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Introduction
Pages 7-10

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... Others have suggested that the use of decennial census administrative records, especially cost data that result from various internal audits that are conducted, may be useful as an evaluation tool. The panel has not explored this matter in any depth to date.
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From page 8...
... The panel's charge for this first interim report required predicting, to the best of its ability in late 1999, the alternative designs that will be the most promising candidates for the 2010 census. (Given the testing cycle, this means predicting the primary alternatives for the 2010 census as viewed in 2004.)
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... Although these dimensions are useful as a starting point, the panel recognizes that they do not fully describe all the promising alternative designs for the 2010 census. THE PANEL'S ACTIVITIES TO DATE In the time available, the panel has been able to schedule two full panel meetings, for which the Census Bureau provided presentations on future census designs, the American Community Survey, census 2000 address list Three presentations at the panel's first meeting were especially helpful: the future of sampling in the census, by Alan Zaslavsky; the future use of administrative records in the census, by John Czajka; and anticipated advances in technology relevant to the census, by panel members Daryl Pregibon and Michael Meyer.
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... The next three sections cover the key topics noted above: the master trace sample; the 2000 census research experiments, especially the experiment on administrative records; and the 2000 census data systems. In addition, although the main charge to the panel for this report focused on the plans for auxiliary data collection for the 2000 census, the broader charge is to examine alternative designs for the 2010 census, and consistent with the broader charge, the final two sections cover other 2000 census issues and planning for the 2010 census and the ACS survey.
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