I thought this was worth forwarding to the group. At the bottom is the address if you are interested in subscribing to these alerts. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [acs-alert] American Community Survey Alert, Number 45 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:43:52 -0500 From: cheryl.v.chambers(a)census.gov To: acs-alert(a)lists.census.gov American Community Survey Alert, Number 45 (released January 31, 2007) Informing you about news, events, data releases, congressional action, and other developments associated with the American Community Survey (ACS). News in this Alert *U.S. Census Bureau Releases Prototype ACS Summary File (SF) *2006 ACS Content Test Reports Now Available *Contact Us ______________________________________________________________________________ * U.S. Census Bureau Releases Prototype ACS Summary File (SF) A prototype of the ACS Summary File (SF) will be released Feb. 14, 2007 on the ACS Web site. This is a postponement of two weeks from the release date announced in the Dec. 28, 2006, ACS Alert, Number 44. Details on accessing the files and accompanying technical documentation will be released via ACS Alert on Feb. 14. The Census Bureau and American Community Survey Office hopes this prototype ACS-SF will give data users the opportunity to work with this set of files and provide the Census Bureau with useful comments. Feedback may be sent to: cmo.acs(a)census.gov. *2006 ACS Content Test Reports Now Available In 2006, the Census Bureau conducted the first test of new and modified content since the ACS reached full implementation levels of data collection. The 2006 ACS Content Test report series presents the results of that testing that will help determine the content for the 2008 ACS. There are 21 reports in the series, which may be found on the Census Bureau’s Web site at: <http://www.census.gov/acs/www/AdvMeth/index.htm __________________________________________________________________ The ACS is a key component in the Census Bureau’s 2010 Decennial Census Program, which also consists of early planning and modernization of geographic operations and a short-form only for the 2010 Census. ___________________________________________________________________ *Contact Us If you have questions or comments about the American Community Survey, please call (888) 346-9682 or e-mail cmo.acs(a)census.gov. If you choose to unsubscribe or change your list options, you may do so by visiting this site and entering your e-mail address at the bottom of the page under the ACS-Alert subscriber's section. This will take you to an options page where you may request your password, unsubscribe, or set other options. If you have questions about this list, please send a message to acs-alert-admin(a)lists.census.gov. _______________________________________________ acs-alert mailing list acs-alert(a)lists.census.gov http://lists.census.gov/mailman/listinfo/acs-alert