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4 Considerations for the 2010 Census
Pages 47-50

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... By management information system is meant the various software systems that manage and monitor, somewhat interactively, the mailout-mailback process, nonresponse follow-up, field enumerator hiring and firing and compensation, questionnaire data capture, and other major census processes. We don't know the full extent to which these systems need to interoperate, but at least some modest degree of interaction is required, for example between the Master Address File (MAF)
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From page 48...
... • Use of periodic system checkpoints to monitor and analyze software systems for intrusions or unauthorized manipulations of data. • Strict control over handheld devices, including their inventory, individual device identification, and permission to operate (turn them on, turn them off, enable data transfer, disable data transfer, etc.)
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From page 49...
... are for it to function primarily as a means for assisting the public in making correct responses to the census form, in particular for complicated situations involving residence rules or responses to the race and ethnicity questions. In addition, this is a method for people to obtain assistance in filling out the census questionnaire when English is not their primary language.
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From page 50...
... This could be especially important if the hourly wages of field enumerators increase substantially in 2010, since collection of such information may importantly reduce the cost of the nonresponse follow-up. If this change is not implemented in 2010, the Census Bureau should collect sufficient information to carry out an evaluation after the census is completed as to the percentage of callers to TQA who ultimately sent back their census questionnaires to estimate the additional nonresponse follow-up costs due to the lack of collection of the entire census questionnaire over the telephone.
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