US Census 'manipulates' job numbers

[The Northerner]

The US Census Bureau has been manipulating the Labor Department's job growth numbers by 'faking' the jobs it creates, a report says.

Two workers hired by Census 2010 have come out with claims that the bureau has been fudging the job growth numbers to show positive growth, The New York Post reported.

The new revelations come after a worker, out of many such workers, brought the story to light. Naomi Cohn, told the daily last week that she was hired and fired a number of times by Census.

She claimed that Census played statistical tricks in reporting the creation of a new job to the Labor Department.

"A few months ago I was trained for three days and offered five hours of work counting the homeless. Now, I am knocking (on) doors trying to find the people that have not returned their Census forms. I worked the 2000 Census. It was a far more organized venture," the daily quoted another such worker from Manhattan.

According to the report, for the past two months, the hiring by Census has made up a good portion of the new jobs.

The report also claimed the Labor Department has redefined the employment description, saying if a person is hired to work at least one hour a month, he is employed.

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