My last post looked at the Census Bureau’s proposed 2018 budget. Turning to the other statistical agencies, we see that the President’s budget proposes more cuts. Fortunately, none of these cuts are as large as the roughly $25 million shortfall for the 2017 Economic Census or the $236 million shortfall for the 2020 Census. And in a …
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This morning, the Trump Administration released a “Blueprint” for its first Budget, which proposes dramatic cuts and restructuring of non-defense discretionary spending. Of course, I immediately searched the document for the impact on federal statistics. Although the document runs 62 pages, it’s really just a CliffsNotes version of the full budget, which will run hundreds …
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