United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-01-29 monographic deposited born digital 28 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-287 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-287 P0b002ee1803a4d69 f:d03287 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-287 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-287 GAO-03-287 Census Data collection Population statistics Program evaluation Cost analysis Cost control 1990 Decennial Census 2000 Decennial Census Census Bureau Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Program Other Written Product A06024

To help measure the quality of the 2000 Census and to possibly adjust for any errors, the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) conducted the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (A.C.E.) program. However, after obligating around $207 million for A.C.E. and its predecessor program, Integrated Coverage Measurement (I.C.M.), from fiscal years 1996 through 2001, the Bureau did not use either program to adjust the census numbers. Concerned about the amount of money the Bureau spent on I.C.M. and A.C.E. programs and what was produced in return, the subcommittee asked us to review the objectives and results of the programs, the costs of consultants, and how best to track future coverage measurement activities. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-287/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-287.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-287/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-287.pdf GAO-03-287 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-287 Other Written Product GAO-03-287; 2000 Census: Coverage Measurement Programs' Results, Costs, and Lessons Learned; Census Data collection Population statistics Program evaluation Cost analysis Cost control 1990 Decennial Census 2000 Decennial Census Census Bureau Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Program Title 13 Section 195 13 U.S.C. 195 Public Law 105-18