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Washington Post is Colby.

Hi, it's Stephanie McCreement from the Washington Post.

This is Post Reports.

I'm Martin Powers.

It's Wednesday, April 3rd.

Today, cybersecurity and the 2020 census, how Trump appointees helped the makers of a

dangerous driller fight off a recall and in illegal sports in India.

The US is still dealing with the fallout from Russian interference in the 2016 election,

and some people fear that the 2020 election might also be at risk.

But cybersecurity experts are worried about something else too.

Next year's census for the first time, they are hoping that most people will fill it out

online.

And not only that, but when the enumerators come to the house to follow up with people

who haven't responded, they are going to be intaking information with handheld iPhone

aids rather than paper.

Tara Bambore covers demographics for the post, and she's been reporting on the 2020 census,

and why the census bureau is making this big change.

Because it will save money, assuming everything goes well.

Yes, I mean, a lot can go wrong with new systems, and as we know, a lot can go wrong

with digital information and security and making sure that everything's stored well and

doesn't get lost and also doesn't get hacked.

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