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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-12 | Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) | HHS/CMS | The provides a holistic view of Medicare beneficiaries' social and medical risk factors and rich information on the relationship between these risk factors, healthcare utilization, and health outcomes, at a point in time and over time. CMS is revising the survey to change the question on sexual orientation, remove the question on gender identity, and remove the question on perceived discrimination, which was used to measure perceived discrimination from health care providers due to certain personal attributes, including race or ethnicity, language or accent, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, age, culture or religion, disability, or medical history. | Healthcare |
| 2025-09-12 | The Real Cost Campaign Outcomes Evaluation Study | FDA | FDA is proposing further evaluation of its Real Cost Campaign, an effort which uses evidence-based messaging distributed through multiple channels, including paid media advertising, to highlight the negative health consequences of tobacco use to U.S. youth. The purpose of this study is to provide credible evidence that changes in key outcomes can be attributed to exposure to the campaign. | Health and Safety |
| 2025-09-10 | Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Management System (FMS2) | HUD | HUD is updating its FOIA records system to capture information about the citizenship of people making FOIA requests. | Housing |
| 2025-09-10 | IRS and SSA Data Sharing Agreement | SSA | Under this matching program, the IRS will disclose to SSA certain tax return information for the purpose of establishing the correct amount of Medicare Part B premium subsidy adjustments and Medicare Part D premium increases provided under the Social Security Act, the Medicare Modernization Act, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). | Data Sharing |
| 2025-09-10 | Biographic Information/Alien Registration | DHS | This form is used by non-citizens to register under the Immigration and Naturalization Act. The form collects personal and biometric information. During the 60-day public comment period, DHS received many comments challenging the type and extent of information collected on this form, largely on the grounds that the information is overbroad, burdensome, and sets non-citizens up for potential criminal liability due to complexities in question wording and other issues. DHS chose not to make any changes to the form in response to these comments. | Immigration |
| 2025-09-09 | Special Census Program | Census | This program allows local officials to request a Special Census when there has been a significant population change in their community due to annexation, growth, or the addition of new group quarters facilities. Many states use Special Census population statistics to determine the distribution of state funds to local jurisdictions. The Census Bureau is proposing to extend this program in its current form without any changes. | Data Collection |
| 2025-09-08 | Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses | DOL/OSHA | This survey measures the overall rate of work injuries and illnesses by industry and is the primary indicator of the Nation's progress in providing every working man and woman safe and healthful working conditions. The listing does not indicate that any changes are being made to the survey at this time. | Labor/Employment |
| 2025-09-08 | Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) | ED | The CRDC collects data related to the civil rights laws' requirement that public local educational agencies (LEA) and elementary and secondary schools provide equal educational opportunity. In the 60-day notice on the CRDC, ED proposed a number of changes to the collection, including improving data collection on nonbinary students and race and ethnicity and added additional collection elements on disability and bullying. In a more recent document, ED announced that it would discontinue the collection of nonbinary data, along with several other questions that include gender identity information, such as questions about bullying and harassment on the basis of gender identity. However, changes to questions about race, ethnicity, and disability appear to be moving forward. | Education |
| 2025-09-08 | Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States | BEA | This survey collects data on the financial structure and operations of foreign-owned U.S. business enterprises, which are used to provide reliable measures of foreign direct investment in the United States to assess its impact on the U.S. economy. BEA is proposing to discontinue collection of data on minority-owned U.S. affiliates, which are U.S. affiliates for which the voting interest of all foreign parents of the U.S. affiliate is 50 percent or less. | Economic Development |
| 2025-09-08 | Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration | State | This form collects the information needed to fulfill the legal requirements for the issuance of an immigrant visa (IV). The information required on the form is limited to what is necessary for consular officers to determine the eligibility and classification of an individual seeking an IV to the United States. The listing indicates that the form is being revised, but it's unclear what revisions are being made. | Immigration |
| 2025-09-08 | Notification of Intention To Strike or Picket at Any Health Care Institution | FMCS | Under the NRLA, labor organizations must notify FMCS before engaging in any strike, picketing, or other concerted refusal to work at any health care institution. This form creates a formalized process for submitting that notification. | Labor/Employment |
| 2025-09-08 | Healthcare Competition Complaint Form | HHS | This form facilitates reporting by members of the public of complaints, concerns, or information regarding potential healthcare or drug company antitrust violations. | Healthcare |
| 2025-09-06 | Web Interface and Forms To Support Genomic Data Sharing for Research Purposes | NIH | All investigators who receive NIH funding to conduct large-scale genomic research are expected to register studies with human genomic data in NIH's shared database. As part of the study registration process, investigators must provide basic study information, such as the types of data that will be submitted to dbGaP and a description of the study, via a form provided by the funding NIH institute. The related forms are being revised to clarify that requesters are expected to attest that their systems secure the data according to standards set for in the NIH Security Best Practices for Users of Controlled-Access Data. | Science and Technology |
| 2025-09-05 | Department of Education and SSA Data Sharing | ED | This notice announces a matching program between the Department of Education and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to assist ED in the verification of Social Security numbers (SSNs), confirmation of citizenship status as recorded in SSA records, and death indicators (when applicable) of individuals who initiate the steps associated with accessing programs authorized by title IV of the Higher Education Act. | Education |
| 2025-09-05 | NIFA Application Kit | NIFA | The forms in the NIFA application kit are used to make award determinations for agricultural research. NIFA is proposing to revise the collection by adding a new “NIFA Disclosure of Foreign Relationships” form. This form will allow NIFA to perform legislatively mandated Due Diligence of Foreign Influence review of USDA's SBIR and STTR applicants. | Food Access |
| 2025-09-05 | Application for Permanent Employment Certification, and Appendices | DOL/ETA | These forms are used by employers to certify that to certify that foreign workers seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of performing skilled or unskilled labor will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of U.S. workers “able, willing, qualified, and available” to perform such labor. The listing indicates that no changes are being made to this set of forms. | Immigration |
| 2025-09-05 | Complaint Involving Employment Discrimination by a Federal Contractor or Subcontractor | DOL/OFCCP | Because EO 11246, which prohibited Federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and national origin was revoked, OFCCP is revising its discrimination complaint forms to remove references to discrimination on these bases. Of note, because there is no opportunity for public feedback on Executive Orders, this is the only conduit for public comment to weigh in on the impact of that Exectuive Order. | Non-Discrimination |
| 2025-09-05 | Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) | DOL | JOLTS collects data on job vacancies, labor hires, and labor separations. This survey helps people understand the complex relationship between job openings and unemployment, know which aggregate industries face the tightest labor markets, and provides clues about workers' views of the labor market or their success in finding better jobs. According to the listing, no major changes are being made to the forms, procedures, data collection methodology, or other aspects of the survey. | Labor/Employment |
| 2025-09-04 | Affidavit of Identifying Witness | State | This form is used by the identifying witness when the applicant is unable to establish his/her identity to the satisfaction of a person authorized to accept passport applications. The listing indicates that the form is being changed, but it is unclear from the lsiting what changes are being made. | Immigration |
| 2025-09-03 | National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2026 Amendment #1 | ED | The NAEP is a survey of student achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in various subject areas, such as mathematics, reading, writing, science, U.S. history, and civics; the survey also collects data on specified student groups and characteristics, including information organized by race/ethnicity, sex, socio-economic status, disability, and limited English proficiency. This Amendment reduces the scope of the NAEP due to reduced agency capacity. | Education |