CIC Feedback Surve CIC Feedback Survey - Questionnaire

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Welcome!
The annual report is to collect feedback on how the organizations are using and disseminating Census
data, to understand and assist in training needs for the CICs, and to determine how best to assist your
CIC in the future.
Please respond to each item in this survey by May 31, 2013.
Your responses are voluntary and will be kept confidential. Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to 20 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Respondents are not required to respond to any information
collection unless it displays a valid approval number from the Office of Management and Budget.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: Paperwork Project 0607-0760, U.S. Census Bureau,
4600 Silver Hill Road, Room 3K138, Washington, DC 20233. You may e-mail comments to:
Paperwork@census.gov; use "Paperwork Project 0607-0760" as the subject.

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OMB Number: 0607-0760
Expiration Date: February 28, 2014
1. Please provide information about the person completing this form.
Name:
Organization:
E-mail Address:
CEO/Executive Director Name:
Phone Number (XXX-XXX-XXXX):
E-mail Address:
Organization Website Address:
2. Has your CIC contact person changed in the past year?
Yes
No

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2a. Please provide the new contact person's information below:

Name:
Phone Number (XXX-XXX-XXXX):
Fax Number (XXX-XXX-XXXX):
E-mail Address:
Alternative E-mail Address:

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3. Has your CIC organization focus changed in the past year (demographically, geographically or
topically)?
Yes
No

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3a. Please indicate how your CIC focus changed (demographically, geographically, or topically) changed
in the past year. (Check all that apply.)
Demographic Focus
African American
American Indian/Alaska Native
Asian American
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Hispanic
Other, please specify:

Geographic Focus
Local
National
Regional
State
Rural
Tribes/Reservations
Urban
Other, please specify:

Topic Focus
Aging
Ancestry
Children
Civil Rights
Community Outreach
Education
Health
Housing
Needs Assessments
Redistricting/Voting
Social Justice
Other, please specify:

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4. How many people in your organization work on CIC program activities?

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Section I - DATA DISSEMINATION AND DATA REQUESTS
5. How many people did your CIC data dissemination activities reach? (Actual or best estimate)

6. Through which of the following means did your CIC disseminate Census data? (Check all that apply.)
Social Media (Facebook/Twitter)
Email/E-blast/Listserv
Brochures distributed to users
Exhibits at conferences
Newsletters
Other publications
Telephone calls
Workshops/Training sessions
Other, please specify:

7. To your knowledge, how does your CIC use the data that the Census Bureau disseminates? (Check all
that apply.)
Community development
Grant proposals
Policies/Laws
Research
Other, please specify:

8. Did your CIC organization respond to data requests during the past year (2012 Calendar Year)? (For
example, from the public, community organizations, political offices, researchers.)
Yes
No

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8a. How many data requests did you respond to in 2012?
8b. How did you receive these data requests? (Check all that apply.)
Through a form on your organization's web site
Via e-mail
Via a social networking site (e.g. Facebook, Twitter)
Over the phone
By fax
In person (walk-in access)
Other, please specify:

8c. From whom did you receive requests?
U.S. Census Bureau (CLMSO Staff)
General public
Community/Non-Governmental organizations
Political and other community leaders
Researchers
Businesses
Non-Profit organizations
Other, please specify:

8d. If you received data requests for the U.S. Census Bureau, how many did you receive?

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8a. Would your CIC like to respond to data requests?
Yes
No

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8b. How can the CLMSO staff assist your CIC in your efforts to respond to data requests (2012 Calendar
Year)?

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9. Did your CIC create any data products during the past year (2012 Calendar Year)?
Yes
No

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9a. How many data products did your CIC create?
9b. What form(s) did these products take? (Check all that apply.)
E-Blast
Newsletter
Pamphlet or brochure
Press release
Report
Other, please specify:

9c. In what venues did you release and/or announce the release of your data products? (Check all that
apply.)
At an event/presentation
E-mail
In print
On your organization's website
Through a webinar
Via a social networking site (e.g. Facebook, Twitter)
Other, please specify:
N/A

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9a. Would your CIC like to create data products?
Yes
No

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9b. What type of data products would you like to create?

9c. How can the CLMSO staff assist you in your efforts to create data products?

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Section II - TRAINING AND EDUCATION
10. Did your CIC provide training in the past year?

Yes

No

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10a. How many training sessions did your CIC provide?
10b. To whom did your CIC provide training? (Check all that apply.)
General public
Community/Non-Governmental organizations
Political and other community leaders
Researchers
Businesses
Non-Profit organizations
Other, please specify:

10c. On what topics did you provide training?

