Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Next year's census will be unlike any
other done before because it will use handheld computers with
GPS tracking devices to take home and address information.
Philadelphia Regional Census Center Deputy Regional Director Ted
Roman says the 2000 census was taken on all paper, including
paper forms and paper maps. Pittsburgh is a part of the
Philadelphia Regional Census Center. The computers are being
used in order to create the most accurate data possible. Roman
says the information entered will be transmitted on an hourly
basis to the control database as encrypted files to ensure
security and anonymity. Keeping information security is a
primary goal for the Census Bureau. The questionnaires, which
will be sent to all valid addresses in March 2010, will list
seven simple topics that include name, race and age.