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2000 Census: Update on Data Capture Operations and System

AIMD-00-324R Published: Sep 29, 2000. Publicly Released: Sep 29, 2000.
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Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Bureau of the Census' progress in: (1) performing first-pass data capture operations, including the performance of the Data Capture System 2000; (DCS) and (2) modifying DCS 2000 to perform planned second-pass data capture operations.

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