The U.S. Census Bureau seeks public comment on revising the Annual Business Survey by March 6, 2026.
“The Annual Business Survey (ABS) measures business demographics, research and development (R&D), innovation, and critical and emerging technologies among businesses in the United States. The ABS is a joint statistical project between the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Census Bureau.”
“Content previously collected on the Business Enterprise Research and Development (BERD) Survey will now be collected as part of the Annual Business Survey. The BERD survey will no longer be fielded independently. Integrating the survey instruments necessitated changes to the questions which were then tested with the target populations. The Census Bureau and NCSES worked collaboratively to determine these necessary changes.”
This is a follow-up notice from a comment request in fall 2025.
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Annual Business Survey https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02453/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for
