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2020 Census Memorandum Series
2020 Census Memorandum Series
The 2020 Census Memorandum Series documents significant decisions, actions, and accomplishments of the 2020 Census Program for the purpose of informing stakeholders, coordinating interdivisional efforts, and documenting important historical changes.
A memorandum generally will be added to this series for any decision or documentation that meets the following criteria:
1. A major program level decision that will affect the overall design or have significant effect on the 2020 Census operations or systems.
2. A major policy decision or change that will affect the overall design or significantly impact the 2020 Census operations or systems.
3. A report that documents the research and testing for the 2020 Census operations or systems.
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Memorandum 2019.30: 2019 Census Test Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2019 Census Test report.
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Memorandum 2019.29: 2017 Census Test Report – Tribal Enrollment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2017 Census Test Report – Tribal Enrollment which was a nationwide self-response test.
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Memorandum 2019.28: Decision to add Mobile Questionnaire Assistance
This memorandum documents the Census Bureau’s decision to add Mobile Questionnaire Assistance (MQA) as a suboperation to the Internet Self-Response operation.
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Memorandum 2019.27: 2020 Early Nonresponse Followup Universe
This memorandum documents the creation of the Early Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) universe for the 2020 Census.
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Memorandum 2019.26: Response Processing Operation Detailed Plan (v2.0)
This memorandum documents the release of the Response Processing Operation Detailed Operational Plan version 2.0.
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Memorandum 2019.25: Design Parameters and Global Privacy-Loss Budget
This memorandum documents requirements for the design of the 2010 Demonstration Data Products that the 2020 Census Program has received from the DSEP.
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Memorandum 2019.24: Island Areas Censuses Detailed Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the plan for the 2020 Island Areas Censuses operation.
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Memorandum 2019.23: Evaluations and Experiments Operation
This memorandum documents the various operational components covered in the 2020 Census Evaluations and Experiments operation.
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Memorandum 2019.22: 2018 Informed Delivery® Pilot
This memorandum documents the release of a report summarizing the results of the Informed Delivery® pilot conducted in partnership with the USPS.
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Memorandum 2019.21: Proposed Postal Carriers as Census Enumerators
This memorandum documents the release of a report summarizing the results of the proposed USPS “Postal Carriers as Census Bureau Enumerators” Pilot.
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Memorandum 2019.20: 2018 Kiosk Pilot USPS-Census Bureau Partnership
This memorandum documents the release of a report summarizing the results of the self-response kiosk pilot conducted in partnership with the USPS.
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Memorandum 2019.19: Restricting Info on Several Sensitive Activities
This memorandum describes several operations or activities performed in the planning or conduct of the 2020 Census that are considered sensitive.
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Memorandum 2019.18: Census Questionnaire Assistance Phone Numbers
This memo documents the CQA phone numbers available to the public starting March 1, 2020, for assistance during the 2020 Census.
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Memorandum 2019.17: 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for CRO
This memorandum documents the various operational components covered in the Count Review Operation (CRO).
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Memorandum 2019.16: Re-Release of the Nonresponse Followup Operation Detailed Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the re-release of the 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the Nonresponse Followup Operation (NRFU) (Version 2.0).
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Memorandum 2019.15: 2020 Census Life-Cycle Cost Estimate Summary
This memorandum documents the release of the executive summary (Version 2.0) of the 2020 Census Lifecycle Cost Estimate (LCCE).
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Memorandum 2019.14: Decision on Enumeration Methodology of Military
This memorandum summarizes the recent Census Bureau decision to enumerate housing units in military areas using Self-Response and Update Leave methodology.
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Memorandum 2019.13: Disclosure Avoidance System Design Parameters
This memorandum documents several decisions related to the design of the 2018 E2E Census Test DAS and a Privacy-Loss Budget for the test.
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Memorandum 2019.12: Disclosure Avoidance System Design Requirement
This memorandum documents requirements received regarding how to protect the information we collect from the American public during the 2020 Census.
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Memorandum 2019.11: Attitudes of Households Reporting Young Children
This memorandum documents the release of a report analyzing response data from households reporting young children in the Census Bureau’s 2020 CBAMS survey.
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Memorandum 2019.10: 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for the FACO
This memorandum documents the various operational components covered in the Federally Affiliated Count Overseas (FACO) operation.
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Memorandum 2019.09: Investigating 2010 Undercount of Young Children
This memorandum documents Investigating the 2010 Undercount of Young Children and provides a summary of recent research.
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Memorandum 2019.08: 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan FLDI and DLM
This memorandum documents the 2020 Census Combined Detailed Operational Plan for 32. Field Infrastructure and 33. Decennial Logistics Management.
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Memorandum 2019.07: Release of the 2020 Census DPD Operational Plan
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Operational Plan for Data Products and Dissemination.
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Memorandum 2019.06: Release of the 2020 Census Operational Plan v4.0
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Operational Plan Version 4.0.
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Memorandum 2019.05: Release of the GEOP GD Detailed Op Plan v2.0
This memorandum documents the release of the updated 2020 Census Detailed Operational Plan for GEOP – Geographic Delineations component.
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Memorandum 2019.04: 2020 CBAMS Research Results
This memorandum documents the release of two final reports presenting findings from the quantitative and qualitative components of the 2020 CBAMS.
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Memorandum 2019.03: Investigating 2010 Undercount of Young Children
This memorandum documents Investigating the 2010 Undercount of Young Children – Further Analysis of Census Coverage Measurement Results.
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Memorandum 2019.02: Investigating 2010 Undercount of Young Children
This memorandum documents Investigating the 2010 Undercount of Young Children – Examining Coverage in Demographic Surveys.
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Memorandum 2019.01: Investigating 2010 Undercount of Young Children
This memorandum documents Investigating the 2010 Undercount of Young Children – Net Census Coverage of Very Young Children.
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