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.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=128397§ionid=3510203

[D-Lee]

1. junk story - here's an explanatory link

http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/27/census-official-retaliates-against-new-york-post-columnist-in-tabloids-online-comments-section/

Census spokesperson explained:

The Census Bureau reports to the Department of Labor and on our public website the number of people paid for work during a given week. We do not report the number of jobs. The Census Bureau reports the total number of unduplicated temporary 2010 workers that earned any pay during a specific weekly pay period. Temporary workers earning any pay during the week are counted only once. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) measures changes in employment levels — not the actual level itself — and looks only at the week which includes the 12th day of the month. It is simply not possible for Census to engage in the manipulation of data to artificially inflate the employment report of the BLS in the manner alleged by this news column.


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Original story was from the NY Post, which did not wait for comment from Census personnel, apparently.

After all, we all know temporary workers are such experts in Bureau of Labor Statistics methodology!

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Now this is some amazing bullshit. Not only is it from Iranian state news...

there is no way a low level field rep could know whether or not the statistics are being manipulated.