NEW: The Census Bureau's career staff will decide how much time it will take to prepare #2020Census apportionment counts and may not be able to meet the legal reporting deadline of Dec. 31, Al Fontenot, the bureau's associate director for the census, said during a press briefing. 
2. The Census Bureau began softening the ground on whether it can still meet the Dec. 31 reporting deadline for #2020Census apportionment counts with this Oct. 16 statement:
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1317249091307536385?s=20
3. As for the March 31, 2021 legal reporting deadline for state redistricting data from the #2020Census, Al Fontenot said the Census Bureau "cannot say for certain" right now if it needs more time. "We're constantly evaluating that," Fontenot added.
4. Regarding how accepting #2020Census paper questionnaires (that are postmarked by Oct. 15) through Oct. 22 will affect the processing of results, "that's not hurting us," Al Fontenot said.
https://twitter.com/hansilowang/status/1316814768708243456?s=20
5. Al Fontenot said the Census Bureau's working on releasing a public schedule of the steps it's taking to process the #2020Census results. Here's a schedule the bureau released assuming counting ended on Oct. 5 (it actually ended 10 days later):
documentcloud.org/documents/7221…
documentcloud.org/documents/7221…
6. UPDATE: The Census Bureau has released its audio recording (broadcast.census.gov/comm/2020censu…) and transcript of the Oct. 21 press briefing on the #2020Census.
documentcloud.org/documents/7274…
documentcloud.org/documents/7274…
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