March 26, 2002
GERMANTOWN, Maryland, USA - In 1997 the Bureau of Census contracted with IBM to have the Armonk, NY-based technology company develop, implement and run American FactFinder. IBM has retained Fenestra Technologies Corporation to help prepare printed reports for American FactFinder, the electronic system for accessing and disseminating U.S. Census Bureau data over the Internet.
More than 1,000 tables and 52 books summarizing 2000 Decennial Census data will be generated in this project. The Generalized Instrument Design System (GIDS) software, built by Fenestra for the 2002 Economic Census, will be modified to support the Decennial Census publishing phase.
The technology streamlines collecting, capturing, extracting, analyzing and presenting huge amounts of content in a variety of customized forms and reports across multiple paper and online channels.
About the Decennial Census: This survey, taken in 2000 by the U.S. Census Bureau, yields a wealth of data about 115.9 million housing units and 281.4 million people across the United States.
About American FactFinder: American FactFinder provides Census data products to meet a variety of data needs for different segments of the data user community. Various media are created including CD Rom, Internet, DVD and printed reports. American FactFinder was formerly known as the Data Access and Dissemination System (DADS), and can be accessed through www.census.gov
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About Fenestra Technologies: Fenestra researches, designs and deploys practical and turnkey solutions for highly complex content problems. Using a "triage" approach, the firm deepens feature sets and accelerates faster implementation cycles.
Core competencies include forms creation and processing, data collection and validation, complex typography formatting, and the creation of dynamic, scalable and flexible data management solutions for both electronic and paper purposes.
The U.S. Census Bureau continues to partner with Fenestra (since the early ‘90’s), and companies including IBM, ExxonMobil, and Advanced Productivity Software have also retained the firm for specialty expertise.
Contact:
Fenestra Technologies Corporation
Jane O. Smith, 301/916-8800 x 206
jane@fenestra.com