Newsletter Archive

• Take Action! Annual Business Survey and More

  October 01, 2025

  by Meghan Maury

  Survey of the Week: Annual Business Survey. The ABS provides information on measures of research and development (R&D) as well as business and owner characteristics by sex, ethnicity, race, and veteran status. Changes to the ABS in 2026 include reducing sample size (which may limit the ability to produce sub-national estimates) and "streamlining" content by removing questions on work from home, sexual orientation, gender identity, business collaboration with other entities like universities, and management practices.
  Comments due Nov. 3

  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. The Take Action! newsletter highlights surveys or forms the government is changing, renewing, or introducing. Click the links to tell the government what you think about the changes they are making.

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• Rapid Response Data Briefing: Navigating the HIFLD Transition

  September 25, 2025
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• Forsaking Food Security

  September 25, 2025

  by Chris Dick and Beth Jarosz

  How often are Americans concerned that their food will run out before they have money to buy more? Or that they did not have the money to eat balanced meals? How many families with children had to skip meals because there was not enough money for food? 

  For decades, we have been able to answer these questions and more because of the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) as well as a yearly report put out by the USDA’s Economic Research Service. But, we are about to know a whole lot less.

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• Take Action! Unemployment Compensation and More

  September 23, 2025

  by Meghan Maury

  Data Regulation of the Week: Unemployment Compensation

  Federal-State Unemployment Compensation (UC) Program; Data Availability. DOL is proposing to revise its regulation on unemployment compensation data to require - rather than permit - the disclosure of confidential UC information to Federal officials for the purposes of UC program oversight and audits. According to the proposal, mandatory collection of this data is essential to ensure the UC program is being administered consistent with Federal law and to identify and prevent fraud. 
  Comments due Sept. 29.

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• Take Action! Individuals with Disabilities Act and More

  September 17, 2025

  by Meghan Maury

  Collection of the Week:
  Annual State Application Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Act. 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.
  Comments due Oct. 21.

  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. The Take Action! newsletter highlights surveys or forms the government is changing, renewing, or introducing. Click the links to tell the government what you think about the changes they are making.

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