APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections (http://www.apdu.org/advocacy.asp). We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment. Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):
Census Bureau
- Business and Professional Classification Report (August 5, 2010)
- Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research (August 5, 2010)
- Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 2011 Re-engineered SIPP–Field Test (August 23, 2010)
- Precanvass Operation for the 2012 Economic Census Covering Transportation of Commodities (September 7, 2010)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
- American Time Use Survey (August 30, 2010)
- Forms Design and Pilot Testing for the BLS Green Practices and Processes Project (August 30, 2010)
Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education
- Common Core of Data–Teacher Compensation Survey (TCS): 2010-2013 (August 6, 2010)
- Education Longitudinal Study (ELS) 2002 Third Follow-up 2011 Field Test Batch Tracing (August 6, 2010)
Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy
- Electric Power Surveys (August 6, 2010)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS
- National Hospital Adverse Event Reporting System: Questionnaire Redesign and Testing (August 2, 2010)
Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS
- National Practitioner Data Bank for Adverse Information on Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners (August 6, 2010)
Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior
- Private Rental Survey (July 28, 2010)
APDU encourages its members to take advantage of these opportunities to make their voices heard. All comments, whether a simple affirmation or detailed suggestions on instrument design, are helpful in seeing that data users have access to the statistics we need.