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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. DataWatch — 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 | Summary | Main Issues | New/Renew | Agency | Respondents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-16 | Pathways to Partnerships Program Evaluation | These collections will support the evaluation of the 2023 Disability Innovation Fund (DIF), Pathways to Partnerships Innovative Model Demonstration Project. The purpose of the DIF is to support innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive integrated employment for children, youth, and other individuals with disabilities. The program aims to create systematic and seamless approaches to offering transition services to children with disabilities, ages 10-13 and youth with disabilities ages 14 to 24 through collaborations among State vocational rehabilitation agencies, State education agencies, local education agencies, Federally funded Centers for Independent Living, and other organizations offering services to this population. | Disability | New | ED | Individuals and households |
| 2025-06-16 | National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2026 | NAEP is a federally authorized survey of student achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in various subject areas, such as mathematics, reading, writing, science, U.S. history, civics, geography, economics, technology and engineering literacy (TEL), and the arts. ED will conduct several tests in the 2026 cycle. Note that the confidentiality protections have changed. The listing says "As of April 2025, NCES's assurances of confidentiality protections for NAEP 2026 have changed due to recent staffing changes at the Department of Education. NCES has removed the Foundations of Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, Title III, Part B, Confidential Information Protection (“CIPSEA”) as a confidentiality assurance. However, confidentiality assurances under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (ESRA) remain in effect.) | Education | Revision | ED | SLT governments |
| 2025-06-16 | Collection of Information Under the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974 | This DRF DFR amends existing provisions by amending regulations regarding the collection of information under the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974. Note that DFRs must be rescinded if adverse comments are received. | Climate/Environment | N/A | DOE | N/A |
| 2025-06-15 | Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Rescission of Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection Methods | In December 2023, SNAP issued a rule that prohibited using visual observation as a data collection method for race and ethnicity. It also removed regulatory language that provides an example that State agencies might collect race and ethnicity data by observation (also referred to as “visual observation”) when participants do not voluntarily provide the information on the application form. FNS is proposing to rescind the rule and seek comment on that proposal. | Racial Justice | N/A | USDA | Individuals |
| 2025-06-13 | 2026-2027 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) | FSA uses the FAFSA to collect and process the data necessary to determine a student's eligibility to receive Title IV, HEA program assistance. It's unclear from the listing what revisions are being made to the documents. | Higher Ed | Revision | ED | Individuals |
| 2025-06-13 | Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) Demonstration Projects and Evaluation | In 2018, DOL and SSA launched a collaboration to develop and test promising stay-at-work/return-to-work (SAW/RTW) early intervention strategies and evaluate outcomes for individuals who are experiencing work disability. The RETAIN Demonstration Projects are modeled after promising programs currently operating in Washington State, including the Centers of Occupational Health and Education (COHE), the Early Return to Work (ERTW), and the Stay at Work programs. | Disability | Extension | DOL | Individuals or households |
| 2025-06-12 | 2026 Survey of Earned Doctorates | The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) is part of NCSES' survey system that collects data on individuals in an effort to provide information on science and engineering education and careers in the United States. There has long been an effort to add SOGI to this survey; despite testing showing the question additions would work and be beneficial, NCSES is choosing not to add those questions to the survey. | Higher Ed | Extension | NSF | Individuals |
| 2025-06-12 | High Frequency Surveys Program/Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey | Household Pulse Survey content continues to serve as an experimental endeavor in cooperation with other federal agencies to produce near real-time data to understand the effects of current events, including health events, and other social or economic events facing the nation or a significant portion of the nation. The June content will focus on economic issues and events and the August issue will have health-focused content. | Data Collection | Revision | Census | Individuals or households |
| 2025-06-10 | Notice of Termination of 14 Discretionary Federal Advisory Committees | This notice formally terminates 14 DOC Advisory Committees, including the BEA Advisory Committee; Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC), 2030 Census Advisory Committee; Census Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC); and Census's National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations (NAC). | Data Collection | N/A | DOC | N/A |
| 2025-06-09 | Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records | HUD is modifying its SORN for the Ginnie Mae Master Subservicer System, making clarifications to several components of the system including the routine uses of the data. It's not clear from the listing whether this is likely to increase sharing of PII. | Housing | Revision | HUD | N/A |
