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Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the all-volunteer U.S. Armed Forces, military experts and others talked about sustaining these volunteers. Topics included personnel turnover, increased e…

Ms. Riche briefed reporters on the increasing diversification and urbanization of the American population. She also talked about the aging of American society and responded to media ques…

Participants discussed the current results of the 2000 census. They talked about the expected errors that occur because of the uncounted as well as multiple counted households. Director Prew…

Panelists discussed the controversy over using sampling to try to estimate undercounted populations in the 2000 census. Following their discussion, the panelists answered questions from the …

During this discussion, Ms. Riche talks about the new sampling technique developed by the Census Bureau. She talked about the history of the census in the United States and the difficulty of…

Census Bureau Director Martha Farnsworth Riche answered questions during a National Journal Breakfast surrounding the 2000 census, including the use of sampling. She said sampling is a tool …

The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics briefed reporters on a new report on the status of children in the U.S. Representatives of several of the 16 federal agencies hig…

In the first of a series of several summer meetings, Census officials talked about how governmental and other organizations could help improve the count in the 2000 census. Director Martha R…

Martha Barnsworth Riche, Director of the US Census Bureau, spoke about the debate over the use of sampling in the 2000 census. She talked about her department’s preparations for the next pop…

Ms. Riche briefed reporters on how the Census Bureau plans to use sampling techniques to count previously undercounted parts of the population. The Republican congressional leadership has ex…

Martha Farnsworth Riche described the process and costs of the decennial census. Its purpose under the U.S. Constitution is for apportioning congressional districts. David Goldin described W…

The House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Census and Population heard testimony in the first of a series of hearings focusing on the changing demographic profile of America, an…