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Census swag costs, finally revealed: $22.7 million

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By TERI SFORZA Samantha O'Neil, of the Census Bureau Public Information Office, told us. "We cannot provide detailed pricing information on promotion item costs because the information constitutes a trade secret of our main contractor -- DRAFT FCB." As we fitfully prepared to file our Freedom of Information Act Request, we got a phone call from a good-humored man named Stephen L. Buckner. Buckner begged our pardon and proceeded to answer our questions. The good news is that the U.S. Census Bureau did not spend $1 billion on swag! And that the public information we asked for is, indeed, public! To read the complete article from The OC Register, please click here.

Full post as published by The Trade Secrets Vault on April 16, 2010 (boomark / email).

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