I worked for the census in it's first phase as an Enumerator. This unit is a dog. It's slow; freezes often; and has been determined to be inadequate for the performance requirements for which it was designed. Purportedly, the census, having been broken down into 13 phases, it has been determined that this unit was incapable of performing all phases, as was desired. Instead it was only used for two or those phases (Enumeration and Auditing of the enumeration process), and nothing beyond. All monies supposedly expected to be saved, compared to the last census, is now wasted, and the prospective costs instead of saving money, is going to make it more expensive to the tune of about 2.2 - 3 Billion dollars. And that's the low ball figure.
Food for thought;
1) The company who received the contract is Based in Melbourne Fla.and received the contract in 2006 (Jeb Bush was Governor). 2) The Harris Corp was a large contributor to the Republican Party, and Republican candidates and causes. 3) The Republican Party has been known to be a constant antagonist to the census, and anything that may bring about and accurate and comprehensive population figures. Draw your own conclusions as to why. Just do the math.
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John Santomasso @ Jun 30th 2009 1:16PM
I worked for the census in it's first phase as an Enumerator. This unit is a dog. It's slow; freezes often; and has been determined to be inadequate for the performance requirements for which it was designed. Purportedly, the census, having been broken down into 13 phases, it has been determined that this unit was incapable of performing all phases, as was desired. Instead it was only used for two or those phases (Enumeration and Auditing of the enumeration process), and nothing beyond. All monies supposedly expected to be saved, compared to the last census, is now wasted, and the prospective costs instead of saving money, is going to make it more expensive to the tune of about 2.2 - 3 Billion dollars. And that's the low ball figure.
Food for thought;
1) The company who received the contract is Based in Melbourne Fla.and received the contract in 2006 (Jeb Bush was Governor).
2) The Harris Corp was a large contributor to the Republican Party, and Republican candidates and causes.
3) The Republican Party has been known to be a constant antagonist to the census, and anything that may bring about and accurate
and comprehensive population figures. Draw your own conclusions as to why. Just do the math.
http://fcw.com/articles/2008/04/10/late-requirements-sank-census-handhelds.aspx
http://www.tampabay.com/news/science/article432846.ece?comments=legacy
http://www.mytwocensus.com/tag/harris/
cocoviper @ Jun 30th 2009 1:44PM
Yes because in the history of governments both in the US and the rest of the world, only Republicans are the inefficient wasteful ones!
Give me a break- the problem isn't the piece of government under one party it's the entire thing.
Dead_Rebel @ Jun 30th 2009 3:45PM
The same could be said for my unit.