All 39 Wave 1 ACOs are “ready for business”. This means IT equipment and furniture are in place, Intrusion Detection Systems are installed, and all Wave 1 offices are ready for staff. These 39 offices will support the In‐Field Address Canvassing operation scheduled to begin on August 18.

As of June 19, there are 1,494 recruits either hired or in the process of being hired as partnership specialists or partnership coordinators. They will work out of the six regional census centers (RCCs). The RCCs have onboarded 744 partnership specialists, with another 688 selectees in queue for a total of 1,432 partnership specialists—95 percent of the June 30 hiring goal thus far. (Data shown are based on NFC payroll. As such there is a two week difference in the data date and the issuance date of the report. The July report will reflect the number of partnership specialists hired by the end of June.) Partnership specialists collaborate with the 2020 Census partners—planning, developing, and managing the partnership agreements and coordinating with partners throughout the entire census timeframe. Partnership coordinators are responsible for the overall development, coordination, and management of the Partnership Program within a region. The RCCs have onboarded 57 partnership coordinators, with another five in queue.

With the help of the Department of Commerce and Team Y&R, the Census Bureau sent out 900 letters from Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to Members of Congress, business, faith, and federal agency leaders inviting them to become 2020 Census partners. The Census Bureau’s National Partnership Program and the Office of Congressional & Intergovernmental Affairs are following up on the replies already received to the Secretary’s letter.

In Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18‐966 (June 27, 2019), the Supreme Court determined the Department’s explanation to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census insufficient to support the Department’s decision.