Census Bureau November 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

As part of the Race/Ethnicity Coding Improvement Project, the U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) is seeking feedback on the proposed race/ethnicity code list that will be used when the combined race/ ethnicity question is implemented in the American Community Survey (ACS) and the 2030 Census. The Census Bureau aims to enhance and improve the code list that was used in the 2020 Census and is currently used in the ACS to ensure that detailed race and/or ethnicity responses are accurately coded and tabulated in future data collections.

The Census Bureau is giving notice of a virtual meeting of the 2030 Census Advisory Committee (2030 CAC or Committee). The Committee will assist the Census Bureau in devising strategies to increase awareness of and participation in the next decennial census, reduce barriers to response, and enhance the public's trust and willingness to respond. Last minute changes to the schedule are possible, which could prevent giving advance public notice of schedule adjustments.

The U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) will conduct two virtual Tribal consultations on updating the race/ethnicity code list for the American Community Survey and the 2030 Census on December 11, 2024, and January 15, 2025. The two virtual Tribal consultation webinars will reflect the Census Bureau's continuous commitment to strengthen government-to-government relationships with federally recognized Tribes. The Census Bureau's procedures for outreach, notice, and consultation ensure involvement of Tribes, to the extent practicable and permitted by law, before making decisions or implementing policies, rules, or programs that affect federally recognized Tribal governments. These meetings are open to citizens of federally and State recognized Tribes by invitation.

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the proposed new information collection, for the 2026 Census TestGroup Quarters Advance Contact (GQAC) prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.