With the end of the year right around the corner, Congress is working to address some of the most urgent issues facing hard-working families across America before they leave Washington for the holidays. While the bulk of their efforts so far have understandably been focused on providing COVID-19 relief for struggling Americans, there are a number of additional pressing matters they will need to address in order to ensure that their work on the pandemic is as effective as it needs to be.

Among these matters is the 2020 United States Census. While it may be easy to think that Census workers’ task ended once response collection concluded in October, there is a comprehensive verification process that must be carried out in order to guarantee that the Census findings are accurate. (more…)