Final Audit Report : 2000 Decennial Census Address-Building Program May Become More Complex, Costly, And Counterproductive (Esd-9608-8-0001)

By Holmes, James F.

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Title:	Final Audit Report : 2000 Decennial Census Address-Building Program May Become More Complex, Costly, And Counterproductive (Esd-9608-8-0001)
Author:	Holmes, James F.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Department of Commerce and Labor Document, Commerce.
Collections:	Department of Commerce Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt
Excerpt: This is our final report on the Census 2000 Master Address File (MAF) building program. The bureau generally agreed with our recommendations. Its written response was considered and, where appropriate, is reflected in the final report. Our recommendations begin on page 9, and our specific comments on the bureau?s response begin on page 10. The bureau?s comments are attached as Appendix I. As required by DAO 213-5, please provide us with an audit action plan within 60 days.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, i -- INTRODUCTION, 1 -- PURPOSE AND SCOPE, 1 -- BACKGROUND, 2 -- OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS, 6 -- I. Dress Rehearsal Operation Is Working As Intended, but Office Operation Is Not -- Representative of Census 2000 Operations, 6 -- II. Problems With Enumerator Maps Need to Be Corrected, 7 -- III. Payroll/Personnel System for Census 2000 Needs to Be Evaluated, 11 -- IV. Major Problems Noted in the Advertising Campaign, 14 -- V. Computer Specialist Positions Were Difficult to Fill, 20 -- VI. Delivery of Office Materials Needs to Be Improved, 23 -- VII. Partnership Effort Needs to Be Sustained Throughout the Dress Rehearsal -- Activities, 27 -- VIII. Integrated Coverage Measurement Procedures and Reporting Need -- Improvement, 30 -- IX. Other Census Dress Rehearsal Programs Offered Lessons Learned, 33 -- A. Procedures and assignments required some unnecessary driving and cost, 33 -- B. Training can be improved, 34 -- C. Targeted outdoors enumeration does not appear to meet bureau?s -- selection criteria, 35 -- D. Be Counted forms and boxes were placed according to procedures, 36 -- E. Questionnaire Assistance Centers not heavily used, 37 -- X. Improvements are Needed in Some Key Administrative Operations, 39 -- A. Procedures for preparing, reviewing, and approving employee time -- sheets are not always followed, 39 -- B. Manual scheduling of tasks at Regional Census Center is burdensome, 40