1.  He said poverty and unemployment measurements that had long used adjusted data could rely on the more accurate head count.

2.  Most Democrats and civil rights groups claim that adjusted data offer a better count of minorities than the actual head count data available now.

3.  Adjusted data, if approved, could have wide implications.

4.  Adjusted data, if approved, could be used to redistribute and redraw political district lines.

5.  Barron told Evans in a memo there were too many problems with adjusted data, and not enough time to determine if the discrepancies could be remedied before redistricting.

6.  Both parties agree that district lines drawn with adjusted data could add more minorities, which likely would mean the addition of more Democrats to voter rolls.

7.  Bureau officials have rejected requests to publicly release state and local-level adjusted data, insisting more analysis is necessary.

8.  But last year the bureau twice recommended against adjusted data.

9.  Commerce Secretary Don Evans has not decided whether adjusted data would be released for other purposes.

10.  Commerce Secretary Don Evans has not decided whether adjusted data would be released for that purpose.