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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-06 | Selective Service System Registration Form 1 | SSS | This form is used by 18-year-old citizens and immigrants living in the US to register for military service. The listing indicates that SSS is making changes to the Privacy Act statement on the form - the list of entities that SSS will share registration information with - but it's unclear from the listing what changes are being made. | Military |
| 2025-10-06 | Monthly Retail Surveys | Census | The Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) provides estimates of monthly retail sales, end-of-month merchandise inventories, and quarterly e-commerce sales; the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS) provides an early indication of monthly sales for retail trade and food services firms. The Census Bureau is planning to extend both of these surveys without changes. | Trade |
| 2025-10-06 | Data Resource Toolkit Protocol for the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program | SAMHSA | This suite of forms are is used to record information about mental and behavioral health services provided to people and communities in the wake of a presidentially-declared major emergency. Forms are being revised to update race and ethnicity questions to align with SPD15, to remove gender options other than male or female, to remove questions about recent immigration, to add a question about primary languages spoken during encounters, and to implement several other technical changes. | Emergency Management |
| 2025-10-06 | Application To Transfer and Register NFA Firearm (Tax Exempt) | ATF | This form is used to apply for permission to transfer and register a National Firearms Act (NFA) firearm. In addition to several other technical changes, ATF is revising this form to combine the race and ethnicity questions in alignment with SPD15. | Gun Violence |
| 2025-10-07 | Application To Transfer and Register NFA Firearm (Tax Paid) | ATF | This form is used by people with an NFA firearm to apply to ATF for approval to transfer and register the firearm. In addition to reducing transfer fees to $0, ATF is making a number of small technical revisions and combining the race and ethnicity questions to align with new SPD15 guidance. | Gun Violence |
| 2025-10-07 | Application To Make and Register NFA Firearm | ATF | This form is used by any person other than a qualified manufacturer who wishes to make and register an NFA firearm. In addition to several technical changes, ATF is revising this form to combine the race and ethnicity questions in alignment with the new SPD15 standards. | 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 |
| 2025-10-14 | 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 |
| 2025-10-20 | 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 |
| 2025-10-20 | 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 | 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 |
| 2025-10-21 | 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 |
| 2025-10-21 | 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 |
| 2025-10-24 | 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 | 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 |