{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"U.S. Census Bureau (2020 Census field operations nationwide)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"U.S. Census Bureau (Director Steven Dillingham)","authority":"13 U.S.C. 141(a); 13 U.S.C. 4","instrument":"2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (official timeline of the Mar. 18, 2020 field-operations suspension and revised schedule)","title":"2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"Field operations suspended 2020-03-18 (initially two weeks, extended to Apr. 15, 2020); phased reopening of area census offices May 4-June 12, 2020","end":"Nonresponse follow-up and all field data collection concluded Oct. 15, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-10-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["TELE","CLOSE","EMP"],"addressees":["Census Bureau field staff (about 500,000 planned enumerators)","area census offices and their landlords and vendors","partnership and outreach programs","group quarters and service-based enumeration sites"],"clause":"Planned Schedule / Revised Schedule... [Nonresponse Followup] March 12 - July 31, 2020 / March 12 - October 15, 2020... Field Offices at Peak Operations... March 1, 2020 [suspended]; Phased re-opening occurred between May 4 and June 12, 2020.... [Update Leave] March 15-April 17, 2020 / [resumed] May 22, 2020... [Early Nonresponse Followup] March 16-April 30, 2020 / June 14-July 29, 2020... [Group Quarters Enumeration and Service-Based Enumeration] March 30-April 1, 2020 / September 22 - September 24, 2020... Last Revised: June 10, 2021.","enforcement":"Departmental operational decision under 13 U.S.C. 141; field staff stood down","functions":["WF the largest temporary federal hiring program of 2020 suspended and rescheduled","OF area census offices closed Mar. 18-May/June 2020","CS landlords, IT, printing, advertising and logistics vendors to the census","MK partnership events and outreach cancelled","CB communities and organizations paid for census outreach"],"notes":"The Census Bureau\u0027s own official record of the suspension and the revised schedule; the Apr. 13, 2020 statement (095) confirms \u0027The Census Bureau temporarily suspended 2020 Census field data collection activities in March.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/operational-adjustments.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210713024408/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/2020/planning-management/operational-adjustments.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":155922,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096","citation":"U.S. Census Bureau (Director Steven Dillingham), 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (official timeline of the Mar. 18, 2020 field-operations suspension and revised schedule) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-096)","stateName":"","related":[]}