[CTPP] termination of ACS 3-year products

This was posted to the ACS Data Users forum by Mark Mather of the Population Reference Bureau. He writes: --- "The Census Bureau is planning to discontinue the production of all 3-year ACS data, according to their 2015 budget justification document: "The Census Bureau proposes to terminate permanently the “3-Year Data” Product. The Census Bureau intended to produce this data product for a few years when the ACS was a new survey. Now that the ACS has collected data for nearly a decade, this product can be discontinued without serious impacts on the availability of the estimates for these communities." http://www.osec.doc.gov/bmi/budget/FY16CJ/Census_2016_CJ.pdf" --- The paragraph in question is on pg. CEN 106. Mark's post is at http://acsdatacommunity.leveragesoftware.com/group_discussion.aspx?discussi… *Mara Kaminowitz, GISP*GIS Coordinator ......................................................................... *Baltimore Metropolitan Council* Offices @ McHenry Row 1500 Whetstone Way Suite 300 Baltimore, MD 21230 410-732-0500 ext. 1030 mkaminowitz(a)baltometro.org www.baltometro.org