FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2004
MEDIA ADVISORY -- U.S. Census Bureau Replaces Clipboards With Handheld Computers in Southwest Georgia Census Test
Contact:
Dave McMahon
Public Information Office
301-763-3691/763-6340 (fax)
301-457-1037 (TDD)
e-mail: <pio@census.gov>
Release Information
What:
The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a news
conference to discuss and demonstrate handheld computers now being
used by census workers in the 2004 Census Test, underway in Colquitt,
Thomas and Tift counties in Georgia. During the test, census workers
will use handheld computers instead of clipboards and pencils, to
collect information from respondents at households not returning
their questionnaires by mail.
Who:
James F. Holmes, U.S. Census Bureau's Atlanta
regional director
Noland Deas, Thomasville Local Census Office manager
When:
Friday, April 16, 10 a.m. EDT
Where:
U.S. Census Bureau
Thomasville Local Census Office
Courthouse Federal Building (2nd Floor, Room 208)
404 N. Broad St.
Thomasville, Ga. 31792-8105
