A door knocker carries a U.S. Census Bureau messenger bag outside a home in Winter Park, Fla., in 2020. (John Raoux | AP)The Trump administration has put in place a new acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, NPR has learned. In January, the bureau’s previous director — Robert Santos, a nominee of former President Joe Biden — decided to cut short his five-year term. Trump official tells census workers Congress has final say over the count, not Trump Days after the president’s call for a “new” census, the top official overseeing the Census Bureau told employees that Congress, not Trump, has final say over the tally, NPR has exclusively learned. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos is resigning, making way for Trump’s pick Census Bureau Director Robert Santos is resigning, giving President Trump an early opportunity to nominate an appointee to lead the bureau during key preparations for the 2030 census.