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Totally fair, but to play devil's advocate for a split second, let's not forget that the Census Dept has to make people aware of itself and get people to give t
by jonnathanson 9y ago
Totally fair, but to play devil's advocate for a split second, let's not forget that the Census Dept has to make people aware of itself and get people to give their info willingly and within timelines, given no real incentive to do so.
Facebook, Amazon, and Google are collecting info that is willingly passed their way.
We are probably talking about buying data entry and management bloatware from a big mediocre enterprise contractor and then integrating the monstrosity.
- drc500free 9y agoTotally agree... Private sector just isn't going to serve people with a negative ROI and stay in business. Facebook's costs would skyrocket if they had to chase down the last 10-20% of the population necessary for comprehensive coverage. These are all structural issues with solving the problem, before we even get to a procurement process that picks a mediocre LPTA contractor instead of Google.