1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated December 22, 20202020 Census Fieldwork Delayed by COVID-19Introduction In a March 18, 2020, press release (CB20-RTQ.08), U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham announced that the bureau was suspending all 2020 decennial census field operations until Apr
2、il 1. This action, a response to the novel coronavirus disease first observed in 2019 (COVID-19) and designated a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020, came at a critical time for the census. Although April 1 was the official Census Day, early data collection began in remote T
3、oksook Bay, Alaska, on January 21. Other tightly timed field operations were underway or imminent, including the bureaus personal outreach to hard-to-count areas and groups. Dr. Dillingham stated on March 18 that if “additional adjustments” became necessary, the bureau would make them known “promptl
4、y.” A subsequent press release, dated March 28, 2020 (CB20-RTQ.14), gave notice that field operations would not resume until April 15. An April 13, 2020, press release from Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Dr. Dillingham (CB20-RTQ.16), with a new operations schedule, indicated the bureaus need
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