claim: federal law requires residents to participate in the u.s. government’s american community survey.
author: u.s. census bureau
evidence_1: aug 6, 2018 ... notice: due to a lapse in federal funding portions of this website are not ... the  u.s. census bureau randomly selected your household or ... do not know who  lives there, most letters are addressed to “the resident of. ... to learn more about  which surveys require mandatory participation, ... america counts.
evidence_2: the u.s. census bureau is required by law to keep your information confidential.  the census ... we make available to federal, state, and local governments, and  also to the public. the data will ... residents to take part in this survey. one of the ...
evidence_3: mar 27, 2018 ... the constitution requires that every resident of the united states be counted in a  ... seats, but to allocate hundreds of billions of dollars in federal grants and ...  response to the census from noncitizens and even legal immigrants. ... after 2000 , the question was asked only on the american community survey, ...
evidence_4: mar 18, 2010 ... during the last u.s. census, 10 years ago, ted rose looked at what might  happen if you ... receiving the 98 million census forms sent out by the federal  government. each envelope says, “your response is required by law. ... on the  subject of the american community survey (pdf) concedes the following:.
evidence_5: united states census bureau wordmark.svg. country, united states.  inaugurated, january 2005; 14 years ago (2005-01). participants, 3.5 million  households/year. activity, survey. website, census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/.  the american community survey (acs) is an ongoing survey by the u.s.  census bureau. ... following the 1960 census, federal, state and local  government officials, ...