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Every time the government makes a change to a survey or a form — or introduces a new survey or form — you have the right to weigh in on that decision.
If you want to tell the government what you think about the changes they are making, follow these steps:
- Click on the name of the survey or form.
The link will bring you to a listing in the "Federal Register" — a daily newsletter filled with the government's regulations, surveys, forms, public meetings, and other actions
- Skim the listing to find instructions on how to submit a comment.
For most listings, this information will be found in a section titled "Addresses"
- Write in to tell the government what you think!
Most listings allow you to either:
- Send an email to the point of contact for that survey or form
- Send your thoughts to the agency or the White House through the reginfo.gov website
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| Due Date | Collection | Agency | Summary | Main Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | Annual Survey of Refugees | HHS/ACF | The ASR collects data on the experiences of refugees who recently resettled in the United States. In the listing, ACF indicates that no changes are being made to the survey - and defends the lack of changes specifically and directly. There will be changes made to the survey instructions - the listing indicates that "ACF acknowledges that English is the official language and authoritative version of all federal information and will note this on the translated material." The survey is translated into 20 languages. | Immigration |
| 2026-06-08 | Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program Application | HHS/ACF | The forms in this package are used on behalf of unaccompanied minors in the U.S. who are applying for entry into the URM Program. The application includes biographical data and information on the child's needs to support placement efforts. ORR is making a host of changes to these forms including reducing the number of open-ended text box questions, changing the format of other questions to allow for quicker responses, cutting unnecessary questions, and revising instructions for enhanced clarity. This revision also formalizes a number of changes made last year to gender and demographic questions. | Immigration |
| 2026-06-08 | SSA and CMS Data Sharing and Matching Agreement | CMS/SSA | Under this new agreement, CMS will disclose to the Social Security Administration (SSA) certain individuals' admission and discharge information for care received in a nursing care facility. SSA will use this information to administer the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program efficiently and to identify Special Veterans' Benefits (SVB) beneficiaries who are no longer residing outside of the United States. | Data Sharing |
| 2026-06-08 | Direct Loan Program Promissory Notes and Related Forms | ED | These forms are used by people applying for Direct Education Loans to confirm their commitment to the terms of the loan agreement. In this listing, ED indicates they are revising the forms to comply with statutory changes in the OBBBA, but no supplemental materials are available that specify what those changes are. | Education |
| 2026-06-08 | Food Price Data Collection in the Non-Contiguous States and U.S. Territories | USDA | Accurate food price data are crucial for informing federal nutrition and agricultural policies such as the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), which estimates the cost of a healthy diet. The purpose of this study is to fill a gap in existing food price data by collecting and estimating the prices of foods and beverages in the TFP market basket in seven States and Territories: Alaska, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | Food Access |
| 2026-06-08 | Annual Report on Households Assisted by the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) | HHS/ACF | LIHEAP provides assistance to low-income households to help pay for heating and cooling costs. This collection is used to gather information about LIHEAP program utilization and about the characteristics of households receiving LIHEAP support. ACF is proposing several changes to the collection, including removing questions on race, ethnicity, and gender, which will make it more difficult to determine if LIHEAP funds are serving communities equitably. | Public Benefits |
| 2026-06-08 | Housing Discrimination Complaint Form | HUD | HUD uses this form to collect pertinent information from persons or entities who wish to file housing discrimination complaints with HUD/FHEO under the Fair Housing Act. Although the listing and supporting statements don't give any indication that the form is being changed, the online version of the form no longer includes information about sexual orientation, gender identity, or protections under the Violence Against Women Act. | Housing |
| 2026-06-08 | Public Health/Public Safety Strategies to Reduce Drug Overdose Data Collection | HHS/CDC | These forms collect data to improve overdose prevention efforts that involve PH/PS sectors or address populations at increased risk of overdose in the public safety setting. Through this listing, the NCIPC is proposing to revise the collection to remove objective C: "Identify disparities in access to, or the effectiveness of, strategies," which CDC argues "is no longer needed." | Drug Use |
