The number of employees in the public sector has never been clear. Neither the government is aware of how many people it has working for it (it believes them to be around 800,000), how much they cost it, in which agencies and institutions they are employed and what duties they perform. Census of the public sector employees begins officially on July 12 and will end on July 23. The goal is for the administration to finally has a clear idea of the human resources available and to be able to control their payments because there are many cases where there is a double payment.