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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-15 | American Indian and Alaska Natives Facility Condition, Location, and Ownership Survey | This survey, conducted every five years, collects data on the condition, location, and ownership of facilities used by AIAN Head Start programs. Changes to the survey in this cycle include more detailed questions on facility safety (e.g., lead testing, pest control, disaster impact), clearer definitions of facility conditions, and expanded items on funding sources and barriers. These revisions aim to strengthen data on infrastructure challenges and needs across AIAN programs. | Education | Revision | HHS/ACF | AIAN Head Start grantees |
| 2025-09-15 | Evaluation of the National Human Trafficking Hotline: Understanding Engagement With the Community, Law Enforcement, and Other Hotlines | This collection will examine how the NHTH processes contacts, interacts with law enforcement and other hotline providers, and advertises its services to potential contactors. | Criminal Justice | New | HHS/ACF | Hotline staff and law enforcement |
| 2025-09-16 | School-Level Finance Survey (SLFS) | SLFS is a comprehensive source of school-level finance data for public education including salaries, benefits, and total current expenditures broken out by activity (function) for all publicly funded schools serving students in prekindergarten through 12th grade. Data on school-level spending patterns is helpful for parents to make choices for the education of their child. Uniform and comparable data helps states measure the effectiveness of resource allocation. Collecting this data at the national level addresses the need for reliable and unbiased measures that can be utilized to compare how resources are distributed among schools within local districts. Education finance statistics provided by this collection allow for comparisons of how public elementary-secondary schools are spending their funds. No changes are being made to this survey. | Education | Renewal | ED | SLT governments |
| 2025-09-16 | NASA Assurance of Civil Rights Compliance | NASA grantees use this form to submit an assurance of non-discrimination as part of their initial grant application package. In the current iteration, NASA is including a clarifying statement that reads "Title VI’s protections against discrimination based on race, color, and national origin include antisemitism and other forms of discrimination when based on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics." | Non-Discrimination | Revision | NASA | Grantees |
| 2025-09-16 | National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2025-2027 | NPEFS is a comprehensive source of state-level finance data for public education including revenues, expenditures, and average daily attendance of all publicly funded schools and elementary-secondary local education agencies (LEAs), state payments on behalf of LEAs, and state support for a free public education for students in prekindergarten through 12th grade. NPEFS data are used to calculate a state's “average per-pupil expenditure” (SPPE) for elementary and secondary education and in calculating allocations for certain formula grant programs. No changes are being made to the survey. | Education | Renewal | ED | SLT governments |
| 2025-10-30 | Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science & Engineering | NSF's Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science & Engineering will hold an open meeting on Oct. 30 to discuss "relevant White House Executive Orders" as well as upcoming committee reports and future plans. | Science and Technology | N/A | NSF | N/A |