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The 2004 test was conducted in two locations: Thomas, Colquitt and Tift counties in south central Georgia and northwest Queens, New York. Background information related to the 2004 test is available on the FDCA Document Library (http://www.census.gov/procur/www/fdca/library.html).
The Census Bureau is providing the information below for purposes of communicating background information about the Census Bureau's approach to the 2004 test. The Census Bureau is not providing this information with the intent to specify a particular design approach for the 2010 census. Also, where available, we also are providing updated information, such as plans for the 2006 test, which reflect lessons learned from the 2004 test.
Aside from the source code used in development, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Project, Corel Word Perfect, and Acrobat Reader will be needed in order to view the documentation provided below.
The Census Bureau will NOT provide licenses for the various software packages required to review the information.
Help Desk
This section contains 2 documents:
- A high level summary of the problems reported during the 2004 test (Word / 61 kb)
- The Census Bureau's approach to support (PDF / 3.89 mb)
HHC Integration
This section contains detailed plans for integration and kitting of the 2006 Census Test equipment related to the mobile computing environment. (Word / 71 kb)
Requirements
This section contains the requirements associated with the following components of the 2004 test:
- Assignment Management System (AMS)
- Address Canvassing, 2006 Census Test, Field Requirements, Lister Production Requirements (Word / 133 kb)
- NRFU & NRFU Reinterview - User Specifications Baseline (Word / 133 kb)- Application Interfaces
- Acknowledgment File Layout (WordPerfect / 5 kb)
- Nonresponse Followup Output File Layouts for the 2004 Census Test (WordPerfect / 167 kb)
- Mail Return File Layout (WordPerfect / 6 kb)
- Surname File Layout (WordPerfect / 5 kb)
- Late Mail Return File Layout (WordPerfect / 4 kb)
- NRFU MaRCS Software Spec. (Word / 1.64 mb)
- NRFU Address File User Requirements Document (WordPerfect / 49 kb)- Handheld Equipment
- The 2006 Census Test HHC - The Dell Axim X50 Technical Detail Sheet (Word / 117 kb)- LAMI
- LAMI Mapping Component (PDF / 1.27 mb)
- 2006 LAMI (Version 4.0) Listing Function Specifications (PDF / 943 kb)- LCO Infrastructure
- 04 LAN Proposal (WordPerfect / 364 kb)
- Census 04 LCO Topology (Visio / 218 kb)
- Census 04 HQ LCO Topology (Visio / 164 kb)- LCO Office Automation Equipment
- 2004 Test - LAN Automation Manual (WordPerfect / 20.5 mb)
- LCO 04 Design (WordPerfect / 8 kb)- OCS Electronic
- Reinterview NRFU 2004 Report Requirements (Zip / 73 kb)
- NRFU 2004 Report Requirements (Zip / 174 kb)
- Address Canvassing, 2006 Requirements (Word / 130 kb)
- NRFU Reinterview OCS 2004 Specifications - Baseline (Word / 947 kb)
- NRFU OCS 2004 Specifications - Baseline (Word / 581 kb)- OCS Paper
- Address Canvassing 2004 Requirements (Zip / 156 kb)
- Update Leave 2004 Requirements (Zip / 296 kb)
- Group Quarters Validation 2004 Requirements (Zip / 257 kb)- Telecommunications System
- Simple Network (Visio / 167 kb)
- Census 04 Test Topology (Visio / 438 kb)Schedule
This section contains the 2004 Test Schedule. (MS Project / 2.69 mb)
Testing
This section contains test cases for the following 2004 Census Test operations:
- Address Canvassing (Word / 804 kb)
- Group Quarter Validation (Word / 1.23 mb)
- Non Response Follow Up (Word / 777 kb)
- Update Leave (Word / 846 kb)
It also contains:
- 2004 Census Integration Test Plan (Word / 179 kb)
- 2006 Address Canvassing Test Plan (Word / 309 kb)
- 2006 Address Canvassing Test Cases (Word / 963 kb)
Training Materials
This section contains manuals for the "Assistant Manager for Technology" (Zip / 2.72 mb), a position located in the LCOs for the 2004 and 2006 tests.
This section also includes Job Aides for "How To" complete functionality within the OCS application:
- Update Leave 04 Job Aids (Zip / 139 kb)
- NRFU 04 Job Aids (Zip / 528 kb)
- Reinterview NRFU 04 Job Aids (Zip / 414 kb)
- Group Quarter Validation 04 Job Aids (Zip / 184 kb)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Acquisition Division
Created: 4/27/2005
Last Revised: February 06, 2009
