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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | Labor Organization and Auxiliary Reports | DOL | Labor organizations use this set of forms to meet their aunnal financial reporting and disclosure requrements under the LMRDA. DOL is raising the filing thresholds for these forms and changing the definition of a "minor child." | Labor/Employment |
| 2025-10-24 | OFCCP Recordkeeping Requirements under Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act | DOL/OFCCP | Section 503 together with its regulations prohibits employment discrimination against applicants and employees based on disability and requires Federal contractors and subcontractors to take steps to employ, advance in employment, and otherwise treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on disabilities. DOL is proposing to repeal the regulations that require federal contractors to collect data on applicants and hires with disabilities and require contractors to apply a seven percent utilization goal for employment of qualified individuals with disabilities to each of their job groups, or to their entire workforce; this notice revises the related forms. | Disability |
| 2025-10-24 | Registration and Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship Programs | DOL/ETA | DOL issued a proposed rule in July that would modify requirements for the regsitered apprenticeships program, including by removing provisions mandating the development and implementation of affirmative action plans and initiatives. Through this notice, DOL is modifying related forms including by modifying language to state that the sponsor agrees the apprentice will not be illegally discriminated against on the basis of a protected status, instead of stating that the apprentice will be “accorded equal opportunity in all phases of apprenticeship employment and training” and reducing data collection on pariticipants with disabilities. | Labor/Employment |
| 2025-10-24 | Application for Approval To Participate in Federal Student Aid Programs | ED | ED uses information submitted on this form to determine whether higher education institutions are eligible to participate in the Title IV programs. The listing indicates that changes are being made to the form, but it's unclear from the listing what changes are being made. | Education |
| 2025-10-27 | Required Information for Annual Improper Payment Estimation | ED | In response to a May 2025 OIG report, ED is introducing a new form for institutions of higher education to report information required to carry out its payment integrity plan and publish payment integrity information on an annual basis. | Higher Ed |
| 2025-10-27 | Data Management Plan (DMP) Template | HHS/CDC | CDC is introducing a data management plan template for its sub-unit CIOs that will allow CDC to understand the number and types of datasets that are being released and shared alongside publications. According to the listing, the proposed new metadata elements for a unified DMP will also help guide CDC-funded researchers towards greater collaborations through fostering data reuse; improve reproducibility by encouraging greater data documentation; and improve accessibility by making CDC data more open and reusable to researchers and the public. | Data Collection |
| 2025-10-28 | Social Security Administration Forms | SSA | SSA is revising a number of its forms, including the Statement Regarding Marriage, Disability Report (Child), and its Consent-Based Social Security Number Verification form. It's unclear from the listing what changes are being made to these forms. | Public Benefits |
| 2025-11-03 | Annual Business Survey | Census | 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. | Economy |
| 2025-11-03 | Recipient Financial Reporting Demonstration | HUD | HUD is testing a consolidated, consistent mechanism for HUD to confirm that grantees are spending their funds properly in order to add additional oversight to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. | Housing |
| 2025-11-03 | NRC Formal Discrimination Complaint | NRC | NRC is renewing the clearance on its discrimination complaint forms. Though technically not a part of this renewal, earlier in the year NRC processed a "nonsubstantive change" to these forms removing the option to select sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy as the basis of a discrimination complaint. Because the public was denied an opportunity to comment on those changes at the time, it would be appropriate to comment on those changes as a part of this comment period. | Non-Discrimination |
| 2025-11-03 | Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) | DHS/ICE | These forms collect information on SEVP-certified schools and information on the F and M nonimmigrant students that the SEVP-certified schools admit into their programs of study. The forms are being revised to collect additional information from schools (such as school ownership, time necessary to complete the program, and whether a program is in a hybrid or low residency format) and from students (such as on legal guardian information and whether a student is engaging in online education, on-campus employment, and whether any employment or training is being conducted on-site or remotely). | Education |
| 2025-11-03 | Ticket to Work Evaluation and SSN Application Form | SSA | SSA is contracting with Mathematica to conduct an independent evaluation of the Ticket to Work Program to assess the effects of the program on work outcomes and self-sufficiency and their cost effectiveness. SSA is also revising its SSN Application Form and two other forms, but it's unclear from the listing what changes are being made. | Evaluation |
| 2025-11-04 | Medicare Health Outcomes Survey Field Test | CMS | Data collected in this field test will be used by CMS to inform decisions on possible changes to HOS content and survey administration procedures. The items in the questionnaire reflect current health priorities and would provide CMS with data to study new longitudinal PROMs, cross-sectional measures, and enhancements to existing HOS measures for MA plans to use as a focus of their quality improvement efforts. | Healthcare |