Plans for Census 2000
By: QUARZO, Ann
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ArticlePublisher: New York : Elsevier, 2000Government Information Quarterly 17, 2, p. 97-120Abstract: This article generally describes the decade-long intensive effort to mobilize stakeholders, staff, and resources for planning and executing Census 2000. As with previous censuses, the goals of this effort are to achieve greater accuracy and cost containment while inviting the widest public participation in census history. This account emphasizes the research, design, development, and operational testing required to count each person in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the island areas of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It also discusses the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning the use of sampling for Congressional apportionment
This article generally describes the decade-long intensive effort to mobilize stakeholders, staff, and resources for planning and executing Census 2000. As with previous censuses, the goals of this effort are to achieve greater accuracy and cost containment while inviting the widest public participation in census history. This account emphasizes the research, design, development, and operational testing required to count each person in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the island areas of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. It also discusses the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning the use of sampling for Congressional apportionment
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