Budget cuts could hit handheld plans for 2010 census

19.07.2006

The costs of the census and of the handheld program have been called into question by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), chairman of a subcommittee on federal financial management. He has urged the bureau to conduct its census online, following the practice of Canada and several other countries. Coburn is concerned that the 2010 census is expected to cost more than $11 billion, almost twice the cost of the 2000 census, an aide said.