## 12 Future Directions
(Yes / No)
* reliable means free of technical errors; consistently performs according to its specifications. 10. Do you share the population census data with other entities like government departments or private companies? (Yes / No)
11. Is the data readily and easily accessible to the organizations/government departments when needed? (Yes / No)
12. How do they collect data from your organization? (multiple choice)
* direct access via a portal
* assigned login accounts
* Dropbox / Email File Transfer
* via USB drive
* Collect data via CD drive
* Some other way? (Text)
13. Is the current system secured from data leakage and authorized access? (Yes / No)
* secure means free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe. 14. Is the current system recoverable? (Yes / No)
* recoverable means to be restored to a normal or usual condition if hacked or lost due to server issues. * Do you take complete ownership/responsibility of your own collected data points only and do not rely on 3 rd party datasets? (Yes / No)
* means, are you only responsible for your own collected data points? * Do you consider any reliable open-source network data to cover the missing data? (Yes / No)
* e.g., NGO data is available for people living in hand-to-mouth circumstances, would you consider this and ensure your data coverage? * What challenges do you face in the current system? (multiple choice)
* Paper scanning Time
* Dependencies on manual effort
* Hard for machine to understand written text
* Dependencies on QA persona to handle ambiguous records. * Data redundancy
* Other (text)  
**Section 3. About the Missing Population--Futuristic Approach/System**  
* Research says that people who are not living in houses (homeless communities, under the bridge, on footpaths, jail, asylum, etc. ), internally displaced people (IDP), refugees, transgender, orphan houses, hospital patients and victims of ethnic/racial discrimination are missed from the census population counting, do you agree with it? (Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly Disagree)
* If disagree: Please explain (text)
* Which category do you think can get ignored during census conduct (multiple checkboxes)
* Orphan houses
* Refugees / Refugees camps
* Remote Areas
* Other (text). * Do you use any alternative way/solution to integrate them into the population census count? (Yes / No)
* If yes, please state alternative way(solution): (text)
* Would you consider reliable open-source network data to cover the missing persons from NGOs who provide aid to remote areas and striving communities and integrate missing count into the census database*? (Yes / No)
* meaning, would you consider 3 rd-party data and fill it with missing counts? **Section 4. About Blockchain:**  
* Are you familiar with distributed ledger (DL) database (blockchain technology) and what benefits it holds? (Yes / No)
* The distributed ledger database is spread across several nodes (devices) on a peer-to-peer network, where each replicates and saves an identical copy of the ledger and updates itself independently. The primary advantage is the elimination of central authority. * If yes (to question #24), do you think a blockchain is better than a centralized system to address the missing persons issue? (Yes / No)
* If yes (to question #24), in what ways have you ever considered permissioned distributed ledger (private blockchain) technology for the enhancement of the census population system? (text)