Public comments are due by December 26, 2024 on a “generic clearance” request for the U.S. Census Bureau’s field test and evaluations in preparation for the 2030 Census, in hopes of improving “efficiency, data quality, and response rates” and reducing future burden on respondents.
“The U.S. Census Bureau is committed to conducting research towards developing a well-managed, cost-effective, high quality decennial census. To that end, the Census Bureau requests OMB approval for a new generic clearance to conduct a series of studies to research and evaluate how to improve data collection activities for 2030 Census programs at the Census Bureau. These studies will explore how the Census Bureau can improve efficiency, data quality, and response rates and reduce respondent burden in future census and survey operations, evaluations and experiments. This research program is for database updates, respondent communication, questionnaire and procedure development and evaluation purposes. We will use data tabulations to evaluate the results of questionnaire testing. Data will also be used to update address databases and other datasets used to plan and conduct larger tests and the 2030 Census itself.”
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for 2030 Census Small-Scale Tests, Evaluations, and Database Updates https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/26/2024-27652/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for
