Census Sends Criminals Door-to-Door
By Rick Pearcey • May 24, 2010, 07:56 PM
"After two cases of alleged criminals going door-to-door to take surveys, Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby said Monday that the U.S. Census Bureau must do more to prevent hiring census takers with a criminal background," reports FoxNews.com.
"In a letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke sent Monday, Shelby wrote that when he asked Locke during a Senate hearing last year about guidelines to disqualify applicants, including sex offenders and people who've committed crimes against children, he was told the measures would ensure 'each applicant is an acceptable risk to collect census information from residents of a community as a representative of our government'."
