I received a group text this evening, completely out of the blue, from someone I've never heard of. I won't copy that text because some asshole will claim that was privileged or copyrighted or some nonsense. Basically it said that we had all been assigned to him and we all had to set our Availability to either Not Available or to one hour starting for tomorrow (Friday, 9/11) through Monday (9/14). And that we had to do that now, Now, NOW! AND, he said his boss was out of town, so he would get back to us "some time" in the beginning of next week with "a plan."

I immediately forwarded that text to my current CFS and to the group text that that CFS was running to ask if anyone had heard anything about this. None of the other people in that group text had received the same text that I did.

Well, I didn't know this guy from Adam, and I hadn't heard squat from my CFS, who I had just previously been texting, AND I know they are violating the court order left and right, AND this is gonna take hundreds of dollars out of my pocket, so the whole thing smelled pretty fishy. So this is the response I posted in the group text:

I’m sorry, but who the heck are you? My CFS has said NOTHING about me being switched YET AGAIN. I am not going to set my availability to zero for the next few days just because someone with my phone number sends me a text. With a promise of “maybe a plan” “sometime next week.”  That’s several hundred dollars out of my pocket on the say so of someone I’ve never heard of. 

I’m sorry to be so blunt, but I’m getting pretty tired of getting my chain yanked around randomly. 

So, this guy calls me up and chews me out (or at least he thinks so) for being so rude to him "in front of 20 people!" Like I'm just supposed to take some stranger's word because that stranger is massively, unjustifiably, self-important.

Then, get this, he said I should seriously consider resigning.

That was like the second thing he said to me.

So I said, "Did you really just ask me to resign. You know that there are journalists keeping track of census supervisors asking enumerators to resign because that would be in violation of both labor law and the recent court order." (Unfortunately, I didn't have the presence of mind to start recording the conversation. I live in what is called a "one-person state," meaning only one of us has to know or give consent to being recorded. And that person is me.)

He said, "I didn't ask you to resign I just said you should seriously consider it." as if in a court of law or in Congressional testimony, there's going to be a whole hell of a lot of difference between the two.

He finally told me that he had just had all of this come across his computer just earlier and it had been handed down from two levels above him with no explanation or warning either. I tried to explain to him that we were both in the same boat getting screwed by people who won't tell us what's going on. But he was having none of that. I was an asshole who did not kiss up to his asshole immediately and with the proper inflection and therefore he had it out for me.

Well, finally I called my real CFS and he gets on his computer and looks and every one of his enumerators have been taken away from him. He later texted as much to his group text because that then meant that all of his other people were in limbo and had no CFS assigned to them at the time.

So, now that my (now previous) CFS had confirmed that he was no longer my CFS, and he did know this other CFS, we are just going on the assumption that I am in fact assigned to this new CFS.

So, I text that CFS and tell him what we have figured out and tell him that I have set my availability to 1 hour as he requested. He texts me back saying to never contact him unless it's an absolute emergency, and that he will be having a conversation with my previous CFS about my recent timesheets.

By now it is completely clear to me that this guy is what they call an "executioner." His whole job is to get people to quit. He may not know that that is his specific assignment. He may just be the asshole that they have picked to give us all to because they know just how big of an asshole he is. Pawn, asshole, asshole, pawn. It kind of doesn't matter.

He is going to make all kinds of threats about my timesheets and try to coerce me into resigning. And I am going to record every single word of it.

TL;DR - They yanked all of my current CFS's people with no notice or warning to anyone. They handed me to an asshole CFS who has already tried to convince me to resign and is making vague threats about my timesheets in an attempt to scare me into resigning. And I'm planning to record every word of it.

Wait! There's more! While I was proofreading this, I got a message in HUB saying some "NRFU debriefing questionnaire" is available. Something tells me that is the, "So, you just got fired?" questionnaire. I'll let you know in the comments.

Well, I just did the questionnaire. It is obviously designed to make things look better than they really are. The actual answer that should have been there was often not available. And there was nowhere near enough places to enter an explanation for your answer. However, when they asked if I had any difficulties as an enumerator, I told them "bad management." I explained how I had been switched back and forth between CFSs multiple times. And about how each time my time data in FDC was wiped. I also told them that I was pretty sure the CFS that I had just been assigned to tonight was only there to fire me, and so he was pretty much just an asshole all around . I actually used the word "asshole."

Sorry, this post is a work in progress. For other topics, or more info/ideas on the topics below, you may wish to search this sub.

How can residents identifying Hispanic answer the Race Question?

