First, that's just for 2017. Each progressive year before 2020 will be even higher. Second, the link below to the 2017 budget details provides some detailed an

First, that's just for 2017. Each progressive year before 2020 will be even higher. Second, the link below to the 2017 budget details provides some detailed answers: https://www2.census.gov/about/budget/FY2017-census-budget-summary.pdf https://www2.census.gov/about/budget/FY2017-census-budget-su... General budget page: https://www.census.gov/about/budget.html https://www.census.gov/about/budget.html tl;dr - the $778 million is for a wide range of modernization efforts, not just "computers".