**NOTICE: Foreign Nationals who plan to attend the 2010 DRIS Vendor
Conference must complete [Form BC-273 - Foreign National Visitor
Registration.](http://www.census.gov/procur/www/2010dris/bc273.pdf)**
**This form must be faxed to 301-457-8449 by July 2, 2004 for
processing.** Please provide information in items #1 through #12, but
skip #11.

Vendor Community:

We appreciate your interest in the U.S. Census Bureau's upcoming
procurement for the 2010 Census Decennial Response Integration System
(DRIS).

The Census Bureau will host a vendor conference on July 15, 2004 on the
upcoming DRIS acquisition. The conference will be at Census Bureau
Headquarters in the Federal Building 3, Morris Hansen Auditorium. The
registration will start at 8:00 a.m. with the main program from 10:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The agenda includes the following:

-   Overview of the acquisition as currently planned,

-   Census Bureau's unique security issues and requirements, and

-   Open forum for Q&A with Census Bureau DRIS subject matter experts.

\- We ask visitors to please report to the Census Bureau Main Gate at
least a half hour early due to security check-in procedures. Please have
at least one photo ID with you when entering the Guard's facility to
help expedite your check-in. Let us know, ahead of time, the mode of
transportation you will be using the day of the conference so we can
make the appropriate information available to the Guards.

\- A detailed agenda will be posted on the DRIS website by July 8 for
your information.

\- Remember, the cut off date for registering for the conference is
**July 8, 2004**.

\- We will make the conference slides available on the DRIS website
after the conference.

By attending the vendor conference, you will be able to ask questions of
the Contracting Officer and the subject matter experts who are
developing the requirements, as well as meet other attendees who might
be interested in teaming together for the DRIS contract.

At the vendor conference you will also be able to get a copy of a paper
test deck, dubbed the Digital Test Deck (DTD), that we created to
demonstrate the expected complexity of paper data capture for the 2010
Census. This test deck will only be available at the vendor conference,
and only those who submit written requests for a copy of the test deck
will be given one. (Note: Copies must be requested in writing before the
conference as described below.) *One set of the test deck forms is
available per company.* While the forms are in no way final, the Digital
Test Deck (DTD) will be representative of possible 2010 Census form
colors and will contain simulated data with computer-generated pen and
pencil marks.

+--------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| ### **Here's what you                      |           |             |
| do to attend the DRIS vendor conference:** |           |             |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| **What**                                   | **Cut Off | **Notes**   |
|                                            | Date**    |             |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| **R.S.V.P.** on behalf of your company and | July 8,   | We need to  |
| provide the names of each person attending | 2004      | know how    |
| from your company. (One email with         |           | many        |
| multiple entries is sufficient.)           |           | folders to  |
|                                            |           | prepare.    |
| Send the email to                          |           |             |
| [dscmo.2010.dris@cens                      |           | We also     |
| us.gov](../../../../../../../../C:/DOCUME~ |           | want a list |
| 1/test2000/LOCALS~1/Temp/DOCUME~1/test2000 |           | of          |
| /LOCALS~1/Temp/C.Notes.Data/Documents%20an |           | attendees   |
| d%20Settings/test2000/Local%20Settings/Tem |           | ahead of    |
| p/C.Notes.Data/dscmo.2010.dris@census.gov) |           | time to     |
| or call 301.763.8439.                      |           | shorten     |
|                                            |           | your wait   |
| Include DRIS RSVP in the subject line, and |           | at the      |
| include your name(s), the company's name,  |           | guards'     |
| your telephone number(s) and email(s) in   |           | desks.      |
| the body of the message.                   |           |             |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+
| Get a map or directions to the Census      | N/A       | Allow extra |
| Bureau Headquarters in Suitland, Maryland  |           | time for    |
| at                                         |           | parking if  |
| <ht                                        |           | you drive   |
| tp://www.census.gov/main/www/cbmaps.html>. |           | or for      |
|                                            |           | walking if  |
| You can get Metro information at           |           | you take    |
|                                            |           | the Metro   |
| <http://www                                |           | since the   |
| .census.gov/procur/www/metro-access.html.> |           | Census      |
|                                            |           | Bureau has  |
| Find out how to enter and access Census    |           | major       |
| Bureau grounds, i.e. what gate to enter or |           | c           |
| what information the guards need, at       |           | onstruction |
|                                            |           | underway.   |
| <http://www.c                              |           |             |
| ensus.gov/procur/www/access&parking.html>. |           |             |
+--------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------+

+------------------------------------+-------------+-------------------+
| ##                                 |             |                   |
| # **Here's what you do to request  |             |                   |
| a copy of the Digital Test Deck:** |             |                   |
|                                    |             |                   |
| ###                                |             |                   |
+------------------------------------+-------------+-------------------+
| ### **What**                       | ### **Cut   | ### **Notes**     |
|                                    |  Off Date** |                   |
+------------------------------------+-------------+-------------------+
| ### Request                        | ### J       | ### We will only  |
|  a copy of the Census Bureau's Dig | uly 8, 2004 |  print enough cop |
| ital Test Deck by sending an email |             | ies of the Digita |
|  to <dscmo.2010.dris@census.gov>.  |             | l Test Deck to pr |
|                                    |             | ovide one per com |
| ###                                |             | pany. Requests fo |
|                                    |             | r the test deck m |
| ### Be sure to                     |             | ust be submitted  |
|  include DTD in the subject line a |             | by email before J |
| nd include your name, the company' |             | uly 8, 2004. If y |
| s name, your telephone number and  |             | ou do not request |
| email in the text of the message.  |             |  a copy by July 8 |
|                                    |             | , 2004, we will n |
| ###                                |             | ot have a test de |
|                                    |             | ck for you at the |
| ### Note: Please send only one em  |             |  vendor conferenc |
| ail to R.S.V.P. for the conference |             | e. Digital test d |
|  and to request a copy of the Digi |             | ecks are only ava |
| tal Test Deck if you intend to sta |             | ilable on the day |
| y for the conference; include DRIS |             |  of the conferenc |
|  RSVP and DTD in the subject line. |             | e. You will pick  |
|                                    |             | up the test deck  |
|                                    |             | at the conference |
|                                    |             | ; we will have a  |
|                                    |             | table designated  |
|                                    |             | for this purpose. |
|                                    |             |  We will not mail |
|                                    |             |  test decks due t |
|                                    |             | o limited funds.  |
+------------------------------------+-------------+-------------------+

### 

As always, please check this website for the latest information on DRIS,
and thanks again for your interest.