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The US Census Bureau wants to convince individuals that filling out census forms is safe and that data will be confidential.
In fact, it will be partnering with the Filipino-American community, among others, to attest to how safe and secure the census process will be.
"What we are looking to do is form relationships with organizations that are viewed as trusted voices in the local community," US Census Deputy Director Thomas Mesenbourg said.
"Some examples are leaders in the Filipino community or church groups," he told Asian Journal in an interview in Las Vegas last week.
The deputy director was in the city last week to meet with various community groups to send the "key message" that data gathered during the census process will be kept confidential and safe.
"One of the challenges with the census process is the growing distrust in government of some segments of the population," he said.
He cited immigration issues that make most individuals hesitant to give information or answer basic census questions.
"We want to convince people that all data is confidential. It will not be shared with other agencies like immigration, DHS (Department of Homeland Security), or IRS (Internal Revenue Service)," he said."The 2010 census report form does not ask any question on citizenship," Mesenbourg said.
In addition, employees of the US Census bureau are committed to protect any data that is gathered since they take an oath of non-disclosure upon joining the bureau. Census employees who do not live up to this standard will face imprisonment or hefty fines.
But the US Census bureau wants to emphasize this message even more through its partnership with local community groups.
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