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Data Center Based at PSU
By Tom Boyle
How do you find out
how the Federal Government is
spending your tax money or what
are the most popular names given
to babies in the state? A recent
edition of the Pennsylvania Stale
Data Center News contained the
answers to both questions.
The Pennsylvania
State Date Center (PSDC),
located in W3Ol of the Olmsted
building, disseminated census
data on all 50 states to both
private and public interests.
Data from the 1980
census comes on computer tapes
which creates a need for a center
that allows the information to be
accessible to the public. The
center currently has about 800
tapes in all from the 1980 census.
The data center started in
1980 and is located in this area
because of the proximity to the
capital. The center has 30
affiliates statewide to provide
better access to the public. "We
receive about 150 calls a week,"
said Lisa Bontempo, manager of
PSDC. The inquiries range from
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the serious to the silly and are
handled by the center's five
member staff.
The data center, set up
by the Federal Government and
the Governor's Office of Budge
and Administration, receives no
state funding.
"We operate on a 100
percent cost recovery basis, we
are more competitive than other
data center,” said Bontempo.
Some private firms charge large
fees while PS DC can provide a
no-frills product at a much
cheaper price. The data center
bases it's fees on the nature of the
inquiry and the staff lime needed
to fill it.
"The percentage of
inquiries from the private sector
is growing," said Bontempo.
"We are doing less government
work than before."
The data center provides
numerous services, but some of
the most popular products arc
market, customer, and zip-code
profiles. Another popular service
is survey processing for
professional and private
organizations.
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Capital Times
Renovations to TV Studio Completed
By Denise Reinas
This year, the television
studio at Penn State, Harrisburg ,
was renovated and supplied with
many new pieces of equipment.
Years of planning and various
sources of finnding fulfilled the
desire for a new television studio.
When Dr. William Mahar
became the Humanities
Department head, he began
planning the renovation of the
studio. His reasons were: he
wanted to support the academic
Multi-Media program; he wanted
Penn State, Harrisburg to become
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a telecommunications hub lor
Central Pennsylvania; and he
made a commitment to media
students that they would have
equipment good enough to give
them experience for the
competitive job market. "It is a
long-range plan to make Penn
State, Harrisburg a regional
communication center," said
Mahar.
Approximately $60,000 was
spent on the studio. Financing
came from various sources. The
PA Department of Education
instructional grant was for
$25,000; another $lO,OOO came
from Benjamin Franklin Advance
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and the Alumni of Penn Stale,
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The studio room was rebuilt
and rewired and a large amount of
sophisticated equipment was
bought and installed. Ten
thousand dollars more is on the
way to Penn Slate and additional
funds are now being requested to
provide even more necessary
equipment.
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I happened to be on the
way to the library this Saturday
via a pit stop at the vending
center when a curious group of
high school students followed a
guide into the Lion's Den. What
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