Census Bureau Wants To Use Mail Carriers

Posted on September 27, 2017 by mailomg in Memo 167, Uncategorized // 0 Comments

The U.S. Census Bureau proposes a proof of concept study on the use of United States Postal Service (USPS) Postal Carriers as Census Bureau enumerators as part of the 2018 End-to-End Census Test. The possibility of formally using Postal Carriers to conduct enumeration as part of Decennial Census operations has been proposed or suggested several times in recent years by Members of Congress, as well as other advisory and oversight bodies … (click to read more)

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