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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Date Issued

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Submitting OIG

Department of Commerce OIG

Other Participating OIGs

Department of Commerce OIG

Agencies Reviewed/Investigated

Department of Commerce

Components

U.S. Census Bureau

Report Number

OIG-19-008-A

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.

Report Type

Audit

Agency Wide

Yes

Number of Recommendations

Open Recommendations

This report has 1 open recommendations.

Recommendation Number	Significant Recommendation	Recommended Questioned Costs	Recommended Funds for Better Use	Additional Details
1	No	$0	$0
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.