LIEBERMAN PRAISES CENSUS BUREAU FOR RETURNING $1.6 BILLION TO TREASURY




             WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Tuesday praised the U.S. Census Bureau for bringing the 2010 Census in well under budget.

            The Bureau announced that it would return at least $1.6 billion to the treasury, or 22 percent of its 2010 budget to conduct the once-a-decade population count. The savings came from an untapped contingency budget set aside for a major natural disaster or other operational failing and because the mail back rate of Census forms exceeded expectations.

            “After a difficult lead up to the 2010 Census, the Bureau should be commended for returning $1.6 billion to American taxpayers.  Secretary Locke and Director Groves deserve credit for their forward-looking leadership that has saved this money.  A little bit of luck, hard work by census employees and the cooperation of people who mailed back their forms means this massive undertaking has come in under budget, a pleasant surprise.”              

 

 

 

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