This report responds to your request to review the funding of 2000 Census planning and development efforts and the impact it had on census operations. Total funding for the 2000 Census, referred to as the life cycle cost, covers a 13-year period from fiscal year 1991 through fiscal year 2003 and is expected to total about $6.5 billion adjusted to 2000 year dollars. This amount was almost double the reported life cycle cost of the 1990 Census of $3.3 billion adjusted to 2000 year dollars. Current life cycle unadjusted cost estimates of the 2010 Census range from $10 billion to $12 billion. Considering these escalating costs, the experience of the U.S. Census Bureau in preparing for the 2000 Census offers valuable insights for the planning and development effort now occurring for the 2010 Census. This report is part of a series of GAO studies on lessons to be learned from the 2000 Census that can help bureau efforts to conduct an accurate and cost-effective census in 2010.
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