| 2026-06-08 | National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) | HHS/CDC | Health care providers, medical labs, and other entities use the forms to submit health-related data on reportable conditions to public health departments. In this listing, CDC is designating new conditions that require standardized surveillance, adding new data elements, and formalizing changes to sexual orientation and gender identity questions made informally in 2025. | Health and Safety |
| 2026-06-05 | 2030 Census Locate Address Test for Accessory Dwelling Units | Census | The 2026 Locate Address Test for Accessory Dwelling Units (LAT ADU) was designed to assess the feasibility of obtaining ADU addresses through local government partnerships and to identify potential challenges with locating ADUs during in-field census enumeration activities. | Census |
| 2026-06-05 | Next Steps for Tribal TANF Research and Data | HHS/ACF | This new study is designed to collect information directly from Tribal TANF program leaders, staff, and participants about their challenges, successes, and support needs related to Tribal TANF data reporting requirements; and their research and evidence needs related to Tribal TANF program operations. | Public Benefits |
| 2026-06-04 | LIHEAP Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) Data Match | HHS/ACF | HHS uses data collected through this program to furnish Congress with national and regional descriptive data on the energy needs of households with low incomes. HHS is modestly revising the collection to remove 8 duplicative data elements. | Economic Justice |
| 2026-06-04 | Annual Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey | DOE/EIA | This new yearly 60-question survey would complement the much larger 250-question quadrennial Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey that EIA has fielded since the late 80s. This survey will be used to produce aggregate statistics on the energy consumption of the manufacturing sector, including energy purchases, expenditures, transfers in and shipments out, onsite generation and both fuel and nonfuel use of five widely used energy sources | Energy |
| 2026-06-03 | National Special Education Spending Study | ED | This new study will produce estimates for what is spent on special education services for students with disabilities (SWDs), both overall and by disability category, including expenditures made by states, districts, and schools. | Disability |
| 2026-06-03 | Safe Access for Victims' Economic Security, Data Collection for Safety in Child Support Program Research | HHS/ACF | This new study will collect information from domestic violence (DV) survivors, advocates, and child support staff to understand their experiences and to identify barriers and promising practices related to safety in the child support program. | Violence |
| 2026-06-03 | Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Performance Measures | HHS/ACF | This suite of forms collects information on programs that strengthen families through healthy marriage and relationship education and responsible fatherhood programming. ACF is making a number of changes to the forms in the package, including eliminating the applicant characteristics form, updating the client characteristics form to partially comply with updated SPD15 standards, and adding language to translated materials indicating that English is the official language. | Adoption/Families |
| 2026-06-01 | HUD Data Sharing Agreement | HUD | HUD is revising its Comprehensive Servicing and Monitoring System record system -uses to manage and track loans, property operations, and financial transactions for HUD-owned multifamily properties, including billing, payments, expenses, and tenant lease information - to allow for sharing with federal agencies and non-federal entities for the purposes of detecting, preventing, and recovering improper payments. | Data Sharing |
| 2026-06-01 | Housing Choice Voucher Program and Tribal HUD-VASH | HUD | The forms in this package are used to support programs that help low-income families, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing. HUD is making changes to several of the forms in this package, including removing (or failing to include in new versions of forms) Equal Employment Opportunity language that prohibited contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion, or national origin. | Housing |
| 2026-06-01 | Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) Respondent “Pulse” Feedback | HHS/CMS | This listing creates a new tool, a "Pulse" survey for MCBS respondents. Each Pulse survey will be fielded for only two weeks and will contain five questions or less. These Pulse surveys will allow CMS to obtain time-sensitive information, test new question formats, and understand emerging issues. | Healthcare |
| 2026-06-01 | Shipbuilding Industrial Base Demographics Survey | Navy | This survey collects data on the demographics, training requirements, and occupational experience of the shipbuilding defense industrial base. Data collected through this survey will inform the Navy's strategy for funding workforce development initiatives. | Military |