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2010 Census faces major IT challenges

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Plans for the 2010 Census are behind schedule for the $14 billion count--the most expensive Census in the nation's history. The GAO warned that the "decreasing time available for completing end-to-end testing increases" the risk that testing of key operations will not be completed on time. The count begins on April 1, 2010, and must be completed by Dec. 31, 2010; there are already flares being sent up about technical problems that must be solved before the head count begins in a year. Article