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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.
The 2020 Census Memorandum Series
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Memorandum 2024.09: 2020 PES Person Matching Operational Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census PES Person Matching Operational Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2024.08: 2020 PES Person Interview Operational Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census PES Person Interview Operational Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2024.07: 2020 Census Topic Report: Potential Quality Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Topic Report: Potential Quality Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Memorandum 2024.06: Geographic Programs Operational Assessment Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Geographic Programs Operational Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2024.05: Group Quarters Advance Contact Evaluation Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Evaluation Report: Group Quarters Advance Contact.
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Memorandum 2024.04: 2020 Census Update Leave Operational Assessment Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Operational Assessment Report: Update Leave.
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Memorandum 2024.03: 2020 Census Investigating Digital Advertising and Online Self-Response Evaluation Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Investigating Digital Advertising and Online Self-Response Evaluation Report.
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Memorandum 2024.02: Matching 2018 Census Barriers, Attitudes, and Motivators Study (CBAMS) Survey Sample to 2020 Census Report
This memorandum documents the release of the Matching 2018 Census Barriers, Attitudes, and Motivators Study (CBAMS) Survey Sample to the 2020 Census Report.
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Memorandum 2024.01: 2020 PES Final Housing Unit Matching Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey Final Housing Unit Matching Operational Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.20: 2020 Census Evaluation Report: Overview of the 2020 Tracking Survey
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Evaluation Report: Overview of the 2020 Tracking Survey.
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Memorandum 2023.19: 2020 PES Coverage Measurement Design and Estimation Operational Assessment Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 PES Coverage Measurement Design and Estimation Operational Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.18: 2020 Island Areas Censuses Operational Assessment Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Operational Assessment Report: Island Areas Censuses.
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Memorandum 2023.17: Nonresponse Followup Operational Assessment Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Nonresponse Followup Operational Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.16: Final Housing Unit Followup Operational Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey Final Housing Unit Followup Operational Assessment.
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Memorandum 2023.15: Non-ID Processing Operational Assessment Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Non-ID Processing Operational Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.14: Optimization of Self-Response
This memorandum documents the release of the Optimization of Self-Response in the 2020 Census Experiment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.13: Federally Affiliated Count Overseas Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Federally Affiliated Count Overseas Operational Assessment.
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Memorandum 2023.12: 2020 PES Initial Housing Unit Followup Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey Initial Housing Unit Followup Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.11: 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey Initial Housing Unit Matching Assessment Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey Initial Housing Unit Matching Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.10: 2020 Census Count Review Operation Operational Assessment Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Count Review Operation Operational Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.09: 2020 Census Nonresponse Followup Quality Assurance Results Report
This memorandum documents the release of the report, "2020 Census Nonresponse Followup Quality Assurance Results Report."
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Memorandum 2023.08: Real-Time 2020 Administrative Record Census Simulation
This memorandum documents the release of the report, "Real-Time 2020 Administrative Record Census Simulation."
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Memorandum 2023.07: Results from the 2020 Census Group Quarters Count Imputation
This memorandum documents the release of the report, "Results from the 2020 Census Group Quarters Count Imputation."
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Memorandum 2023.06: Experiment Extending the Decennial Environment to Mailing Materials
This memorandum documents the release of the report, "2020 Census Experiment - Extending the Census Environment to the Mailing Materials."
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Memorandum 2023.05: Comparing Administrative Record and Census Rosters
This memorandum documents the release of the Full Report of Comparisons of Admin. Record Rosters to Census Self-Response and NRFU Household Member Responses.
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Memorandum 2023.04: 2020 Census Item Nonresponse and Imputation Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Item Nonresponse and Imputation Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.03: Census Questionnaire Assistance (CQA) Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Operational Assessment Report – Census Questionnaire Assistance.
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Memorandum 2023.02: 2020 PES Independent Listing Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) Independent Listing Operational Assessment Report.
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Memorandum 2023.01: Self-Response Rate Comparison to Estimate Decennial Environment
This memorandum documents the release of the report Comparing 2019 Census Test and 2020 Census Self-Response Rates to Estimate Decennial Environment Evaluation.
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Memorandum 2022.16: Update Leave Quality Assurance Results Report
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Update Leave Quality Assurance Results Report.
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Memorandum 2022.15: Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Operational Assessment Report
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Memorandum 2022.14: Quantitative Creative Testing Evaluation
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Quantitative Creative Testing Final Report.
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Memorandum 2022.13: Archiving Assessment
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census Archiving Operational Assessment Report.
Memorandum 2022.12: Release of the PDC Detailed Operational Plan v2.0
This memorandum documents the release of version 2.0 of the Paper Data Capture Detailed Operational Plan.
Memorandum 2022.11: In-Office Address Canvassing Quality Results
This memorandum documents the release of the 2020 Census In-Field Address Canvassing Quality Assurance Results Report.
Page Last Revised - October 28, 2021
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