Why isn't the Census 100 percent online?
Ok - I just don't get it.
Why - towards the possible end of this financial crisis - are we still doing a Census through direct mail and wasting hundreds of millions of dollars?
The entire task can UNDOUBTEDLY be done for perhaps 20 percent of the current cost by handling it online. A database, some emailing, server capacity and some analytics and the entire Census could probably be executed within 10 business days for 20 cents on the dollar.
Obviously, the US owns the Postal System - so they kick-back some revenue there to the USPS. There's also the government's ability to over-complicate. And let's not forget the fear of the web the government's had for years.
Again - I just don't get it. Do we want tax-dollar efficiency - and data timeliness - or do we just want to create work and kick-back dollars to the USPS. I guess I'll never know.
The Future of the Census
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/16/the-future-of-the-census/?test=latestnews
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Why - towards the possible end of this financial crisis - are we still doing a Census through direct mail and wasting hundreds of millions of dollars?
The entire task can UNDOUBTEDLY be done for perhaps 20 percent of the current cost by handling it online. A database, some emailing, server capacity and some analytics and the entire Census could probably be executed within 10 business days for 20 cents on the dollar.
Obviously, the US owns the Postal System - so they kick-back some revenue there to the USPS. There's also the government's ability to over-complicate. And let's not forget the fear of the web the government's had for years.
Again - I just don't get it. Do we want tax-dollar efficiency - and data timeliness - or do we just want to create work and kick-back dollars to the USPS. I guess I'll never know.
The Future of the Census
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/16/the-future-of-the-census/?test=latestnews
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