A webinar from MACS 2030 and The Census Project
Agenda and Speaker Bios
Presentation
Fact Sheet
Simulated Voluntary ACS Red Maps
Canada’s Experience
Cancellation of 1986 Census
- Standing on the shoulders of giants: History of Statistics Canada: 1970 to 2008 (Statistics Canada)
Changing Mandatory 2011 Census Long Form to Voluntary National Household Survey
- 2011 National Household Survey: Data Quality and Confidentiality Standards and Guidelines (Statistics Canada)
- Geographic Areas Not Released (Statistics Canada)
- The Tragedy of Canada’s Census (Bloomberg, February 26, 2015)
Census Bureau Voluntary ACS Research
- Meeting 21st Century Demographic Data Needs–Implementing the American Community Survey – Testing the Use of Voluntary Methods (Census Bureau, December 2003)
- ACS Mandatory vs. Voluntary Methods (Census Bureau, 2012)
- A Future Without Key Social and Economic Statistics for the Country (Census Bureau Blog by Robert Groves, May 11, 2012)
- Who Commuted on Baltimore’s Key Bridge: (Census Bureau Article from CRE/ACS Data, May 8, 2024)
- Hurricane Helene’s Impact on the Socially Vulnerable in North Carolina (Census Bureau Article from CRE/ACS Data, October 11, 2024)
- Understanding Disasters Through Federal Data (Working Paper on Hurricane Helene with CRE/ACS Data, September 22, 2025)
Limit of Two Contacts Per Respondent – Section 605
- STANDARD DEVIATIONS: Section 605: A Threat to America’s Data (Census Quality Reinforcement Task Force/Census Project Blog, September 14, 2025)
- Letter to Congressional Committees on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (American Statistical Association, October 21, 2025)
Advocacy
- U.S. Business Community Letter on FY26 CJS Sec. 605 (September 8, 2025)
- American Statistical Association Letter on Section 605 (October 21, 2025)
- Census Project Letter to House and Senate CJS on FY 2026 and Section 605 (October 30, 2025)
