1. Census Bureau Agency Briefing
MAPPS Federal Programs Conference
March 14, 2017

2. Geographic Programs Supporting the 2020 Census and Other Census Bureau Programs
Address Programs
Address Canvassing
In-Office Address Canvassing
In-Field Address Canvassing
Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program
New Construction Project
Legal Boundary Programs
Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
Boundary Validation Program (BVP)
Administrative and Statistical Boundary Programs
School District Review Program (SDRP)
Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP)
Redistricting Block Boundary Suggestion Project (BBSP)
Redistricting Voting District Project (VTD) 2 2

3. Geographic Support System Program Continual Research and Updating
An integrated program of improved address coverage, continual spatial and feature updates, and enhanced quality assessment and measurement
The GSS Program supports and maintains the geographic and cartographic infrastructure necessary for the Census Bureau’s data collection, processing, tabulation, and dissemination programs for the United States and Puerto Rico
Continual updates throughout the decade to support current surveys and the 2020 Census
US Postal Service
Tribal, State, Local
Commercial

4. Geographic Support System Program Partner File Update Goals
Initial Geographic Support System Program goal is to acquire address and spatial files for every census tract in the United States and Puerto Rico
By Census Tract
GSS Goal
Actual Acquired
Cumulative Total
Remainder
2013
15,000
15,972
58,030
2014
11,940*
27,912
46,090
2015
15,007
42,919
31,083
2016
19,278
62,197
11,805
2017
74,002
*Budget constraints resulted in the need to scale back this operation in FY 2014

5. Geographic Support System Participation Status
By Data Provider 5

6. Geographic Support System Acquisition Status
By Data Provider

7. In-Office Address Canvassing Interactive Review
Operational Design and Development: Fiscal Year 2015
Project Goal: 11,155,486 - All US Blocks 
Cumulative IR Results - as of March 10, 2017
Blocks completed: 9,533,724 (85.5%)
Passive: 6,854,847 (71.9%)
Active: 1,588,255 (16.7%)
Hold: 1,090,622 (11.4%)
Time per Review: 1.02 minutes
FY17 Goal: Complete remaining balance of all US Blocks

8. In-Office Address Canvassing Block Assessment, Research and Classification Application (BARCA)
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9. In-Office Address Canvassing Active Block Resolution
Operational Design and Development: Fiscal Year 2016
Started Execution: April 2016
Cumulative ABR Results - as of March 9, 2017
ABR Universe: 1,495,033 blocks
ABR Blocks Worked 84,771 blocks
Completed Review 78,643 blocks (92.8% complete)
Resolved in Office 58,727 blocks (69.3% complete)
Request In-Field Canvassing 14,344 blocks (16.9% complete)
On Hold 6,128 blocks (7.2%)
Time per review (including QC): 67 minutes

10. 2020 Census Support Local Update of Census Addresses Operation (LUCA)
January 2017
Completed advance notice mailing
Opened LUCA Geographic Programs Support Desk
Posted address block count lists on the LUCA website
February 2017
LUCA Promotional Workshops begin
Scheduled promotional workshops/webinars
February 14 - Data Dissemination Specialists
February 23 - State Data Centers and Census Information Centers
Outreach Opportunities
February 25 - National Association of Counties Legislative Conference
March 2017
March National Association of Towns and Townships Board of Directors Meeting
March 12 - National League of Cities Congressional City Conference
July 2017
Invitation letter and registration forms mailed
August Training workshops begin
Self-training aids and webinars will be available online at the LUCA website
February 2018
Begin mailing participation materials to all registered participants
March-September 2018
Census Bureau processes LUCA submissions
August-September 2019
Feedback materials offered to participants with the validation results

11. Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)
Annual, voluntary survey to collect legal status and boundary updates for tribal, state, and local governments.
Boundary updates submitted as part of the BAS must be legally in effect on or before January 1st of each BAS year.
Activity
Date(s)
Annual Response information ed
December 2016
Non-response follow up
Week of
February 20, 2017
Deadline for BAS submission to be included in Population Estimates Program and American Community Survey
March 1, 2017
State Data Center non-response follow up
March/April 2017
Deadline for BAS submission to be reflected in 2018 BAS materials
May 31, 2017

12. 2020 Census Support Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP)
Opportunity for designated representatives to review and update statistical geographic areas for 2020 Census data tabulation
Coordinating agencies (generally, county planning departments or regional planning organizations) review, identify, propose changes and delineate new census tracts, block groups, census designated places (CDPs), and census county divisions (CCDs)
Statistical geographic areas updated in PSAP are used to tabulate and disseminate American Community Survey and other data throughout the decade following the decennial census
Program begins in 2018

13. Contact Information
Thank you!
Michael Ratcliffe