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March 2016 Monthly Status Report
March 2016 Monthly Status Report
Key Program Updates
- The 2016 Census Test began on schedule:
a. The Internet Self-Response application was successfully deployed on March 21, 2016.
b. Concurrent with the launch of the Internet Self-Response application was the initial mailing of Internet invitation letters and questionnaires to sampled housing units on March 21, 2016, as scheduled. The second mailing of reminder postcards and letters was also completed on March 24, 2016, as scheduled.
c. The Director hosted a Press Conference on March 25, 2016 in Houston, Texas.
d. The Los Angeles and Denver Regional Census Centers reached 100 percent of their recruiting goals, but continue to conduct targeted recruiting efforts in areas where additional enumerators are needed. - On March 9, 2016, Decennial Management determined that the cloud implementation of Internet data collection system (PRIMUS) and Real-Time Non-ID processing (RTNP) would not be utilized for the 2016 Census Test. PRIMUS/RTNP will instead use a server-based solution.
- The OMB Pre-Submission Document for the Address Canvassing Test was posted to the Federal Register on March 23, 2016.
- The final 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program liaisons were identified, giving the program 100 percent coverage for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
- Conducted a 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program Kick-off meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Conducted a briefing on the 2016 Census Test for House Appropriations Committee staff on March 11, 2016.
- Conducted a briefing on the 2016 Census Test for the House Oversight Committee on March 18, 2016.
- Participated in an International Workshop with the Hosei University Japan Statistical Research Institute and Statistics Bureau of Japan on the Survey Methodology of the Decennial Census in Tokyo, Japan on March 15—17, 2016.
- Conducted a webinar on the 2015 National Content Test race and ethnicity study plan for the Census Scientific Advisory Committee and the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations on March 17, 2016.
- Conducted the eighth 2020 Census Tribal Consultation Meeting in Washington, DC on March 24, 2016.
- Presented on Designing and Mapping a Diverse Sample of Race and Ethnic Groups for the 2015 National Content Test at the Population Association of America (PAA) meetings in Washington, DC on March 31, 2016.
- Finalized the plan for evaluating acquired commercial data files (for address frame updating) on March 31, 2016.
Others in Series
Publication
June 2018 Monthly Status Report
The information in this report is as of June 30, 2018 on the preparations and status of operations for the 2020 Census Program.
Publication
June 2019 Monthly Status Report
The information in this report is as of June 30, 2019 on the preparations and status of operations for the 2020 Census Program.
Publication
March 2017 Monthly Status Report
The information in this report is as of March 31, 2017 on the preparations and status of operations for the 2020 Census Program.
Page Last Revised - December 16, 2021
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