Hansi Lewong
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1,354 appearances
172 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2025
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NPR News.
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Compared to the start of last year, the federal government has fewer statisticians and other experts working on the official numbers that track inflation, public health, and other parts of life in the U.S.
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According to a report by the American Statistical Association, most of the dozen or so major statistical agencies have lost at least one-third of their workers, and many leadership positions are unfilled.
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The report warns it will take years to rebuild the expertise needed to keep up regular releases of reliable statistics in the future.
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A recent Trump administration policy is also raising concerns.
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It bans the Census Bureau from using a type of data privacy protection that the administration says has been used indiscriminately and undermined confidence in the Bureau's statistics.
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Experts say the ban could reduce the amount of statistics about local communities that the Bureau can put out from the national headcount and government surveys.
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Hans-Hila Wong, NPR News.
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Compared to the start of last year, the federal government has fewer statisticians and other experts working on the official numbers that track inflation, public health, and other parts of life in the U.S.
voice-verified
According to a report by the American Statistical Association, most of the dozen or so major statistical agencies have lost at least one-third of their workers, and many leadership positions are unfilled.
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The report warns it will take years to rebuild the expertise needed to keep up regular releases of reliable statistics in the future.
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A recent Trump administration policy is also raising concerns.
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It bans the Census Bureau from using a type of data privacy protection that the administration says has been used indiscriminately and undermined confidence in the Bureau's statistics.
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Experts say the ban could reduce the amount of statistics about local communities that the Bureau can put out from the National Headcount and government surveys.
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Hansi Lewong, NPR News.
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Trump's order so far has not directly affected mail-in voting.
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It calls for the U.S.
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Postal Service to come up with lists of eligible voters and deliver mail-in ballots only to people on those lists.
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USPS is a financial supporter of NPR.
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A federal judge in Boston found Trump's directives overstep his authority under the Constitution, which gives power to state legislatures and Congress to set federal election rules.
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