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2000 Census: New Data Capture System Progress and Risks

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Feb. 4, 2000
Report No. AIMD-00-61
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Summary:

The 2000 decennial census--the largest peacetime mobilization in the nation's history--will significantly influence the lives of every U.S. resident. In preparation, the Census Bureau will be staffing 1.35 million temporary field positions to capture 1.5 billion pages of data from about 119 million households. To meet this massive challenge, the Bureau plans to rely heavily on information technology, including its new Data Capture System 2000. The system will operate at four data capture centers to check in, digitally image, and optically read the data handwritten onto census forms and covert these data into files that will be sent to Bureau headquarters for tabulation and analysis. This report discusses the state and quality of the system as well as the risks that the Bureau faces in successfully completing the system.

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