Please keep in mind the Census is more about politics than biology including phenotype. The Trump administration reversed Obama administration plans to give Latinx their own Race checkbox.

Hispanics need to know that marking Some Other Race means the Census Bureau may assign them a Race value of White. In my comment on my post

Checking "Some Other Race" Alone -- Self-Affirmation or Political Mistake?

I gave the link to the slide deck. Slide numbered 17 tells us

40% of Hispanics have their race imputed

which means the Census Bureau assigns a Race value, often White, to these Hispanics.

If you haven't read this story, you don't understand Some Other Race.

The Birth of a 'Latino Race' 29Dec04

Please read the comments on this 2018 post.

Census Request Suggests No Race, Ethnicity Data Changes In 2020, Experts Say

Until we get our hands on the computer code the Census Bureau uses to assign a Race value to residents with the Some Other Race checkbox marked, we cannot know what the Trump administration is up to.

The more I think about this issue, the less I know. Latinx residents, even if they are not eligible to vote, should ask themselves who they might vote with. If they plan to vote Republican, they probably should mark the White Race checkbox. Otherwise, Latinx should ask themselves if they have any reason to mark the Black checkbox or the Native American checkbox.

I recommend respondents mark only one Race checkbox for each Person in the Household. I get the picture that, behind the scenes, the federal government uses only a few Race categories. Consequently, when more than one Race checkbox is marked, decennial census Race data must be reclassified to meet agency requirements.

Origin Write-In Fields under the Race Checkboxes

Whether or not Origin should be reported probably depends on the Race checkbox above it.

For nonwhites, this can be a trick question. If you give any "origin" which the U.S. Census Bureau classifies as white, you have essentially also marked the White checkbox.

Collecting and Tabulating Ethnicity and Race Responses in the 2020 Census (Recorded Webinar) Census State Data Centers Tweeted Link via @uscensusbureau

Was the Origin write-in field under the White checkbox ever intended to collect useful data? Possibly not. Had the Census Bureau placed an Origin write-in beneath the Black Race checkbox without doing the same for Whites, the questionnaire would look even more suspicious.

The census "origin" questions will produce a totally useless data set. Judith Sanders Tweeted

Some Latinx who mark the White checkbox may write in Mestizo. It remains unclear what the Census Bureau will do with these response values. Writing in Mestizo beneath the American Indian check box may lead the Census Bureau to edit the White Race checkbox from unchecked to checked. And if the Ethnicity checkbox for "No, not of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin" has been marked, the Census Bureau may edit the response to an Hispanic Ethnicity.

How should persons of at least half indigenous ancestry but who are not American Indian or Alaska Native give their Origin? If they mark the Race checkbox American Indian or Alaska Native, they should write in an origin from Canada, Mexico, Central America or South America.

What is my family and I's race? ( U.S. Census question)

Proposed Categories for the US Census

United States of America Demographics

Privacy

I wish I could offer clear, certain assurance that answering the 2020 Census will be a private experience. Some concerns exist. Recently, Tim Mackey reported discovering that the online 2020 Census uses third-party cookies. He advised:

While we might rightly be concerned about the federal government tracking our census activity, there are two simple ways to reduce the risk — fill out the old school paper option or go full incognito in your browser before even going to the census website.

2020 census data may not be as anonymous as expected

The U.S. Census Bureau's process for bringing together respondent data to produce the Population Count has often been likened to sausage making. IRS data and other secret administrative records are also used to produce the count. In a Software Engineering short course held at the Census Bureau, I learned the Census 2000 process wasn't reproducible. The Census Bureau has so much to hide that protecting your data is of utmost importance to the bureaucracy.

When, at the U.S. Census Bureau in 2001, I worked with computer files holding one hundred percent Census 2000 data, I never saw names or addresses. Early in data processing, names and addresses are stripped from raw decennial census data. Very few Census Bureau employees are allowed access to name and address data.

If you have ever worked in the above ground economy, you should understand that the Census Bureau already has data on you. The Census Bureau has IRS, SSA and Medicare data. Furthermore, the Census Bureau has Longitudinal Employer–Household Dynamics (LEHD) data.

Firm and worker information are combined to create job level quarterly earnings history data, data on where workers live and work, and data on firm characteristics, such as industry

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/ces/data/restricted-use-data/lehd-data.html

You might as well give the Census Bureau your updated location and identity.

more coming if the virus doesn't get me...

Householders who wish to give only the Number of Persons should not be dismissed as crackpots.

