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Two Census Bureau managers fired for creating at least 10,000 bogus questionnaires

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FR7 Baptist

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Two Census Bureau managers from a Brooklyn field office were fired after their bosses found they faked household surveys to meet deadlines, the Daily News learned.

Instead of pounding the pavement and knocking on doors, the corner-cutting people-counters mined the phone book and Internet to make up answers to questionnaires, regional director Tony Farthing said.

The managers - turned in by whistleblower employees - were caught last week. Now, at least 10,000 surveys need to be done or redone, officials said.

Census officials in Washington only admitted to a string of incomplete forms and poor tracking in disclosing the firings Friday afternoon. But Farthing corroborated worker accounts to the Daily News that managers Alvin Aviles and Sonya Merritt began dummying up responses in the final crush to finish the surveys, which field workers are supposed to compile from in-person household visits.
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Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local...sus_bigs_axed_for_fakin_it.html#ixzz0rzNkXT6G

This is not good. I read on a blog that apparently the managers decided to fake forms and some crew leaders and enumerators found out and contacted the Department of Commerce Inspector General's office who investigated and then took action. I can't imagine how these people thought they could get away with this. There's no way you can falsify TEN THOUSAND EQs and not have someone in Quality Control, NRFU Re-interview, or even Vacant/Delete Check or Field Verification notice, even without the whistleblowers. These idiots should be prosecuted as it is illegal to falsify information on an EQ. Another bad thing is this tarnishes the image of the Bureau, even though they were caught and the data will be gathered properly.
 
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targus

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According to Title 13, Chapter 7, Subtitle 2, anyone who willfully gives an answer that is false could be fined up to $500.

Shouldn't these clowns be prosecuted and not just simply fired?
 
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