US COMPANY AWARDED 2011 CENSUS CONTRACT
Hot on the heels of the recent shambles ,caused by the SATS test marking, another American company has been awarded a £150 million contract to help with the 2011 census.
Despite fears over US intelligence gaining access to the census data, Lockheed Martin have been awarded Britain’s 2011 census contract.
The contract awarded by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), will mean that Lockheed Martin will provide services including a customer contact centre, questionnaire printing and data capture and processing. It is valued at around £150million, which is approximately one third budget for the census.
Controversy surrounds the decision as any US-based company is subject to the US Patriot Act, which allows the US government to gain access to any data that is held by the company.
Campaigners have warned this could give the US government access to data on the UK’s entire population.
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