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Subject: IMPORTANT UPDATE: American Community Survey (ACS) Content Review Federal Register Notice

Thank you for your participation and input in the American Community Survey (ACS) Content Review during the past months. The results of our analysis have been published in a Federal Register Notice which was released today. Below is a copy of the announcement regarding how you can access the notice and provide comments. At the conclusion of the 60-day Federal Register Notice open period, the Census Bureau will evaluate all comments received -- including any further correspondence you provide as part of the public comment period -- and make a final recommendation to OMB on the removal of any content from the questionnaire.  We will notify you of the final recommendation.

Federal Register Notice Announcement - transmitted to 38,000 unique subscribers of our GovDelivery notification lists:

As many of you may be aware, the U.S. Census Bureau recently completed the first phase of a comprehensive content review of every question on the American Community Survey (ACS), using an objective cost-benefit analysis. With the aim of delivering maximum public benefit while ensuring a minimum of public burden, the Census Bureau’s analysis yields seven questions slated for removal from the survey.  A 60-day Federal Register notice is published today, October 31, 2014, through December 30, 2014, and we invite you to review it and provide comments according to the instructions included in the notice.  The link is: https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/10/31/2014-25912/proposed-information-collection-comment-request-the-american-community-survey-content-review-results

For additional information, please go to the ACS Content Review webpage at:  http://www.census.gov/acs/www/about_the_survey/acs_content_review/

Thank you again for working with us as we complete the first phase of the ACS Content Review. If you have general questions about the ACS Content Review process, please contact Gary Chappell, ACS Content Review Project Manager, gary.b.chappell@census.gov.

Catherine Rosol
Technical Analyst
U.S. Census Bureau
catherine.m.rosol@census.gov