Bureau of the Census, Procurement Office, FOB #3, Room 1541, Washington,(Suitland, MD) DC 20233

B -- CONFIDENTIALITY STUDY FOR AMERICAN FACTFINDER SYSTEM DUE 083199 POC Douglas R. Clift, 301-457-1818; Joan Bernard, 301-457-8507 The purpose of this announcement is to provide notification of the U.S. Bureau of the Census' intent to award a sole source simplified acquisition to the Carnegie Mellon University to perform and audit of the American FactFinder system that will be used to disseminate Census information to the public. Carnegie Mellon University staff, Dr. George T. Duncan and Dr. Stephen F. Roehrig, possess superior knowledge and expertise of statistical confidentiality methods that are necessary to perform an autit of the American FactFinder system and have worked jointly in the past on numerous theoretical and applied aspects of statistical dosclosure control. As provided above, the U.S. Bureau of the Census anticipates awarding a sole source simplified acquisition for these services. Therefore, solicitation documents are not available. See Note 22. Posted 08/13/99 (W-SN367571). (0225)

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