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Census Bureau To Scrap Handhelds — Cost $3 Billion

Posted by kdawson on from the one-two-three-many dept.

GovTechGuy writes "The Census Bureau will tell a House panel today that it will drop plans to use handheld computers to help count Americans for the 2010 census, increasing the cost for the decennial census by as much as $3 billion, according to testimony the Commerce Department secretary plans to give this afternoon."

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  1. Re:What a mess-- INSANE by bencoder · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That is over 1 million per computer!

    In 2006, the Census Bureau awarded a $595 million contract to Harris Corp. to develop more than 525,000 handheld computers

    What?

    595,000,000 / 525,000 = ~1000

    about $1000 per computer is a bit more reasonable wouldnt you say?

  2. Bzzzt, wrong! by spun · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sorry, the reality of the situation is that due to private industry malfeasance, the government will have to do things the same old way, and won't be saving the money they hoped to. So take your loonitarian anti-government attitude and shove it, because once again, it is a corporation that is to blame.

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