Written by: Director Robert Groves Looking over the Internet –
both blogs, comments to websites, and emails – I am seeing some
misinformation about what individuals must report on the 2010
Census. It might be a good time to remind us all of these
requirements. Article 1, Section 2 of the US Constitution says:
“Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the
several States which may be included within this Union,
according to their respective Numbers … The actual Enumeration
shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the
Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term
of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.”
Congress has assigned to the Department of Commerce the
responsibility of administering the census. This directive is
embodied in Title 13, U.S. Code. Title 13 also specifies that
Commerce, through the actions of the Census Bureau, must submit
the topics planned for the census three years prior to the next
census, and the actual questions t