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U .S . Census Bureau 2020 Census Complete Count Committee Guide 17 N Nonresponse (NR) A housing unit for which the Census Bureau does not have a completed questionnaire and from which the Census Bureau did not receive a telephone or Internet response . Nonresponse Followup (NRFU) A field operation designed to obtain a completed interview from households where a self-response was not received . Enumerators will make personal visits to these households to obtain completed interviews . The enumerator will collect respondents’ answers to interview questions or information about the status of the housing unit (for example, vacant or nonexistent) . If all attempts to contact the individu- als of a household are unsuccessful, an enumerator will obtain as much information as possible about the household from a neighbor, building manager, or another reliable source . P Partner A partner is a group or individual that commits to participate in some way with census activities . Partnership An agreement with tribal, state, and local govern- ments, national organizations, and community groups (faith-based organizations, businesses, media, schools, etc .) that allows their active partici- pation in various census activities . Partnership Specialist The Partnership Specialist takes a lead role in out- reach and promotional efforts before and during census operations . Their main duties are increas- ing awareness and outreach in communities and gaining cooperation and participation from those communities . Privacy Act The Privacy Act of 1974 requires that each fed- eral agency advise respondents of their rights . Specifically, every respondent must know under what law the information is being collected, how the information will be used, whether he or she must answer the questions, and the consequences of not answering the questions . R Regional Census Center (RCC) One of six temporary Census Bureau offices estab- lished to manage census field office and local census office activities and to conduct geographic programs and support operations . Regional Office (RO) One of six permanent Census Bureau offices that direct and advise local census offices for the 2020 Census . The Regional Office also conducts some one-time and ongoing Census Bureau surveys, such as the Current Population Survey (CPS), which is used to publish unemployment figures each month, and the American Community Survey (ACS), a nationwide survey designed to obtain information similar to long-form data and to provide commu- nities a fresh, more current look at how they are changing . Respondent The person who answers the Census Bureau’s ques- tions about his or her living quarters and its occu- pants . The respondent is usually the member of the household who owns or rents the living quarters . Response Outreach Area Mapper (ROAM) A Web mapping application developed to make it easier to identify hard-to-count areas and to provide a socioeconomic and demographic characteristic profile of these areas using American Community Survey estimates available in the Census Bureau Planning Database, available at <www .census .gov /roam> . S Self-Response Self-response is where households complete and return their census questionnaire in a timely man- ner, directly to the Census Bureau, without requiring a census worker to visit the house to obtain their responses in person . Self-response—by internet, mail, or phone—is significantly less costly than in- person followup . State Data Center (SDC) The State Data Center (SDC) program is one of the Census Bureau's longest and most successful part- nerships . This partnership between the 50 states, the