Take Action!
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. Take Action! highlights surveys or forms the government is changing, renewing, or introducing. 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, or
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-14 | NFA Responsible Person Questionnaire | ATF | This form is used when a trust or other legal entity is applying to make or register a NFA firearm to identify a responsible individual and to provide sufficient information to conduct a background check on that person. NFA is making several changes to the form, including combining race and ethnicity questions in alignment with SPD15 and to add instructions for married couples jointly filing an application to be treated as an "other legal entity." | Gun Violence |
| 2025-10-14 | Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) | ED | ED is proposing to add a new “Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement” (ACTS) to IPEDS. This component will be applicable to all four-year institutions who utilize selective college admissions, because according to the listing "these institutions have an elevated risk of noncompliance with the civil rights laws." Generally, data collected will include race and sex information about students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled, their GPA and admission test scores, and information about financial assistance provided to those students. In the first year, ED proposes to collect that data not only from the 25-26 academic year, but also from the five prior academic years. | Education |
| 2025-10-14 | Caseload Reduction Documentation Process | HHS/ACF | The TANF caseload reduction credit gives a state credit for reducing its caseload between a base year and a comparison year; ACF reduces a state's required work participation rate for a fiscal year by the state's caseload reduction credit. In addition to removing non-binary response options from gender fields, ACF is adding clarifying language about family eligibility, citizenship status, and education level. | Economic Justice |
| 2025-10-14 | Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey | Census | The MWTS provides measures of monthly sales, end-of-month inventories, and inventories/sales ratios in the United States by selected kinds of business for merchant wholesalers, excluding manufacturers' sales branches and offices. Data are used by BEA as part of the GDP calculation and by BLS as an input to Producer Price Indexes and productivity measurements. No changes are being made to the survey at this time. | Economic Development |
| 2025-10-14 | FEMA Reasonable Accommodation Medical Request Form | DHS/FEMA | Managers at FEMA will use the information gathered on this form to inform decisions about whether to grant an accommodation and determine together with the employee in an interactive process what accommodations would most appropriately address the requestor's functional limitations. | Disability |
| 2025-10-20 | Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) | Census | The AIES provides the only comprehensive national and subnational data on business revenues and expenses on an annual basis. The Census Bureau is making several changes to the AIES, including implementing 2022 NAICS code updates, implementing a modular content strategy, collecting NAPCS codes, and removing a number of questions. | Economy |
| 2025-10-20 | Factors that Influence the Effectiveness of Hazard Anticipation and Attention Maintenance Training | DOT | DOT is proposing a one-time study on novice driver training among 168 18- and 19-year olds who do not yet have driver's licenses. DOT intends to develop and test a novice driver training program on a smartphone-like platform and determining whether the effectiveness of the training differs for participants of different sexes, socioeconomic status (SES) strata, and trait levels of sensation seeking and aggressiveness. | Transportation |
| 2025-10-20 | Post Separation Data Collection for Job Corps Participants | DOL | Job Corps is testing some new methologies for its participant post-separation data collection, including new incentive fee structures. Though not technically part of this change request, Job Corps submitted a "non-substantive" change request for this survey in March to remove response options to job satisfaction question that read, "I experienced discrimination because of my gender at my job," ostensibly in response to EO 14168. Because the public was denied an opportunity to comment on that change, it would be appropriate to include a response to that change in a public comment on the current changes. | Labor/Employment |
| 2025-10-20 | Agricultural Recruitment System Forms Affecting Migratory Farm Workers | DOL | DOL is making changes to the forms farm owners use to verify compliance with migrant farmworker protections contained in the 2024 final rule on "Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States." That final rule was rescinded in July, necessitating changes to the related information collection. | Immigration |
| 2025-10-20 | Disability Innovation Fund (DIF) Evidence Building Support (EBS) | ED | ED is proposing to conduct evaluation and technical assistance activities related to the Disability Innovation Fund, which supports innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive integrated employment (CIE) for children, youth, and other individuals with disabilities. | Disability |
