Census Bureau Selects FedEx Over USPS

In barely a month, the Census Bureau will begin sending states details collected in the 2010 Census, enumerating inhabitants down to the block level. But in a theatrical touch, the data will be delivered overland to the states the day before it’s made public, mostly via Federal Express.”They’ve got very good tracking and next-day delivery,” McCully said of the selection of FedEx over the U.S. Postal Service, which will be tasked with delivering census data to Indian reservations.

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