Thread by @hansilowang

CENSUS 🤓 ALERT: I’m monitoring the Census Scientific Advisory Committee’s fall 2019 meeting, set to start at 8:30 a.m. ET at @uscensusbureau HQ. Follow this thread for #2020Census updates.

LIVE STREAM OF DAY 1 (Thursday)👇

@uscensusbureau 2. Here's the agenda for Day 1 (Thursday) of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee's fall 2019 meeting👇
www2.census.gov/cac/sac/meetin…

@uscensusbureau 3. Two of the newest members of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee, which is chartered to provide scientific and technical expertise to @uscensusbureau, are attorneys:

- Joe Whitley (left)👇
census.gov/newsroom/bios/…

- Llewellyn Fischer (right)👇
census.gov/newsroom/bios/…

@uscensusbureau 4. Another new member, Luther Carter (who is not present at today's Census Scientific Advisory Committee meeting), is the president of @francismarionu and previously led the South Carolina Budget and Control Board👇
census.gov/newsroom/bios/…

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 5. @uscensusbureau Director Steven Dillingham says #2020Census faces challenges:
-declining response rates
-more complex households
-highly mobile population
-use of non-English languages
-competition for attention (2020 election, Olympics)
-concerns re: sharing/protecting info

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 6. @uscensusbureau Dir. Steven Dillingham noted President Trump's executive order on citizenship information via agency records: "Collecting administrative data reflects opportunities for developing valuable statistics on new topics in new ways."👇
whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 7. Joe Whitley, new CSAC member and former general counsel of Department of Homeland Security, says emergency preparedness and planning is a "passion of mine."

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 8. Joe Whitley: "Whether or not one believes in English as being the primary language of our country or not, the ability to communicate with one another in the event of a disaster is geometrically challenging with new populations in America that speak other languages."

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 9. End date for in-field address canvassing for #2020Census has moved up from October 18 to October 11, according to slide presented by @uscensusbureau's Albert Fontenot👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 10. For last year's test run of the #2020Census in Rhode Island's Providence County, most households that responded themselves did so online (61%)👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 11. Most respondents (85%) who started completing online form for last year's #2020Census test run submitted a response👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 12. Because of Hurricane Dorian, @uscensusbureau closed local #2020Census offices in:
- Orange County, Florida
- Savannah, Georgia
- Charleston, South Carolina
- Seminole, Florida
- Virginia Beach, Virginia

All have since reopened, Albert Fontenot said👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 13. "We're ahead of schedule, and we are within budget" for #2020Census in-field address canvassing, @uscensusbureau's Albert Fontenot said. Canvassing started last month w fewer workers than anticipated, but workers more productive bc using smartphones and automated systems.

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 14. As of Sept. 9, more than 675,000 applicants have completed online application & assessment for #2020Census jobs👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 15. The first wave of #2020Census area census offices are "fully operational." All second-wave ACOs set to be "ready for business" by Nov. 29👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 16. Florida and Nebraska are the only states so far that are not forming #2020Census "Complete Count Committees" to promote/coordinate outreach. South Dakota is "considering" forming a committee.👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 17. States without "Complete Count Commissions" do have local
Complete Count Committees" to promote #2020Census outreach👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 18. Here's the full slide deck of high-level #2020Census updates by @uscensusbureau's Albert Fontenot (and updates on systems readiness by Michael Thieme)👇
www2.census.gov/cac/sac/meetin…

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 19. UPDATE: Current number of partnership specialists -- who promote #2020Census among communities of color, other hard-to-count groups -- is "almost at 1,300," @uscensusbureau's Tim Olson said. 1,501 originally supposed to be on board by June 30👇

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1152246666931703810?s=20

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 20. @uscensusbureau's Albert Fontenot said that community groups can provide devices that people can use to fill out #2020Census form online themselves.

Groups can help people who are visually impaired.

Paper forms will be provided by bureau only by mail.

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 21. To improve the count of children under age 5 in #2020Census, @uscensusbureau has released lots of teaching resources for pre-K and other teachers, including songs called "Everybody Counts" and "¡Todos cuentan!”

LISTEN HERE👇
census.gov/programs-surve…

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu 22. After the final version of the #2020Census media plan is finalized in November, the @uscensusbureau will finish buying ads to promote the count, Alex Hughes of advertising contractor @VMLYR said👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR 23. In July, the @uscensusbureau participated in a crisis drill to simulate how bureau would respond to a potential fire at the National Processing Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, where #2020Census responses will be gathered, Alex Hughes of advertising contractor @VMLYR said👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR 24. The @uscensusbureau plans to evaluate effectiveness of #2020Census ads "on a daily basis" and will target resources to specific geographic areas or groups depending on response rates, Alex Hughes of advertising contractor @VMLYR said👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR 25. Upcoming updates coming to 2020Census.gov in October and January👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR 26. Here's the full slide deck of updates on the #2020Census integrated partnership and communications efforts👇
www2.census.gov/cac/sac/meetin…

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR 27. NEW: The @uscensusbureau has set up a "Fighting 2020 Census Rumors" website and is collecting tips/questions about potential false information at [e-mail], @uscensusbureau's @stephen_buckner said👇
2020census.gov/en/news-events…

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR @stephen_buckner 28. UPDATE: 1,218 partnership specialists were "on board" & working as of Sept. 9, @uscensusbureau's Willette Allen said, adding current number now closer to 1,300. Bureau plans to reach goal of 1,501 partnership specialists by Oct. 1 -- three months after original 6/30 deadline.

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR @stephen_buckner 29. I wonder if any CSAC members will ask why @uscensusbureau is now 3 months behind in having all 1,501 partnership specialists on board & working and how that impacts outreach to hard-to-count groups (I've asked the bureau's public information office)👇

https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1151208226039443457?s=20

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR @stephen_buckner 30. Just over a quarter of the partnership specialists on board as of Sept. 9 are bilingual, speaking 69 languages other than English👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR @stephen_buckner 31. Here's the full slide deck of updates on the #2020Census partnership programs👇
www2.census.gov/cac/sac/meetin…

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR @stephen_buckner 32. Earlier, new Census Scientific Advisory Committee member Joe Whitley asked how the @uscensusbureau is collecting data on prisoners, whom he called "highly relevant" because they count towards the "allocation of congressional seats"👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR @stephen_buckner 33. New Census Scientific Advisory Committee member Joe Whitley also said capturing information about people who are not U.S. citizens is "relevant" because "it would help us with allocating congressional seats" & "enough funds for the states" with "new & migratory" populations👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR @stephen_buckner 34. Here's video of Joe Whitley's question about the prison population👇

@uscensusbureau @francismarionu @VMLYR @stephen_buckner 35. Here's video of Joe Whitley's comments about information on noncitizens being helpful for "allocating congressional seats"👇