President Donald Trump ( Isle of Man , that ’s still hard to typecast ) enacted a Union hiring freeze as one of his first act after adopt office . We ’ve looked at the jobs that are presently sitting vacant atNASA , thePatent and Trademark Office , and theNational Geospatial - Intelligence Agency . And today we ’ve got the leaning for the US Census Bureau .
Gizmodo has file away over a dozen Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA ) requests with various federal agencies to get a shot of the jobs that have been put on hold . So far , the list has include preindication spoken language interpreters at NGA and aerospace engineers at NASA . And as we ’ve said , it ’s really hard to get to Mars without aerospace engine driver . But what about the Census Bureau ?
Now , you might be thinking that the Census Bureau is a boring place for mathematics nerd . And you would be correct . But that boring place for math nerds is vital to a function democracy . How so ? The Census Bureau ’s count of the US population every 10 years determines where federal dollars are spend . An inaccurate count mean that some community ( the most vulnerable , of course ) will be underserved financially .
With the 2020 Census just around the quoin , having a sound Census Bureau is crucial in guild for the US to have a health democracy — a democracy that seems under threat now more than ever .
“ I am increasingly worried about a high undercount in many communities , ” Terri Ann Lowenthal , the former co - theater director of the Census Project , tell Politco this weekend in reference to Trump’sapproach to immigrant communities . “ We could be headed for a caravan shipwreck if the Census Bureau does n’t get the resources it need . ”
There are presently 157 job that the US Census Bureau is unable to fill because of Trump ’s Union hiring freeze . That number is bear to grow as the freeze continues . The list include everything from mathematical statistician needed in Denver to survey specialists take in Philadelphia to recruiters needed in Atlanta .
you could look at the entire liston Scribdand embedded below . And we ’ll keep you post as more of our FOIA requests are fulfill for other agencies .
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