US Census Bureau
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the US Census Bureau office now open in American Samoa, the federal agency will start hiring staff later this year; and early next year, it will begin to send out field staff to identify places where people live, followed by data collection.
This is according to the...
![ASG Commerce Department director, Keniseli Lafaele [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Lafaele%206495_13.jpg?itok=YopmaByz "ASG Commerce Department director, Keniseli Lafaele [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2017 Economic Census, which is carried out every five years, officially got underway this past week as the US Census Bureau began notifying businesses nationwide by mail with instructions on how to complete the survey online.
According to the Census Bureau, only...