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Subject: ONLINE REPORTING OPEN: Annual Integrated Economic Survey – Email 1 of 2

ANNUAL INTEGRATED ECONOMIC SURVEY
Online Reporting Open
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ATTN
COMPANY
Your firm has been selected to participate in the 2022 Annual Integrated Economic Survey
dress rehearsal, which is a newly redesigned survey combining the previously administered
annual surveys listed below. This survey will replace mandatory reporting obligations for the
following (note that you may not have been asked to report in all of these every year):
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Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)
Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)
Annual Services Report/Service Annual Survey (SAS)
Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)
Report of Organization (COS)
Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey (M3UFO)

Data compiled from this survey contribute to the official statistics used to measure economic
performance in the United States, such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and will provide
the nation’s policymakers and business leaders like you with key yearly measures of economic
activity including the only comprehensive national and subnational data on business revenues,
expenses, and assets on an annual basis.
Online reporting is now open. Please use the following information to access your survey:
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Due Date: XXXXXXXXXX
Username: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Password: WILL ARRIVE IN A SEPARATE EMAIL
Website: https://respond.census.gov/aies

YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW and will be kept strictly CONFIDENTIAL.
Information about the authority, confidentiality, and burden of this data collection can be found at the
bottom of this email.

Please do not reply directly to this automated email. For assistance with completing this
survey, please call our customer help line at 1-877-787-9860, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to
8:00 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,
Nick Orsini
Associate Director for Economic Programs
U.S. Census Bureau
OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB approval
number is 0607-XXXX and appears in the top right corner of each reporting screen. Without this approval, we could
not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidentiality
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 permitted to publicly release your
responses in a way that could identify 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 data.
Burden Estimate Statement
We estimate the Annual Integrated Economic Survey pilot will take an average of X.X hours to complete. Factors
such as company size, complexity and activity 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.