census burreau is preparing for the upcoming 2020 u.s. census. among the panelists were john thompson and the former u.s. census burr--

census burreau is preparing for the upcoming 2020 u.s. census. among the panelists were john thompson and the former u.s. census burr-- >>> all right, why don't we go ahead and get started. hello everyone, for our guests, welcome to georgetown law. we are here today learning of the challenges facing census 2020. the constitution mandates for the purposes of representations in the house of representatives. during the first congress, james madison recognized that the census allowed for data driven. he encouraged congress to ask questions to the census so congress can debate and decide on facts instead of assertion and conjecture. today we have a highly esteem panel to speak about these challenges and some of the consequences of the enumeration. first, we have director john h. thompson. he's the executive director of the consult of professionalism. he has more than 30 years of experience working at the u.s. census bureau including at its top post. from august 2013 to june 2017, he serves as a census' bureau director, before serving as director, he s