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 2004-11-17 monographic deposited born digital 36 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-86 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-86 P0b002ee180392dbf f:d0586 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-86 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-86 GAO-05-86 Census Data collection Data integrity Decision making Government information dissemination Quality control Standards and standardization Standards evaluation Statistical data 2000 Decennial Census 2010 Decennial Census Census Bureau American Community Survey 1990 Decennial Census Other Written Product A13536 Data from the decennial census are used to apportion and redistrict seats in the House of Representatives, distribute billions of dollars of federal funds, and guide the planning and investment decisions of the public and private sectors. Given the importance of these data, it is essential that they meet high quality standards before they are distributed to the public. After questions arose about the quality of certain data from the 2000 Census, the requesters asked GAO to review U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) standards on the quality of data disseminated to the public. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-86/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-86.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-86/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-86.pdf GAO-05-86 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-86 Other Written Product GAO-05-86; Data Quality: Census Bureau Needs to Accelerate Efforts to Develop and Implement Data Quality Review Standards; Census Data collection Data integrity Decision making Government information dissemination Quality control Standards and standardization Standards evaluation Statistical data 2000 Decennial Census 2010 Decennial Census Census Bureau American Community Survey 1990 Decennial Census Public Law 106-554