FROM: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF SECURITY
IN AN EFFORT TO MEET THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS TO COUNT
THE U.S. POPULATION, IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING 2020 DECENNIAL CENSUS,
FIELD DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 4, 2019 AND CONTINUE THROUGH
OCTOBER 11, 2019. CENSUS BUREAU TEMPORARY FIELD STAFF WILL WORK IN
NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO UPDATE ADDRESS LISTS AND MAPS USING A
LAPTOP COMPUTER. FIELD STAFF WILL BE KNOCKING ON DOORS IN ORDER TO VERIFY
ADDRESSES AND GATHER INFORMATION ON ADDITIONAL LIVING QUARTERS.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY ENCOUNTER QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT STRANGERS IN
THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN IDENTIFY
CENSUS BUREAU EMPLOYEES, BOTH TEMPORARY DECENNIAL EMPLOYEES AND PERMANENT FIELD
REPRESENTATIVES. FIELD STAFF CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE LAPTOP COMPUTER WITH A
CENSUS BUREAU LOGO ON THE TOP, A BLACK CANVASS BAG WITH A CENSUS LOGO, AS WELL
AS A PHOTO IDENTIFICATION CARD.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL 301-763-1716 AND A MEMBER OF THE OFFICE
OF SECURITY WILL ASSIST YOU.
