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For the first time, the Census Bureau is giving U.S. households a chance to respond to government surveys over the Internet, part of a bid to save costs and boost sagging response rates in a digital age.
For the first time, the Census Bureau is giving U.S. households a chance to respond to government surveys over the Internet, part of a bid to save costs and boost sagging response rates in a digital age.
With that trend, the growth of the minority population and simultaneous decline of the white population will continue and tip national scales in the coming years, said Thomas Mesenbourg, the acting director at the Census Bureau, AP reported.
"The online response option is part of an ongoing digital transformation at the Census Bureau," said Thomas Mesenbourg, the Census Bureau's acting director. "The Census Bureau is transforming to make responding to surveys more convenient, conducting surveys more cost-effectively and [making] America's statistics more accessible on digital and mobile devices."
