From: FedScoop
Billy Mitchell
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Census IT draws doubts
New to the High-Risk List in 2017, the 2020 Decennial Census has lawmakers fearing the endeavor will not only be costly, like in 2010, but potentially inaccurate due to IT concerns and lack of testing.
“They have a series of innovations that are very important potential innovations that can have huge cost savings implications if they work out…at the same time they are cancelling tests in the field for later this year and into 2018,” said Chris Mihm, GAO’s managing director of strategic issues. “They need to make sure that they’re able to have these innovations … be able to work together in concert in census-taking operations.”
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