Input Opportunity: American Community Survey Methods Panel
2024-10-23 - 2024-12-23
On October 23, the Census Bureau published a Federal Register Notice (FRN) seeking comments on its proposal for a new American Community Survey (ACS) Methods Panel, which is the research platform for testing improvements to the ACS. Importantly, the Methods Panel can also serve as a testbed for the decennial census. The new Methods Panel will run from 2025-2028, with iterative tests possible.
The 60-day comment period ended on December 23, 2024.
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Input Opportunity: Group Quarters Advanced Contact Operation
2024-10-23 - 2024-12-23
On November 4, the Census Bureau published a Federal Register Notice (FRN) outlining plans to test updated decennial census Group Quarters Advanced Contact Operation (GQAC) methods in the 2026 Census Test. In this FRN, the Bureau proposes a plan to rely primarily on electronic (Web-Based) exchange of information to prepare for the Group Quarter (GQ) enumeration, with In-Office and then In-Person contact as back-up methods. The Bureau will determine whether use of a secure Web-Based portal to send and receive information from GQs during the Advance Contact phase will improve data quality and operational efficiency, both for the GQAC and GQ Enumeration operations.
The 60-day comment period ended on December 23, 2024.
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