2020 Census: Issues Observed During the 2018 End-to-End Census Test's Address Canvassing Operation Indicate Risk to Address List Quality

Submitting OIG:

Department of Commerce OIG

Report Description:

Our audit objectives were to (1) assess the performance of in-field address canvassing operations and (2) determine whether in-office address canvassing correctly identified blocks for the in-field address canvassing operation.

Short / Alternative Report Title:

Census E2E AdCan Audit

Date Issued:

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Agency Reviewed / Investigated:

Department of Commerce

Submitting OIG-Specific Report Number:

OIG-19-008-A

Component, if applicable:

U.S. Census Bureau

Location(s):

Agency-Wide

Type of Report:

Audit

Number of Recommendations:

View Document:

Attachment	Size
OIG-19-008-A.pdf	1.47 MB

Related Open Recommendations

Recommendation Number	Recommendation Status	Significant Recommendation	Additional Details
1	Open	No
We recommend that the Director of the Census Bureau evaluate how the number of incorrectly categorized passive blocks will affect Census quality and how those errors may affect demographic groups.

Recommendation Number

Recommendation Status

Significant Recommendation

Additional Details

Open

We recommend that the Director of the Census Bureau evaluate how the number of incorrectly categorized passive blocks will affect Census quality and how those errors may affect demographic groups.

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2020 Census: Issues Observed During the 2018 End-to-End Census Test's Address Canvassing Operation Indicate Risk to Address List Quality

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