Attachment D - Initial Mail-out Letter

M3UFO-L1
(02-16-2021)

DC

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Office of the Director
Washington, DC 20233-0001

A Message from the Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau:
We request your parcipaon with the 2020 Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey. This survey
collects data on sales and unfilled orders for 2020 and 2019 from domesc manufacturing
companies. The data collected will be used in the development of esmates of monthly unfilled
orders in the Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey.
Please report company sales and unfilled orders for your total domestic manufacturing activities.
The list of manufacturing acvies to assist you in idenfying the industry codes as defined by
the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is posted on the website.

1. Register OR sign in at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code.
3. Report by clicking on "REPORT NOW." You can return to your account over mulple
sessions to complete the survey.
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW and will be kept strictly CONFIDENTIAL. Information
about the authority, confidentiality, and burden of this data collecon can be found on the back
of this letter.
For assistance with completing this survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account or call
our customer help line at 301-763-1779, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern
time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,

Ron S. Jarmin
Acng Director

census.gov

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OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The
eight-digit OMB approval number is 0607-0561 and appears in the top right corner of each
reporting screen. Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidenality
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and 182, authorizes this collection. Sections 224 and
225 require your response. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of the same law
to keep your information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics. The
Census Bureau is not permied to publicly release your responses in a way that could idenfy
your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of
2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that
transmit your data.
Burden Esmate Statement
We esmate the me to complete the Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey varies from 15
minutes for single divisional companies to 60 minutes for multi-divisional companies, with an
average of 30 minutes. Factors such as company size, complexity and acvity will affect your
actual time to complete the survey. This estimate includes the time to review instructions,
search existing data sources, gather and maintain the data needed, and complete and review
the survey.