Article: Census considers a smaller role for decennial count contractor.(Census Bureau on Harris Corporation)

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August 11, 2009
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Byline: Gautham Nagesh, gnagesh@govexec.com

The Census Bureau is considering significantly reducing the role of Florida-based contractor Harris Corp. in the 2010 decennial count, Capitol Hill sources said on Thursday.

Comment on this article in The Forum.A final estimate delivered by Harris last week indicated that the cost of the contract to automate data collection for the 2010 census may be significantly greater than the $681 million estimated by nonprofit government contractor MITRE Corp. in May, setting the stage for a showdown.

Harris' final estimate put the total cost of providing the agency with handheld computers and technology to ...

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