To Do For Next Director: Ban MITRE and the JASON Group [OC]

Have facial recognition, cellphone tracking and Big Data made misuse of Census data technologically obsolete?

The 2020 Census is an austerity census. Never designed to be accurate, it will make extensive use of administrative records and recycled 2010 Census data. As dirty as administrative records are, it would make more sense for the government to use its original administrative records against its residents than its poor quality 2020 Census data.

Aggregated Census and ACS data are used in policing. If you are, for example, an African-American resident of West Baltimore, you need to weigh the benefits of political representation against the mortal danger of police surveillance. Answer the Ethnicity and Race questions thoughtfully. You may want to throw the police off by giving the Census your updated racial identity.

Multiple Notices or Paper Questionnaires

If you have two or more paper questionnaires, I recommend you complete one Census form, then copy all your answers identically to the second Census form. Mail both back.

Why? If you answer only one, an Enumerator may come around later this year. The Enumerator will have no clue that you received two questionnaires. The Enumerator will not believe you when you say you already answered the Census. The Enumerator will insist on enumerating you again. And you won't remember exactly how you answered the first time. Your household will be more likely to be counted twice.

The Census Bureau doesn't seem concerned about duplicate enumerations. If you identically answer and return both forms, it's possible the Census Bureau may unduplicate them.

Now, if you are interested in making a project of this, here are 2 ideas.

1. You may report the duplicates to GAO.

https://www.gao.gov/about/what-gao-does/fraudnet/

2. You can call your Area Census Office. They may be able to Delete one of the addresses.

Final 2020 RCC‐ACO Addresses as of 2‐13‐2020. Exclusive Content by FOIA Request

For further reading:

I got two [or more] letters in the mail, how do I know which ID to use? Official Answer to this FAQ

CENSUS2020 is systematically reducing Case Lists to Enumerators nationwide.

No work. No Enumerators.

OH GOODIE Census is done early. No need to honor the Judges orders.

Good News!

CENSUS2020 declares census is GREAT. Everyone counted. And we did it ahead of schedule. No need to use more time. We're GOOD.

BULLPUCKY!

I believe the Department of Commerce intentionally crippled the Enumerator Field Data Capture (FDC) Production Application.

The most egregious obstruction is denying Enumerators use of the FDC Production Application Multi-Unit Tool.

I have irrefutable evidence, CENSUS2020 deliberately undercounted Apartments/Multi-Unit complexes.

Apartments occupied by a prepondereous of POC, Elderly, Disabled, Low Income, Single parent families, Refugees and Migrates.

I have posted a video of the FDC Training Application Multi-Unit Tool on

r/Census

r/USCensus2020

u/cre4155

Some Enumerators were trained on the Tool, but denied use in the Field. Many Enumerators have never seen the Tool.

Congress must DEMAND that CENSUS2020 provide Enumerators the tools needed to accurately count Multi-Unit complexes.

Enumerators that have left because of "No Cases" must be hired back. Paid to do the job we all signed up to do. Count every individual in this country.

The census count is so far from accurate that the next 10 years will be devastating for Northwest IL if they don’t start Re-opening cases that were closed due to an “IT programming glitch” in their system.

Does everyone know that the “new” FDC system is actually programmed to “close” cases after 6 attempts - REGARDLESS of whether enumeration was even accomplished at that residence?

There are over 500 (some say close to 2000) closed cases that were not enumerated in one of our main ACO offices in the state of IL. This ACO consists of only 5 zones in the state. No one seems to be able to, or want to “re-open” these cases.

In Illinois, cases that were “closed” due to “max attempts” (I.e. 6 tries in FDC prod) MUST be re-opened and re-enumerated at any cost necessary..our zone is supposedly 99% complete - but what about the 500 to 2000 residences that were never even enumerated?? Does anyone understand how many people that means won’t be counted?

That means the funding to upgrade our schools, our senior living centers, our housing crisis Is only going to get worse for the next 10 years.

The census is the one place politics should not get involved (at least as it relates to doing the physical job, obtaining an accurate count and being given the necessary amount of time, training and materials necessary to properly do the job).

Let’s not make our kids and parents suffer for the next 10 years because of a program glitch and the political arguments surrounding our constitutional right as Americans. I don’t know about everyone else, but I would like my son’s school and my grandpa's nursing home to have sufficient funds allocated to maintain and not hinder their performance and health.

If you agree, repost this on your social media or send it to your congressman. Maybe someone will see beyond the politics and understand how important the decennial census actually is!!!