Article: Census Bureau to test handheld computers in Southwest Georgia.

M2 PRESSWIRE-16 April 2004-US CENSUS BUREAU: Census Bureau to test handheld computers in Southwest Georgia(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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U.S. Census Bureau workers will swap pencils and clipboards for handheld computers beginning April 24 in the next phase of its 2004 Census Test in Georgia's Colquitt, Thomas and Tift counties.

During the nonresponse follow-up operation, census workers will use the handheld computers to collect information from households that did not return their questionnaires by mail.

The enumerators will enter respondents' answers to the census test questions in the computers and submit completed ...

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