2016 Address Canvassing Test:
a. Completed In-Field Address Canvassing Relisting activities in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
b. The St. Louis, Missouri, Address Canvassing Test debriefing for Census field supervisors and listers was held on November 9, 2016, and the Buncombe County, North Carolina, debriefing of Census field supervisors and listers was held on November 29, 2016.
2017 Census Test:
a. Submitted the full Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Package to the Department of Commerce on November 17, 2016.
b. The integrated master schedule reflecting the change in scope for the 2017 Census Test was rebaselined.
c. The Test Readiness Review for Release C Part 1 (self-response functionality) for printing and mailing was conducted on November 14, 2016.
d. Completed prototypes for the Interactive Voice Recognition, agent desktop tools, and system analytics for call monitoring.
2018 End-to-End Census Test:
a. Received preliminary translations for the Internet instrument.
b. Conducted the Test Readiness Review (TRR) for Recruiting Release 1.
c. Delivered Geographic Reference File – Codes and Geocoding service -- to Administrative and Management Systems Division/Decennial Applicant, Personnel, and Payroll System on November 15, 2016.
2015 National Content Test:
a. The study plan for the race and ethnicity analysis was issued in the 2020 Census Memorandum Series on November 4, 2016.
b. The Optimizing Self-Response report was issued in the 2020 Census Memorandum Series on November 24, 2016.
2020 Census In-Office Address Canvassing Test:
a. Interactive Review production continues and is meeting the expected production goals. The clerks have reviewed 7,494,679 blocks during Interactive Review from the beginning of production in September 2015 through November 30, 2016. One hundred nineteen staff are working Interactive Review (IR) in production and fifteen are performing QC. This process classifies the blocks into three categories:
Passive = blocks that do not show signs of change and need no further review at this time.
Active = blocks that show signs of change and need to move to the next phase of In-Office Address Canvassing for further review.
On Hold = blocks that need new imagery to do the Interactive Review.
As of November 30, 2016, 73.0 percent of the blocks were classified as Passive, 16.1 percent were classified as Active, and 10.9 percent were classified as On Hold.
Census Bureau staff continued transitioning (to the Technical Integrator) responsibility for creating and maintaining the demand models; planning for system scalability; performance and scalability testing; and updating the SE&I documentation.
The Technical Integrator completed version 3 of the 2020 Census Solution Architecture document for review by the Decennial Portfolio Management Governing Board.
Completed the Production Readiness Review for the Boundary and Annexation Survey Part 2/Local Update of Census Addresses and Voting Districts modules of the Geographic Update Partnership Software.
The Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) 30-Day Federal Register Notice was published on November 7, 2016. Comments are due by December 8, 2016. The LUCA OMB Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) Clearance package was delivered to the OMB on November 14, 2016. Completed identifying requirements for the LUCA paper map products.
In support of the Integrated Partnership and Communications operation, Young & Rubicam began their discussions with Regional Office staff at the New York Regional Office on November 9, 2016, and the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Regional Office on November 29, 2016, to learn about each region’s issues and challenges, and where they would like help, regarding the communication and partnership support efforts.
The Redistricting Data Program (RDP) completed a 2020 Census RDP kickoff meeting in Madison, Wisconsin, bringing the number of states visited to 23. These visits provide the states an opportunity to ensure the Census Bureau captures their needs in regards to useful census redistricting data as required by Public Law (P.L.) 94-171. The visits also provide the states an opportunity to learn about the 2020 Census Redistricting Data Program, 2020 Census planning, and upcoming Census Bureau geographic partnership programs.
In support of the Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure operation, we drafted the dDaaS Request for Proposal for internal review and approval and presented a briefing to the Commerce IT Investment Review Board on November 14, 2016, The dDaaS team has also released Phase I Solicitation and Down-Select Questions to industry on November 15, 2016. Staff completed Down-Select Analysis and notified vendors of this status on November 23, 2016. Staff plan to release the final Request for Proposal by the end of November..
Participated in and presented at the fall National Advisory Committee meeting on November 3 – 4, 2016.
The action plan for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) final report, "Information Technology: Better Management of Interdependencies between Programs Supporting 2020 Census" was delivered to GAO and our House and Senate oversight committees.
On November 16, 2016, Director Thompson and Chief Information Officer Smith testified before the House Oversight and Government Review Subcommittee on Government Operations concerning readiness for the 2018 End-to-End Census Test and for the 2020 Census.
Census Bureau staff participated in the following tribal consultations:
a. Pala, California on November 4, 2016.
b. Chandler, Arizona, November 17 – 18, 2016.
c. Shawnee, Oklahoma, November 21, 2016.

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May 2019 Monthly Status Report

May 31, 2019

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

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November 2015 Monthly Status Report

November 30, 2015

The information in this report is as of November 30, 2015 on the preparations and status of operations for the 2020 Census Program.

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November 2017 Monthly Status Report

November 30, 2017

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

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