Part A, Attachment C_HTOPS September, October, December PA and PRA Statement_Standard ICR_rev2 (1)

Supporting Statement A, Attachment C

Privacy Act Statement

The authority for the collection of this information for the Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (0607-1029) is provided under Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141, 182, and 193.

For September, we will conduct the 2030 Census Planning Survey, which is designed to understand attitudes and behaviors that relate to 2030 census participation across demographic characteristics. Topics include census knowledge and trust in census data, intention to respond to the 2030 census, barriers to completing the 2030 census, and motivators to completing the 2030 census.

The October and December topical surveys for HTOPS will feature content from the Household Pulse Survey. This continued collaboration with federal agency partners serves as an experimental effort to produce near real-time data on the impacts of national events—whether social, economic, or health-related. Topics include employment status, income, food security, housing, physical and mental health, disability, social connection, access to transportation, use of Narcan to reverse overdose, suicidal ideation, childcare, access to infant formula, arts participation, trust in institutions, and insurance coverage.

The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law to protect your information. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify you. Federal law protects your privacy (Title 5, U.S. Code, Section 552a) and keeps your answers confidential (Title 13, United States Code, Section 9). Disclosure of the information provided to us with other Census Bureau staff for work-related purposes is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. § 552a). Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice COMMERCE/Census-Demographic Survey Collection (Census Bureau Sampling Frame). Staff (employees and contractors) received training on privacy and confidentiality policies and practices; access to PII is restricted to authorized personnel only. Personally identifiable information collected includes name, address, telephone/cell phone number, DOB or age, email address, race or ethnicity.

Unsecured telecommunications to transmit individually identifiable information is prohibited. Information will only be shared with staff and contractors that are special sworn status and sponsors of reimbursable surveys.

Furnishing this information is voluntary. Failure to do so will result in no consequences to you.

We estimate that completing the voluntary monthly surveys will take 20 minutes on average. Send comments regarding this estimate or any other aspect of this survey to adrm.pra@census.gov. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data. This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This eight-digit OMB approval number, 0607-1029, confirms this approval and expires on 7/31/2027. If this number were not displayed, we could not conduct this survey.

To learn more about this survey go to: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/census-household-panel.html.          

U.S. Census Bureau Notice and Consent Warning

You are accessing a United States Government computer network. Any information you enter into this system is confidential. It may be used by the Census Bureau for statistical purposes and to improve the website. If you want to know more about the use of this system, and how your privacy is protected, visit our online privacy webpage at https://www.census.gov/about/policies/privacy/privacy-policy.html.

Use of this system indicates your consent to collection, monitoring, recording, and use of the information that you provide for any lawful government purpose. So that our website remains safe and available for its intended use, network traffic is monitored to identify unauthorized attempts to access, upload, change information, or otherwise cause damage to the web service. Use of the government computer network for unauthorized purposes is a violation of Federal law and can be punished with fines or imprisonment (PUBLIC LAW 99-474).

This information system may contain Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) that is subject to safeguarding or dissemination controls in accordance with law, regulation, or Government-wide policy.