Government Computer News (GCN) is reporting that cabling-integration firm Automated Systems Design (ASD) was contracted to install the cabling for some 500 temporary offices for the Census Bureau as that government entity ramped up for its data-collection efforts this year--the promotion of which has even included a SuperBowl ad.
The GCN report details the projects' multiple challenges, including geographic dispersion, short turnaround times, and diversity of office space. "Some buildings were modern, while others were historic structures with tricky floor plans for running cable," GCN reported.
What caught my eye was the plan for the local offices and their information-technology infrastructures to be uninstalled once workers complete their data collection.
If you've been around long enough you've heard me rant about abandoned cable. Then rant again. And again.
Automated Systems Design's (ASD) vice president of sales Barbara Eskew, who is quoted in the GCN report, told me the government did not contract with her firm to remove the cabling systems once the Census project is over. She was given a "wait-and-see" response rather than including removal in the installation contract. Now that doesn't necessarily mean the Census Bureau will be guilty of abandoning the cable from its 500-plus temporary offices. It may use other labor to do the removal, or call ASD later in the year and schedule the appropriate removal.
Heck, the bureau may decide to tag the cable for future use. Census data is taken every 10 years, isn't it?
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