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(Bureau of the Census' Procedures fc= the 1980 Decennial
Census]. GGD-79-7; B-78395. November S, 1978. 3 pp. + 2
enclosures (14 pp.).
Report to Rep. illiarA Lehman, Chairman, House Committee on Post
Office and Civil Service: Census and Population Subcommittee; by
Elmer B. Staats, Cemptroller General.
Issue Area: Statistical and Paperwork lmnlications of
Non-Federal Data (3100); Accounting and Financial Reporting
(2800).
Contact: General Government Div.
Budget Function: Ccmmerce and Tranescrtaticn: Other Advancement
and Reqglation of Commerce (403)
Orqanization Concerned: Bureau of the Census; repartment cf
Commerce.
Conqressional Relevance: House Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service: Census and Populaticn Subcommittee. Eep.
William Lehman.
For the 1980 Decennial Census of Populaticn and
Housing, the Bureau of the Census plans to spemd more than four
t:imes the $222 ml4lion it spent for the 1970 census, without
assurance that there will be an appreciakle improvement in the
data collected. More than $300 million of the estimated increase
is attributable to inflation and to a larger wcrkload because of
the increased population. The remainder is for procidures that
the Bureau hopes will reduce the populatioD undercount for
miucrities and improve the quality and usefulness cf the data.
Be-ause census data affect the distrbuticn of billions of
do'.lars in Federal funds, there has been great pressure for the
Bureau to increase the statistical visibility cf various
secments of the population. The budgeting for the decennial
census is, in some cases, based on inaccurate or inadequate
data, and the costs for ,certain decennial trcjects are not
accurately recorded. TI'e Bureau determined that it would be
better to purchase m new mailing list for the 1980 census than
to incur the costs and processing protlems of updating the 1970
list. The Bureau has used the 1970 mailing list for intercensual
surveys, but there is no estimate of savings from this use.
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