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  • April 2008

    • Census Bureau Downgrades Back to Paper

      nextgov.com  |  Apr 3, 08 6:56 PM CDT

      Census Bureau Downgrades Back to Paper

      (Newser) - The 2010 US census was meant to be a high-tech affair, NextGov.com reports, but the Census Bureau today ditched plans to use hand-held computers. The agency will return to plain old paper after "a lack of effective communication" derailed efforts by Harris Corp. to come up with devices to record data from the estimated 1 million who don't mail back their forms. More »

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      technology  • Census Bureau  • bureaucracy  • census  • bureaucratic blunders  • Carlos Gutierrez

  • March 2008

    • Tourism Busts Pre-9/11 Record

      Reuters  |  Mar 11, 08 3:00 AM CDT

      Tourism Busts Pre-9/11 Record

      (Newser) - Nearly 57 million foreign tourists visited the US last year, pumping more than $123 billion into the economy, Reuters reports. It's the first time a tourism record has been broken since the 9/11 attacks staggered the industry. Some 17.7 million visitors traveled from Canada and 15 million from Mexico. Some of the increase is fueled by the weak dollar. More »

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      Japan  • United States  • Mexico  • Canada  • tourism  • Department of Commerce  • Carlos Gutierrez

  • September 2007

    • US Official: Embargo Kept Cuba From Meddling

      Reuters  |  Sep 20, 07 6:05 PM CDT

      US Official: Embargo Kept Cuba From Meddling

      (Newser) - The decades-old US trade embargo against Cuba has been "an absolute and resounding success," the Cuban-born US commerce secretary said today. Carlos Gutierrez told a Latin America conference that the policy has stopped the island's communist government from orchestrating military attacks. But the embargo, in place since 1962, has repeatedly come under fire from human rights groups and the UN. More »

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      Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Raul Castro  • dictatorship  • embargo  • Cuban embargo  • Carlos Gutierrez

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