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Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has told Congress that the U.S. Census is abandoning plans to have its field agents use handheld computers to collect information about the millions of residents who won't return census forms in the mail. Instead, the agency will resort to time-tested, highly reliable technology: paper and pencil. “As I have said before, the situation today is unacceptable, and we have been taking steps to… Read More

The next census is still two years away, but already there are worries that delays could be caused by cost overruns in a program that will employ handheld devices and a secure network to collectdata, the Washington Post has reported.   The wireless handheld devices would be employed for Field Data Collection Automation (FDCA), the collectionof data from those who don’t return census forms, then the network would automatically update… Read More