In support of the 2016 Census Test:
a. The Government Publishing Office awarded the print contract on December 10, 2015. However, the contract award was protested, which delayed the final award until January 12, 2016. This delay will not impact the program.
b. The 2016 Census Test received Office of Management and Budget approval (required by the Paperwork Reduction Act) on January 14, 2016. This approval expires on April 30, 2017.
c. The Houston, TX Area Operations Support Center (AOSC) opened on January 25, 2016.
d. The translation files in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean were updated for the Census Operations Mobile Platform for Adaptive Services and Solutions (COMPASS) instrument. The final translation files in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean were delivered for Web Telephone Questionnaire Assistance.
In-Office Address Canvassing Interactive Review production continues at the National Processing Center (NPC). The NPC clerks have reviewed 516,930 blocks during Interactive Review from the beginning of production through the end of January 2016. The third training session for In-Office Address Canvassing was conducted at the NPC from January 11 - 13, 2016 for clerks new to the operation.
The final Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Integrated Communications Contract was released and posted on FedBizOps website on January 21, 2016. Vendor proposals are due on February 22, 2016.
In support of the 2020 Census Questionnaire Assistance (CQA) operation:
a. CQA pre-proposal conference was held at Census Bureau headquarters on January 11, 2016 for pre-registered vendors to highlight details about the CQA solicitation and acquisition, provide an opportunity for networking between vendors, and answer vendor questions.
b. The solicitation (RFP) for CQA was posted to FedBizOps on January 6, 2016, along with an opportunity for vendors to submit questions on the solicitation due to the Census Bureau by January 13, 2016. Responses are due February 29, 2016.
The Redistricting Data Program continued the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program kick- off meeting with official liaisons on January 29, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Support for Phase 1 of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program, the Block Boundary Suggestion Project (BBSP), began with the January 6, 2016 national webinar on the use of the census developed Geographic Update Partnership Software (GUPS). This support continued with a January 20, 2016 on-site training for the State of Tennessee and its county election officials.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) held Part 3 of their entrance meeting on January 5, 2016 for their Census Enterprise Data Collection and Processing (CEDCaP) engagement.
Conducted the 2020 Census Program Management Review (PMR) on January 29, 2016 (the PMR was rescheduled from January 22, 2016 due to weather).
Conducted the Tribal Consultation Update via teleconference to the National Advisory Committee on January 13, 2016.

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