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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. What is the #%&kin' problem?!! by krygny · · Score: 1, Troll

    I read TFA. But it's still a mystery to me why things like this are so difficult. Same shit with voting machines. Why can't anyone develop a computerized voting system that exceeds every attribute of all other voting systems (inexpensive, simple, open, secure, reliable, maintainable, anonymous, auditable, etc.)?

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  2. Re:It's all borrowed anyway... by Serge_Tomiko · · Score: 0, Troll

    Umm, are you talking about the Articles of Confederation?

    That didn't go over so well, as I recall. There is reason the constitution was ratified.

    Anyway, good luck calling for a new constitutional convention!