The Trump administration has put in place a new acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ has learned.
George Cook, a Trump official at the Commerce Department, was named the bureau's leader as of Wednesday, according to three bureau employees who received a staff announcement Friday and asked 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ not to name them because they are not authorized to speak to the press.
The press offices for the bureau and the White House did not immediately respond to 91ÖÆÆ¬³§'s requests for comment.
Cook's new role comes after President Trump while preparations for the country's 2030 head count are already underway.
In January, the bureau's previous director — Robert Santos, a nominee of former President Joe Biden — his five-year term.
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