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GGD-83-10 1 (1983-01-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdwh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S~!RO~gp Not to We , 1EWM. a I ~~i~j ff. xos 1 the #41*1 of BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL RELEASED Report To The Subcommittee On Census And Population Committee On Post Office And Civil Service, House Of Representatives OF THE UNITED STATES The Census Bureau Needs To Plan Now For A More Automated 1990 Decennial Census Decennial census data annually affect the distribution of billions of dollars and influence business and government decisionmaking. The Census Bureau is taking 2 to 3 years to publish the bulk of the 1980 census data. Users want the data sooner to avoid the potentially harmful effects of using outdated data. Processing 88 million questionnaires and 3 billion items of data is an enormous task, costing $271 mil- lion for the 1980 census. Although tabulation of data is highly automated, the processes for receiving and checking the preliminary data include many manual operations. Advances in automatic data processing technology now offer the opportunity to automate many of the manual operations and to possibly reduce future cen- sus processing time and costs. Six to 7 years are needed to prepare for a census. The Census Burea u's initial planning efforts for the 1990 census are not well organized. Better planning is needed or time will overtake the opportunity for changing the census operations from those of the 1980 census. The Commerce Department agreed with the report and has taken or plans to take positive actions. $0P 120570 7 GAO/GGD-83-10 CCOU< JANUARY 11, 1983

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