(CNSNews.com) -- Information technology problems at the U.S. Census Bureau could cause inaccuracies in this year's constitutionally mandated count of the U.S. population, according to government auditors.
"IT problems place the efficiency and accuracy of Non-Response Follow-Up at risk and final decennial costs remain uncertain," said Judith Gordon, the principal assistant inspector general for Audit and Evaluation at the Department of Commerce, in testimony before Congress last week.
Non-Response Follow-Up (NRFU) is the Census Bureau's program for sending people into the field to count people who have not returned mailed Census forms. The NRFU is the Census Bureau's largest operation and involves personally interviewing millions of people nationwide. |