Article: Nextgov Breaking Story: Census Bureau to Scrap Handheld Computers for 2010.

Decision Will Increase Cost of 2010 Census by up to $3 billion

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Nextgov.com, an online publication of Government Executive Media Group, reports that Commerce Department Secretary Carlos Gutierrez will testify to a House panel that the Census Bureau will drop plans to use handheld computers to help count Americans for the 2010 census, increasing the cost for the decennial census by as much as $3 billion.

The full testimony, which will be delivered later today to the House Appropriations Committee on Commerce, Justice and Science, is available on http://www.nextgov.com/.

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