This memorandum documents the version 2.0 Detailed Operational Plan for the Group Quarters (GQ) operation. Changes to the GQ operation since the publication of the version 1.0 Detailed Operational Plan include those brought about because of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other operational changes.

Changes related to the COVID-19 are:

• The GQ operation sent emails with login credentials to GQ administrators using the eResponse data collection.
• The GQ operation extended the dates for Group Quarters Enumeration (GQE) eResponse.
• The in-person GQ field operation started July 1 instead of April 1. The Service-Based Enumeration (SBE) was moved from the end of March 2020 to the end of September 2020.
• The enumeration method options for the SBE were expanded to include those that minimized or eliminated face-to-face contact with residents.
• The GQE and SBE conducted a follow-up Group Quarters Advance Contact with GQ administrators who had selected in-person enumeration options during the February 2020 to March 2020 operation. The additional contact was to encourage GQ administrators to select enumeration methods with little to no in-person contact and to provide an updated appointment date. The GQE provided mail out/mail back for the Paper Response Data Collection template from the area census offices (ACOs).
• Training innovations included offering training by podcast and other noncontact training methods.
• For Military Vessel Enumeration (MVE), the enumeration option was expanded to the use of an emailed Paper Response Data Collection template. MVE points of contact responded by email using secure encryption.

Other changes include:

• Military Group Quarters Enumeration (GQE) involves enumeration of people living in GQs on military installations, in military treatment facilities, and on military vessels. A military installation is an enclosed secured area for military purposes and may also have housing for military personnel within the enclosed area. For the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau had adopted the recommendation from the Defense Manpower Data Center that they could provide administrative records for the Census Bureau to use to enumerate military personnel. After the Census Bureau analyzed an enumeration test file, the Census Bureau decided to enumerate the military barracks/dorms, treatment facilities, and military correctional barracks using the methodology defined for the 2020 Group Quarters Enumeration.

Additionally, other updates to reflect the as-performed state of the GQ operation have been made throughout the document.