{"id":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-095","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"U.S. Census Bureau","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham","authority":"13 U.S.C. 141(a)","instrument":"Statement on 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (Press Release CB20-RTQ.16)","title":"U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham Statement on 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-04-13","effective":"2020-04-13","end":"Field offices reactivated from June 1, 2020; field data collection to Oct. 15, 2020 (096)","startDate":"2020-04-13","endDate":"2020-06-01","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["TELE","CLOSE","EMP"],"addressees":["Census Bureau field staff","the public","Congress (statutory deadline relief requested)"],"clause":"In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Census Bureau is adjusting 2020 Census operations in order to: Protect the health and safety of the American public and Census Bureau employees. Implement guidance from federal, state and local authorities. Ensure a complete and accurate count of all communities. The Census Bureau temporarily suspended 2020 Census field data collection activities in March. Steps are already being taken to reactivate field offices beginning June 1, 2020, in preparation for the resumption of field data collection operations as quickly as possible following June 1. In-person activities, including all interaction with the public, enumeration, office work and processing activities, will incorporate the most current guidance to [protect the health and safety of staff and the public].","enforcement":"Departmental decision under 13 U.S.C. 141","functions":["WF enumerator hiring and work suspended","OF area census offices","CS census vendors","MK outreach"],"notes":"The statement expressly grounds the suspension on \u0027guidance from federal, state and local authorities\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/statement-covid-19-2020.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":36637,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS","url":"/library/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-095","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-095","citation":"Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham, Statement on 2020 Census Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19 (Press Release CB20-RTQ.16) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LANDS-SCIENCE-COURTS-095)","stateName":"","related":[]}