Lockheed Martin, of Bethesda, Md, has subcontracted CSC to provide data capture centre support for the U.S. Census Bureau. The subcontract has a 15-month performance period and an estimated total contract value of $75 million.

Under the terms of the contract, CSC will operate the Baltimore Data Capture Centre to capture data for the U.S. Census Bureau. The centre's employees will process more than 65 million forms that are mailed directly from households or collected and sent by local offices for the 2010 Census. CSC and its subcontractors expect to hire approximately 2,500 contract employees to staff functional areas of the facility including warehousing, sorter/scanner operations, document preparation, keying from image and checkout.

The 2010 Census is a count of everyone living in the United States and is mandated by the U.S. Constitution. Census data is used to guide the distribution of more than $400 billion in federal funds to local, state and tribal governments each year. The information is also used to determine Congressional apportionment and to help guide planning decisions, such as the placement of schools, hospitals, transportation, and business and industrial development.