US Census Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2004

Dave McMahon

CB04-CT.10

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**U.S. CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**

U.S. Census Bureau Replaces Clipboards
With Handheld Computers in Southwest Georgia Census Test

	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

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