Goals of the Census Address Summit

The Geographic Support Systems Initiative is an integrated program of improved address coverage, continual spatial feature updates, and enhanced quality assessment and measurement.  It will allow for a targeted, rather than full, address canvassing during 2019 in preparation for the 2020 Census.  A pivotal piece of the GSS-I will be working with federal, state, local, and tribal governments, as well as other key stakeholders, to create an address list that is suitable for this purpose.  The Address Summit was the first step in this collaborative process.

The goals of the Address Summit were as follows:

1. To educate our partners about the GSS-I and the benefits of conducting a targeted address canvassing.


2. To gain a common understanding regarding the definition of an address.


3. To learn how our partners are collecting, utilizing, and maintaining addresses.


1. What industry standards are you following?


2. What are your best practices?


3. What are your major challenges?


4. What are your current practices for data sharing?


4. To brainstorm about potential pilot projects that will contribute to the improved quality of the Census Bureau’s Master Address File.