Agenda 05-21-19 6-a - 2020 Census Complete Count Committee

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20 N R Nonresponse (NR) Regional Census Center(RCC) A housing unit for which the Census Bureau does One of six temporary Census Bureau offices estab- not have a completed questionnaire and from which lished to manage census field office and local census the Census Bureau did not receive a telephone or office activities and to conduct geographic programs Internet response. and support operations. Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) Regional Office(RO) A field operation designed to obtain a completed One of six permanent Census Bureau offices that interview from households where a self-response direct and advise local census offices for the 2020 was not received. Enumerators will make personal Census. The Regional Office also conducts some visits to these households to obtain completed one-time and ongoing Census Bureau surveys, such interviews. The enumerator will collect respondents' as the Current Population Survey (CPS), which is answers to interview questions or information about used to publish unemployment figures each month, the status of the housing unit (for example, vacant or and the American Community Survey (ACS), a nonexistent). If all attempts to contact the individu- nationwide survey designed to obtain information als of a household are unsuccessful, an enumerator similar to long-form data and to provide commu- will obtain as much information as possible about nities a fresh, more current look at how they are the household from a neighbor, building manager, or changing. another reliable source. Respondent P The person who answers the Census Bureau's ques- Partner tions about his or her living quarters and its occu- A partner is a group or individual that commits to pants. The respondent is usually the member of the participate in some way with census activities. household who owns or rents the living quarters. Partnership Response Outreach Area Mapper(ROAM) An agreement with tribal, state, and local govern- A Web mapping application developed to make it easier to identify hard-to-count areas and to provide ments, national organizations, and community a socioeconomic and demographic characteristic groups (faith-based organizations, businesses, media, schools, etc.) that allows their active partici- profile of these areas using American Community Survey estimates available in the Census Bureau pation in various census activities. Planning Database, available at<www.census.gov Partnership Specialist /roam>. The Partnership Specialist takes a lead role in out- S reach and promotional efforts before and during census operations. Their main duties are increas- Self-Response ing awareness and outreach in communities and Self-response is where households complete and gaining cooperation and participation from those return their census questionnaire in a timely man- communities. ner, directly to the Census Bureau, without requiring a census worker to visit the house to obtain their Privacy Act responses in person. Self-response—by internet, mail, The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that each fed- or phone—is significantly less costly than in- eral agency advise respondents of their rights. person followup. Specifically, every respondent must know under what law the information is being collected, how the State Data Center(SDC) information will be used, whether he or she must The State Data Center (SDC) program is one of the answer the questions, and the consequences of not Census Bureau's longest and most successful part- answering the questions. nerships. This partnership between the 50 states, the U.S.Census Bureau 2020 Census Complete Count Committee Guide 17