Below is the latest ACS news from the Census Bureau.
American Community Survey Alert, Number 28
(December 10,
2004)
Informing you about news, events, data releases, congressional
actions, and other developments associated with the American Community Survey
(ACS).
News in this Alert
� ACS receives
$146 million in FY 2005 funding; full implementation to begin in January
2005.
ACS receives $146 million in FY 2005 funding; full
implementation to begin in January 2005.
The U.S. Census Bureau today
announced it has received $146 million for ACS for FY 2005. The funding,
approved by the U.S. Congress as part of a massive omnibus bill, allows the
Census Bureau to conduct a short form-only census in 2010 and provide the nation
with annual socio-economic information every year, rather than just once a
decade. The President signed the bill December 8.
The ACS will be
mailed to a sample of households in all 3,233 U.S. counties and in Puerto Rico
each month, beginning in late December.
The $146 million is $19 million
less than the President���s request, which means implementation of the ACS in
group quarters (e.g. college dormitories and prisons) will be delayed until
2006.
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