Census Bureau returns $1.6 billion of its operational budget
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced Tuesday that the Census Bureau, which compiles the US population survey every 10 years, is returning $1.6 billion of its almost $7 billion operational budget.
The US budget deficit hit a record $1.4 trillion in the just-ended fiscal year, the government said on Friday, as the deep recession and a series of bank rescues cut a gaping hole in public finances.