2010 Census Fundamental Building Blocks Of A Successful Enumeration Face Challenges
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2010 Census: Fundamental Building Blocks of a Successful Enumeration Face Challenges
The decennial census is used to apportion congressional seats, redraw congressional districts, and allocate billions of dollars in fed. assistance. The 2010 Census was designated a high-risk area in part because of problems with the performance of handheld computers used to collect data. The Census Bureau has since strengthened its risk mgmt. efforts and made other improvements. This testimony discusses the Bureau's readiness for 2010 and covers: (1) importance of reliable cost estimates; (2) building a complete and accurate address list; (3) following up on missing and conflicting responses to ensure accuracy; (4) targeting outreach to undercounted populations; and (5) designing, testing, and implementing technology for the census.
2010 Census
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
language: en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date: 2018-05-18
2010 Census: Fundamental Building Blocks of a Successful Enumeration Face Challenges
2010 Census: Census Bureau Continues to Make Progress in Mitigating Risks to a Successful Enumeration, But Still Faces Various Challenges
The decennial census produces data used to apportion congressional seats, redraw congressional districts, and help allocate billions of dollars in federal assistance. In March 2008, the 2010 Census was designated a high-risk area in part because of info. tech. (IT )shortcomings. The U.S. Census Bureau (CB) has since strengthened its risk management efforts and made other improvements. This testimony discusses the Bureau's readiness for 2010 and covers: (1) the delivery of key IT systems, (2) preliminary findings on the results of address canvassing and the lessons learned from that operation that can be applied to subsequent field operations, and (3) the CB's progress in improving its cost estimation abilities. Charts and tables.