http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/ Engadget Comments for Census Bureau to use HTC handhelds in 2010 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/
Looks like "fuzzy math" to me :) Or at least they determined it to cost less before they determined it to cost more...ala some other Prez candidate who voted for a bill before he voted against it...

Typical Government crap. Just what I wanted to hear as I'm doing my 2005 taxes.]]>Apr 4th 2006 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/
Yes, that is at the University of Central Florida]]>Apr 4th 2006 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Yes, heaven forbid they listen to the Crackberry fanatics and force the tax payers to pay for two devices capable of the same function.]]>Apr 4th 2006 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/
A Census Bureau worker interviewed me for over an hour a 3 weeks ago and didn't use any paper forms. She was filling in forms on a sleek little IBM/Lenova laptop.]]>Apr 4th 2006 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/
"Harris Corp., which won a $600 million contract to run the field operation."

"the total cost for the 2010 census is still expected to be as much as $12 million"

Is there a typo somewhere?]]>Apr 4th 2006 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/-Czo]]>Apr 4th 2006 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 4th 2006 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/
In summation, unless things have changed structurally, I have little confidence that high-tech can actually improve things. ]]>Apr 4th 2006 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/
jfb3--you were participating in one of the many surveys the census conducts throughout the decade, the american community survey. census has transitioned away from paper acs questionnaires for many years now.]]>Apr 4th 2006 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/
First were Hitachi, then Toshiba.

Handhelds are definitely an improvement though. ]]>Apr 5th 2006 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/Apr 5th 2006 6:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/04/census-bureau-to-use-htc-handhelds-in-2010/
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