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10a. Would your CIC like to provide training?

Yes

No

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10b. What type of training would your CIC like to provide?

10c. How can the CLMSO staff assist you with your training efforts?

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11. Did your CIC develop and/or offer data tools for use during the past year? (For example, an on-line
database, on-line or mobile apps, etc.)
Yes
No

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11a. How many new data tools did your CIC develop?
11b. What type of data tools did your CIC develop and/or use?

11c. How many existing data tools did your CIC continue to offer?
11d. Please describe your CIC's data tools.

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11a. Would your CIC like to develop and offer data tools?
Yes
No

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11b. How can the CLMSO staff assist you in developing and offering data tools?

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Section III - FEEDBACK
12. Did your CIC participate in usability/beta testing in 2012?

Yes

No

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12a. How many usability/beta testing sessions were participated in by your CIC?

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13. Did your CIC provide feedback to the Census Bureau on tools, products, and/or services?
Yes

No

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13a. How many times did you provide feedback to the Census Bureau on tools, products, and/or services?

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Section IV - PROMOTION, RECRUITMENT AND OUTREACH
14. Describe how your CIC provided outreach and promotions of Census Bureau censuses and surveys.
(For example, Economic Census and American Community Survey.)

15. Did your CIC make Census-related presentations and/or hold Census-related events during the past
year?
Yes
No

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15a. How many presentations and/or events did you have?
15b. For whom were they given? (Check all that apply.)
General public
Community organizations/Non-Governmental
Political and other community leaders
Researchers
Businesses
Non-Profit organizations
Other, please specify:

15c. On what topics did you provide presentations or hold events?

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15a. Would your CIC like to make Census-related presentations and/or hold events?
Yes
No

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15b. What types of Census presentations and/or events are of interest to your CIC?

15c. How can the CLMSO staff assist you in preparing presentations and/or planning events?

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16. Did you, or anyone in your CIC, talk to the media/press on Census-related topics/data during the past
year (2012 Calendar Year)?
Yes
No

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16a. How many times did your CIC speak to the press or media organizations?

16b. Which type of media organizations were spoken to by your CIC? (Check all that apply.)
Newspaper
Magazine or trade journal
Radio
Television (broadcast or cable)
Online
Other, please specify:

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Section V - BUILDING A THRIVING NETWORK
17. Did you or a designee from your CIC participate in the 2012 Annual Training conference?
Yes
No

18. How many training sessions/webinars were participated in by your CIC (not including Annual
Conferences)?

19. Did your CIC organization collaborate with other CIC's, SDC's, and Regional Offices during the past
year?
Yes
No

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19a. How many times did you collaborate with other CICs, SDCs, and/or Regional Offices during the past
year (2012 Calendar Year)?

19b. With which of the following networks/organizations did you collaborate? (Please list them in the
boxes provided.)
Other CICs

SDCs

Regional
Offices

Other
Organizations

19c. In what ways did you collaborate with the CICs, SDCs, Regional Offices, and/or other organizations
you listed above?

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19a. Would your CIC like to collaborate with other CICs, SDCs, and/or Regional Offices?
Yes
No

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19b. How can the CLMSO staff foster a collaborative relationship between your CIC organization and other
CICs, SDCs, and Regional Offices?

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20. How could the Census, and the CLMSO staff better support your CIC with data tools/training?

I do not use this
tool but am
I currently use this interested in finding I would like basic
tool
out about it/using it training in this tool

I would like
advanced training
in this tool

I have expertise in
using this tool that
I am willing to
share

Alteryx
American
Community
Survey
(ACS)
American
FactFinder 2
Application
Program
Interface
(API)
Arcview/GIS
Census.gov
web site
DataFerrett
iPUMS
LED
OnTheMap
SPSS/SAS
TIGER Maps
QuickFacts
Community
Organizing
Media/Press
Training
TopicalSubject Area
data
Other
20a. If you marked other in the question above, please describe the data tools/training.

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21. Excluding the training opportunities listed above, what else can the Census Bureau do to support your
organization's work as a CIC? (Please keep in mind that the Census Bureau does not provide financial
support for individual organization's CIC work.)

22. Please describe the major accomplishments of your CIC this past year (2012 Calendar Year). (For
example, participating in events, presentations and regional projects utilizing Census data.)

23. Please provide any other comments or suggestions regarding your CIC.

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Thank you for completing the 2012 CIC Annual Report.