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US Census Bureau News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDY, APRIL 20, 2004
       
    Dave McMahon CB04-CT.12
    Public Information Office  
    (301) 763-3030/457-3670 (fax)  
    (301) 457-1037 (TDD)  
    e-mail: pio.@census.gov  
       
**U.S. CENSUS BUREAU MEDIA ADVISORY**
 

U.S. Census Bureau Replaces Clipboards
With Handheld Computers in Northwest Queens 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 northwest Queens neighborhoods. 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: Tony Farthing, U.S. Census Bureau’s New York regional director
     
  When: Friday, April 23, 10 a.m. EDT
     
  Where: LaGuardia Airport Marriott Hotel
Jackson Heights/ Ridgewood Room
102-05 Ditmars Blvd.
East Elmhurst, N.Y.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Public Information Office |  Last Revised: August 09, 2007