| 2025-06-09 | National Use of Force Data Collection | To provide a better understanding of the incidents of use of force by law enforcement, the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program developed a data collection for law enforcement agencies to provide information on incidents where the use of force by a law enforcement officer led to the death or serious bodily injury of a person, as well as when a law enforcement officer discharged a firearm at or in the direction of a person. When a use of force incident occurs, federal, state, county, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies provide information to the data collection on characteristics of the incident, the victim(s) on which force was used by law enforcement, and the officers who applied force in the incident. | Criminal Justice | Extension | DOJ | SLT governments |
| 2025-06-09 | Income Driven Repayment Plan Request | The Department is updating the IDR Request Form that is used by a borrower to enroll, recertify, or change their IDR plan to support the provisions identified by a court injunction issued February 18, 2025. Specifically, the form is being updated to remove the SAVE plan as an option for borrowers to select and remove the other early-implemented components of the Final Rule that apply to the other IDR plans ( i.e., revert the definition of family size to the pre- July 1, 2024, definition for all IDR plans and remove references to interest subsidy during repayment), additional updates to improve clarity and the borrower experience as a result of these changes have also been made. | Education | Revision | ED | Individuals or households |
| 2025-06-07 | American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) | The listing indicates that changes to the surveys are being made but what changes are happening is unclear. According to the listing, Census "requests authorization from the OMB for revisions to the ACS. The ACS is one of the Department of Commerce's most valuable data products, used extensively by businesses, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), local governments, and many federal agencies." | Data Collection | Revision | Census | Individuals or households |
| 2025-06-05 | Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program Evaluation | This collection is a core component of a larger comprehensive evaluation strategy to assess the effectiveness and functioning of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, funded through grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF). LSAMP alliances are institutions of higher education (IHEs) that support the preparation of students at the undergraduate and postbaccalaureate levels in science, technology, engineering and technology (STEM) disciplines. | Higher Ed | New | NSF | Faculty, staff, and students |
| 2025-06-05 | Current Population Survey-Child Support Supplement | The CPS Child Support Supplement collects detailed information about child support agreements and awards, including both required payments and amounts received, as well as data about the socioeconomic characteristics of custodial parents and their families. Analysis of the information provides a nationwide assessment of the need for and effectiveness of the child support program, which helps OCSE align the child support program to meet the needs of the families it serves. The survey analysis will also help legislators make child support policy decisions. OCSE revised the survey to delete questions and update language. | Adoption/Families | Revision | HHS | Individuals and households |
| 2025-06-04 | ATF's Citizens' Academy Application | In addition to a revision of the respondent burden, ATF is replacing the word “gender” with the word “sex” and (2) removing the word “non-binary” and its accompanying check box. | Criminal Justice | Revision | DOJ | Individuals or households |
| 2025-06-02 | National Survey of the Use of Booster Seats | The 2025 Field Test's goal is to test the use of an internet self-response method to measure its success as a possible method of contact and interviewing with the goal of review accuracy, reporting, and representativeness. In addition, should it prove as | Health and Safety | Renewal | DOT | N/A |
| 2025-06-02 | National Use of Force Data Collection | This collection is used by law enforcement agencies to provide information on incidents where the use of force by a law enforcement officer led to the death or serious bodily injury of a person, as well as when a law enforcement officer discharged a firearm at or in the direction of a person. When a use of force incident occurs, law enforcement agencies provide information to the data collection on characteristics of the incident, the victim(s) on which force was used by law enforcement, and the officers who applied force in the incident. | Criminal Justice | Extension | DOJ | Governments |
| 2025-05-30 | NSF GRANTED Program Interviews | As a first step, the study will conduct a literature review to analyze the types of research support and services provided at U.S. higher education institutions. Second, the study will provide a road map for a formative program evaluation, along with a feasibility memo of what data can be used for the evaluation. | Education | New | NSF | N/A |
| 2025-05-30 | EEO Initial Informal Complaint Contact Sheet Common Form | This information is being collected for the purpose of processing informal complaints of employment discrimination against the agency on the bases of race, religion, color, sex, pregnant/pregnant workers (limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, age (40 or older), genetic information (including family medical history), disability (mental or physical) or retaliation/reprisal. Note that the form does not include a place to report discrimination on the basis of sexual orientiation or gender identity and restricts sex discrimination complaints to male or female. | Non-Discrimination | Revision | Census | Individuals |