| 2025-10-21 | Annual State Application Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Act | ED | This set of forms is used to determine whether a state is eligible for Part B funding under the IDEA. ED is revising the collection to remove the Significant Disproportionality data collection, which was used to determine if significant disproportionality based on race or ethnicity is occurring in the State with respect to the identification of children as children with disabilities, including identification as children with particular impairments; the placement of children in particular educational settings; and the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary actions, including suspensions and expulsions. | Education |
| 2025-10-21 | Personal Financial Data Rights Reconsideration | Treasury | Treasury is requesting input for a potential proposed rule on sharing of personal financial data. They are requesting input on the proper understanding of who can serve as a “representative” making a request on behalf of the consumer; the optimal approach to the assessment of fees to defray the costs incurred by a “covered person” in responding to a customer driven request; the threat and cost-benefit pictures for data security associated with section 1033 compliance; and the threat picture for data privacy associated with section 1033 compliance. | Privacy |
| 2025-10-24 | OFCCP Recordkeeping Requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act | DOL/OFCCP | Section 503 together with its regulations prohibits employment discrimination against applicants and employees based on disability and requires Federal contractors and subcontractors to take steps to employ, advance in employment, and otherwise treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on disabilities. DOL is proposing to repeal the regulations that require federal contractors to collect data on applicants and hires with disabilities and require contractors to apply a seven percent utilization goal for employment of qualified individuals with disabilities to each of their job groups, or to their entire workforce; this notice revises the related forms. | Disability |
| 2025-10-24 | Job Corps Applicant Data | DOL | DOL is revising the information it collects from Job Corps applicants to determine eligibility and to collect socio-demographic characteristics and employment barrier information that are required for reporting under WIOA. Though not technically part of this change request, Job Corps submitted a "non-substantive" change request for this form in April to remove gender identity and pronoun language and to remove an acknowledgement that read "I understand that I will be living in a diverse and inclusive environment and sharing a dormitory with other students”. Because the public was denied an opportunity to comment on that change, it would be appropriate to include a response to that change in a public comment on the current changes. | Labor/Employment |
| 2025-10-24 | Application for Approval To Participate in Federal Student Aid Programs | ED | ED uses information submitted on this form to determine whether higher education institutions are eligible to participate in the Title IV programs. The listing indicates that changes are being made to the form, but it's unclear from the listing what changes are being made. | Education |
| 2025-10-24 | Registration and Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship Programs | DOL/ETA | DOL issued a proposed rule in July that would modify requirements for the regsitered apprenticeships program, including by removing provisions mandating the development and implementation of affirmative action plans and initiatives. Through this notice, DOL is modifying related forms including by modifying language to state that the sponsor agrees the apprentice will not be illegally discriminated against on the basis of a protected status, instead of stating that the apprentice will be “accorded equal opportunity in all phases of apprenticeship employment and training” and reducing data collection on pariticipants with disabilities. | Labor/Employment |
| 2025-10-24 | Labor Organization and Auxiliary Reports | DOL | Labor organizations use this set of forms to meet their aunnal financial reporting and disclosure requrements under the LMRDA. DOL is raising the filing thresholds for these forms and changing the definition of a "minor child." | Labor/Employment |
| 2025-10-24 | Active Duty Spouses Survey | DOD | The ADSS is designed to enhance understanding of how spouse and family resilience impact force readiness and retention and inform the effectiveness of programs and policies under the purview of DoD's Military Community and Family Policy Department. It's unclear from the listing whether any changes are being made to the survey at this time. | Military |
| 2025-10-27 | Required Information for Annual Improper Payment Estimation | ED | In response to a May 2025 OIG report, ED is introducing a new form for institutions of higher education to report information required to carry out its payment integrity plan and publish payment integrity information on an annual basis. | Higher Ed |
| 2025-10-27 | Data Management Plan (DMP) Template | HHS/CDC | CDC is introducing a data management plan template for its sub-unit CIOs that will allow CDC to understand the number and types of datasets that are being released and shared alongside publications. According to the listing, the proposed new metadata elements for a unified DMP will also help guide CDC-funded researchers towards greater collaborations through fostering data reuse; improve reproducibility by encouraging greater data documentation; and improve accessibility by making CDC data more open and reusable to researchers and the public. | Data Collection |