Released: March 19, 2010
Census tracks mail, raising fears among some
Source: Jean Spencer, Wall Street Journal (Paid Registration)
Census Bureau officials are counting on an advanced postal tracking system to speed up responses and save the government millions of dollars in follow-up letters and visits by census takers.
But some privacy advocates and lawmakers are troubled by the tracking system, which they say oversteps privacy bounds.
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