Staff began the production listing component of the Address Canvassing Test
Address Canvassing Operation: The In-Office Address Canvassing component met the Fiscal Year 2016 goal of having worked 50 percent of all tabulation blocks in the nation and Puerto Rico via Interactive Review.
Address Canvassing Test:
a. The Operational Readiness Review for Address Canvassing Production was completed.
b. Hiring and selection of clerks, field representatives, and field supervisors in Atlanta, Georgia, and Chicago, Illinois, was completed.
c. In-Field Address Canvassing data collection began.
2017 Census Test:
a. Staff completed cognitive testing of tribal enrollment questions and provided recommendations based on the cognitive testing results. The final version of the tribal enrollment question to be included on the data collection instruments was determined.
b. Staff delivered the National Sample File.
c. Staff finalized the Update Enumerate (UE) Business Process Model and capability requirements for the Test. In addition, staff finalized the UE Study Plan, including revising the goals and test questions for UE for the Test.
2017 Puerto Rico Census Test:
a. Staff began In-Office Address Canvassing.
b. Staff finalized the Update Enumerate (UE) Business Process Model and capability requirements. In addition, staff finalized the UE Study Plan, including revising the goals and test questions for UE for the Test.
Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) operation:
Staff conducted Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs) for Recruiting Release 1 and Release I for the 2017 Census Test and 2017 Puerto Rico Census Test.
Integrated Partnership and Communications (IPC) operation:
Staff held a kickoff meeting and Census 101 sessions with the selected integrated communications contractor, Team Young and Rubicam (Y&R), which includes the prime contractor Y&R and the 17 subcontracting agencies.
The Redistricting Data Program (RDP) completed a 2020 Census RDP kickoff meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, bringing the number of states visited to 22.
During September, the following test reports were released through the 2020 Census Memorandum Series:
a. 2014 Census Test: Overview Report
b. Final Report on Adaptive Design in the 2015 Census Test
c. Final Report on the Administrative Records Usage in the 2015 Census Test (formerly known as Analysis of Administrative Records Usage)
d. Final Report on the 2015 Census Test Evaluation Followup (formerly known as Nonresponse Evaluation Followup Analysis Report)
During the month of September, the following Detailed Operational Plans (DOP) were released: a. 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the Local Update of Census Addresses Operation (LUCA) b. 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the Language Services Operation c. 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the Content and Forms Design Operation d. 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the Non-ID Processing Operation e. 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the Redistricting Data Program Operation f. 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the Census Questionnaire Assistance Operation g. 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the Integrated Partnership & Communications Operation h. 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for Geographic Programs – Geographic Data Processing Component i. 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for Geographic Programs – Geographic Delineations Component
GAO released their final report on CEDCAP and the 2020 Census: “GAO-16-623, Information Technology: Better Management of Interdependencies between Programs Supporting 2020 Census Is Needed.” The Census Bureau now is preparing a formal action plan in response to the recommendations in the report.
Staff delivered the formal action plan to GAO and oversight committees in response to recommendations in the GAO report on cost estimation: “GAO-16-628, 2020 Census: Census Bureau Needs to Improve Its Life-Cycle Cost Estimating Process.”

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October 2018 Monthly Status Report

October 31, 2018

The information in this report is as of October 31, 2018 on the preparations and status of operations for the 2020 Census Program.

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October 2019 Monthly Status Report

October 31, 2019

The information in this report is as of October 31, 2019 on the preparations and status of operations for the 2020 Census Program.

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September 2017 Monthly Status Report

September 30, 2017

The information in this report is as of September 30, 2017 on the preparations and status of operations for the 2020 Census Program.

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