would cover the difference. The Senate-passed bill includes $26.2 million - roughly $1 million below the request -- for continued development and testing of the American Community Survey (ACS) at 31 sites around the country. Funding for the Periodic Censuses and Programs account (one of two broad Census Bureau accounts) also covers continued dissemination of Census 2000 data products and Census 2000 evaluations, as well as 2010 census planning activities. The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey (C2SS), a demonstration of the ACS on a national scale, is part of the bureau's 2010 census strategic planning effort. The following senators, all members of the Appropriations Committee, were appointed to the conference committee: Sens. Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Robert Byrd (D-WV), Judd Gregg (R-NH), Ted Stevens (R-AK), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO), and Thad Cochran (R-MS). The House of Representatives, which approved its Commerce appropriations bill in July, appointed the following appropriations committee members as conferees: Reps. Frank Wolf (R-VA), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Charles Taylor (R-NC), Ralph Regula (R-OH), Tom Latham (R-IA), Dan Miller (R-FL), David Vitter (R-LA), C.W. Young (R-FL), Jose Serrano (D-NY), Alan Mollohan (D-WV), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), Robert Cramer Jr. (D-AL), Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), and David Obey (D-WI). Fiscal year 2002 started on October 1st. Last week, Congress passed and the President signed a so-called Continuing Resolution, which continues funding for all federal agencies and programs at fiscal year 2001 levels through October 16, giving lawmakers more time to enact new spending bills. Counting Americans abroad in the census: As directed last year by congressional appropriators, the Census Bureau has submitted a report to Congress on the feasibility of counting private American citizens living abroad in the decennial census. In Census 2000, members of the armed forces and civilian government personnel stationed outside of the U.S. during the census were included in the state population totals used to apportion seats in the House of Representatives among the 50 states. Private citizens living in foreign countries have never been counted in the census. In its report, the Census Bureau examined policy, conceptual, and methodological issues associated with such a count. It said "prompt resolution" of key policy issues, such as whether a count of Americans abroad would be used for informational purposes only or for congressional apportionment and redistricting and the allocation of federal funds, was a "precondition" for undertaking research into the methods for an overseas enumeration. Collecting data for political and funding purposes, the bureau said, would "present very formidable challenges." Other key policy questions cited in the report include the implications of voluntary response from Americans abroad, which the bureau said is inevitable, in light of the census' mandatory nature, and determining a "usual residence" for people not living in the U.S., the standard used in counting stateside residents. The report also raises questions about who would be included in an overseas count (i.e. people born in the U.S.; citizens who intend to return to the U.S.; those with proof of citizenship); how to assign Americans abroad to a 'home state' and possibly a specific address; and whether to conduct the count using "self-enumeration," administrative records, or both. To address overarching policy, as well as technical, concerns, the bureau said it would hold a conference in November 2001 to hear the views of Congress and other external stakeholders. If it decides to include private American citizens living abroad in the 2010 census, the bureau would assess proposed methods as part of scheduled census tests in 2004 and 2006 and the2008 dress rehearsal. Congressional update: The House Subcommittee on the Census, established in 1998 as part of the Committee on Government Reform to authorize and oversee Census Bureau activities, will be eliminated at the end of 2001. House Republican leaders announced the move earlier this year as a cost-saving measure. Subcommittee Staff Director Chip Walker told participants at the September quarterly meeting of the Council of Professional Associations in Federal Statistics (COPAFS) that the panel's responsibilities would be transferred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. That subcommittee's current chairman, Rep. Joe Scarborough (R-FL), is giving up his congressional seat this month to spend more time with his family. Government Reform Committee member Rep. Dave Weldon (R-FL) is expected to take over as chairman of the Civil Service panel, Mr. Walker reported. Prior to a major House committee reorganization in 1995, the former Subcommittee on Census and Population was part of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. The current census subcommittee chairman, Rep. Dan Miller (R-FL), announced that he would retire at the end of the 107th Congress in 2002. Condolences: It is with great sadness that the Census 2000 Initiative shares with census stakeholders the following information from Acting Census Bureau Director Barron, concerning the loss of two Census Bureau employees from the New York Regional Office during the September 11 terrorist attacks. Marion Britton, Assistant Regional Director, and Waleska Martinez, Automation Specialist, were both on United Flight 93 that crashed near Pittsburgh, traveling on official business. We extend our deepest sympathy to their families and to their Census Bureau colleagues. Questions about the information contained in this News Alert may be directed to Terri Ann Lowenthal at 202/484-2270 or, by e-mail at <mailto:terriann2k@aol.com>. For copies of previous News Alerts and other information, use our web site www.census2000.org <http://www.census2000.org>. Please direct all requests to receive News Alerts, and all changes in address/phone/fax/e-mail, to the Census 2000 Initiative at <mailto:Census2000@ccmc.org> or 202/326-8700. Please feel free to circulate this information to colleagues and other interested individuals.

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