Attachment H - CPS-580(ASEC)(L)

Attachment H

CPS-580(ASEC)(L) ATLANTA
(10-2017)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration
U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

A Message form the Director, U.S. Census Bureau...
Thank you for your past cooperation in the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS).
Your participation in this study continues to play a major role in the development of the employment
and unemployment data, which are so important to understanding our Nation's economic situation.
One of our field representatives or telephone center interviewers will call on your household soon to
update the regular labor force information. He or she also will ask questions about other subjects that
will provide government and private organizations the information needed to understand the economic
situation of our population. These questions will concern work experience, income from various
sources, and health insurance covereage during the year 2017. The average time for each interview is
25 minutes, in addition to the time needed for the regular labor force information. To explain the need
for this information and how these data are used, we have enclosed a fact sheet about this survey that
may answer some of the questions you might have.
We are conducting this survey under the authority of Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and
182, and Title 29, United States Code, Section 1-9. Section 9 of this law requires us to keep all
information about you and your household strictly confidential. We may use this information only for
statistical purposes. Any Census Bureau employee who violates these provisions is subject to a fine up
to $250,000 or a prison sentence up to five years or both. Although this survey is voluntary, each
unanswered item lessens the accuracy and usefulness of the final statistics. Per the Federal
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through
screening of the systems that transmit your data. The Office of Management and Budget control
number for the CPS is 0607-0354, and the expiration date is January 31, 2019. Without this number,
we would not be able to conduct this survey.
Some income sources, and medical out-of-pocket expenditures, that the field representative will be
asking about appear on the back of this letter. Space is provided for you to enter the income amounts
received, and medical expenditures paid, by members of your household who are 15 years old or over.
Although the income sources mentioned are not all-inclusive and some may not have been received by
anyone in your household, we request that you look up the 2017 income records for yourself and the
rest of your household before the representative calls on you. This will ensure the accuracy of the
statistics collected and will also serve to minimize the time required for the interview.
Send comments regarding the time estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: Demo Survey Comments 0607-0354, U.S. Census
Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, ADDP-8H590, Washington, D.C. 20233. You may e-mail comments to
DEMO.PAPERWORK@census.gov; use "Demo Survey Comments 0607-0354" as the subject.
Thank you for your continued cooperation.
Enclosure
Further information
may be obtained from:
REGIONAL DIRECTOR
US CENSUS BUREAU
101 MARIETTA ST NW STE 3200
ATLANTA GA 30303-2711
Telephone: 1-800-424-6974,#53939

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