Census Hiring Practices under Fire

The U.S. Census Bureau is being sued by several groups for discriminating hiring practices. The Wall Street Journal has reported that “job applicants claimed the Census Bureau was unlawfully screening out minorities by requiring all applicants to provide court documents related to an arrest, whether or not it resulted in a conviction.”

The Census Bureau has hired 48,000 temporary workers to assist in collecting population data, and could hire an additional 10,000 employees.