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Glueck Announces Federally-conducted Census
January 5736

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View of Dunburg, the Federal Capital.

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DUNBURG - Interior Minister Bernard Glueck (KBP) announced on Tuesday that the Federal Statistical Office, which works under the supervision of the Interior Ministry, will conduct, during the course of this year, a complete census of Dundorf's population, the first conducted by Federal authorities after centuries. The Statistic Office's strategy has been, until now, to delegate the conduct of the census to cities and federal states, who mostly conduct yearly mini-censuses to estimate the total population. The Interior Minister had to say:

This system doesn't work anymore. Dundorf needs, like all major countries, a decennial full census to correctly count how many citizens are there and to ensure quality services. It'll come at a cost, but a very small one. This government feels strongly about this.

The preliminary results of this census should be published at the end of this year, while complete data might take up to a couple years. In the past year, the Statistical Office began recruiting and training over 180.000 census workers. Among them, there are people with different tasks: those who will design the questionnaire, those who will supervise the administration of it and those who will analyze the data received. Every Dundorfian family will receive, in the next couple of months, an official letter containing the census questionnaire, to be filled and sent back within two weeks. If someone doesn't send the data back they will be contacted physically by a team of volunteers and if even then the questionnaire isn't filled, a fine will be issued.

"Our priority is the total national population figure", said Mr. Glueck, "so the work of these excellent census workers will be to give that number as soon as possible at the end of the year". The population data are so badly needed, says a source close to the government, because the Interior Ministry intends to proceed with a reform of Dundorf's states and complete a reapportionment of seats in the Bundestag. When asked about this, Mr. Glueck said: "We're working to create new Federal States which will better serve local interests, everyone knows this has been a priority of the Conservative Federal Party".