The answer to John Whittington's question may be on this National Statistics page
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census/2011census/collectingtheinfo/workingsuppliers.asp.
Looks like there are only two contractors in place to bid for the data capture and associated systems work - one of which is Lockheed Martin.
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From: email list for Radical Statistics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Whittington
Sent: 14 August 2007 14:38
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Subject: Re: Lockheed Martin shortlisted for Census
At 13:41 14/08/07 +0100, Janet Shapiro wrote (in small part):
>Lockheed Martin is one of the shortlisted contractors to provide data
>capture and storage services for the 2011 Census, ....
>......The petition - to be found at the url below - is worded as follows:
>"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to stop the involvement
>of arms company Lockheed Martin in the 2011 Census for England and
>Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, because this company's history of
>working in American military intelligence will undermine public
>confidence in the Census process."
Janet, are you in a position to share with us the identities of the other shortlisted contractors, in order that we might attempt to judge their relative merits/demerits, rather than pass judgment on one of them out of that context?
Kind Regards,
John
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