From Nextgov.com: Census pushes for $795 million for handhelds

Cost is lower than previous estimate, but bureau still faces developing and paying for fingerprinting up to 1 million workers for 2010 count .

The Census Bureau and the prime contractor in charge of developing handhelds to collect new addresses for the 2010 decennial census are close to finalizing the terms of the controversial contract, sources familiar with the negotiations tell Nextgov.com.

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