To read more about a particular survey's purpose and significance, you can search the Census Bureau's list of surveys. I am not saying that the US government would or could ever go to this extreme but, for the purposes of garnering ever more political power and authority over the citizenry, I have no illusions about how far this government will go. I think when they show up at my door, I will tell them I am house sitting for the owners who are out of town for the next six months. The first phone call was late December and was not answered. About one month later I received a phone call from a supervisor. Any and all information that you provide in answer to a Census Bureau survey or census is strictly confidential. OMG!! 04-13-2021 07:27 AM. Filled out the short form months ago. 3. any lawyers looking for some pro bono work ready to take up this issue? It's sent out to about 3.5 million households. I am being harassed and threatened. You will be asked about your employment status for the calendar week that includes the 12th of the month. Nobody should answer the ACS survey. This is Big Brother keeping an eye on the revolution. He came by every hour starting at 6 Thursday. The law does not say you have to answer their questions (so don't). how Fourth amendment. I have no problem with telling folks how many people, even our ages and nationalities. Go Tea Party! While I also oppose the Census form being sent out, -anon70698, the number of representatives and taxes will be determined by the number of people in the area is what Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution is about. Wow this there are so many ignorant people here! I am young and strong and will not put up with this sort of thing. By collecting this data, we can study the differences in creator experiences . A few visits to my door that went unanswered, a few letters filled with empty threats, and after a month or so, and it all subsided. With Halloween right around the corner, how about scare the crap out of them. I noticed a car pull up to my neighbor's house. I've heard rumors that they will send their people to relentlessly pound on my door for answers, and then start canvassing the neighborhood to find the answers to the questions that were on my form, about me. I thought the purpose of census was for representation purposes. The Supreme Court in June rejected an attempt by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a much more sweeping and comprehensive count of the American population. Ethical treatment of survey participants. It seems to me that *all* the information they need and want should be available to them from our 1040's. For our government to function basic knowledge about the country as a whole, and individual states is required. I've been harassed by phone at night and Sundays. So, the government says that it needs to, you know, know what time you leave so they can manage traffic. 67% of consumers and 74 % of business buyers say they'll pay more for a great experience. The whole purpose of the census getting shortened was to entice people to fill it out, not this 20-page crap. I told him if he was good at counting, he could try counting my angry rottweilers as he ran for his life. I have received two of them so far in January 2010 and I am ignoring both. Ending homeless is an ongoing challenge throughout America. They can't take my free will. Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). How much is the regular monthly mortgage payment on this property? This is plain wrong! It's unbelievable that they have the right to do this, on principle alone, I will not. I did not ask for this; this is not an application for credit. Then you want to threaten with fines? To Opt-out (unsubscribe) from an email communication: Click the unsubscribe or Manage your subscription preferences link present in the email as shown in the following image. One week later, we got two more phone calls in one night because I hung up on the caller and he called back 20 minutes later. Happy Holidays. Give me one reason I should trust my government. Census employees never ask for social security numbers or full financial disclosure. The old surveys don't ask for much more than that (other than birthplace). As a result, Congressional districts will need to be redrawn. I now have multiple visits to my home every day, followed up by threatening calls with an hour of each. What do you really think they use the information for? Pew Research Center has deep roots in U.S. public opinion research. In 2000 I placed a large sprinkler by my front door. How do we know who these people actually are? That's a load of crap. Surveys may generally be completed online, by mail, in-person, over the phone, or some combination of these methods. I just get to pay more taxes for their tax free gain and it just is not fair. I will fill it out and send it back to Census Bureau but I won't feel good about it. It's a land of the free OK but I ask everyday "for who??" I've since received a second one, and had one call this week(which I did not answer). Bunch of grumpy anti social loners. Some doubt these assurances based on the survey collection process itself. The $5,000.00 fines referenced in section 3571 are post conviction fines that only apply to an individual who has been charged and convicted of a crime defined in section 3559. A week later, a woman came to my door and said they hadn't received my form. Three times they sent people to our door, and three times I walked out the back door, and turned on the water. (812) 218-3144, Jeffersonville Contact Center. It began with a pilot study that included a self-administered needs assessment survey taken by 302 members of 13 churches between November 2021 and February 2022. Wow. Just hang tough and they will eventually leave you alone. Then they came to my door while I was out of town and left me a note with their name and number. I went through this myself and I read a Web forum that spanned several years with posters who had received the form, and what they had experienced. In 2000 I threw the forms in the trash only to receive three visits at my door. If anything, they could have made it easier for us all so we wouldn't have to be in debt for years just to get an education. How will my information be protected? Then I received the ACS. A survey last year of opt out activists by Pizmony-Levy and researcher Nancy Green Saraisky found that the top three reasons for participation in the movement are: (1) opposition to evaluating teachers in part by their students' test scores (37 percent), (2) a belief that standardized tests force teachers to narrow the curriculum to only the . We collect information from a smaller group to produce estimates for the entire population. In addition to the decennial census count, the Census Bureau also manages many surveys that provide valuable information for the country on a variety of subjects, including education, health care, crime, housing, employment, and government spending. Because this is a new data collection effort, the marital history items will be evaluated with other survey data and Anyone else with other info/advice is politely requested to add their two cents. According to the Census Bureau, it randomly selects 3.5 million households each year as targets of the ACS. The only one who seemed to do anything on it was Freedom Watch Judge Napolitano. Of course I would expect them to correct this oversight in the near future. Look up the original data at Pew Research. You need to stop peering in my window and you need to leave right away." Can anyone please tell me if I am obligated to answer these questions. I told that I had already fulfilled my Constitutional duties as a citizen with my mailed-in short form, and then told her the ACS and her harassment of me in my home is unconstitutional. A couple were friendly; one sounded very "authoritative" and intimidating. but who gets the census??? Best wishes, and see you all after the election. Its purpose is to keep people informed of what is going on in their local, state, or federal governments. By 2020, more than 40% of all data analytics projects will relate to an aspect of customer experience. How many, each age, and each sex. The Census Bureau conducts over 100 surveys throughout the country in addition to the decennial census. They gave up on me. Do i have a Fifth amendment right not to incriminate myself? If my birth date is going to help somebody get elected or the state (district) gain an extra seat in the house, then get the expecting mothers' due dates for the year while at it. I assume that's why they have come again. When hell freezes over. I then hung up. While talking to the ACS lady on the phone I found out they didn't have a complete address and had sent me a form. You must honor a recipient's opt-out request within 10 business days. This person has stopped to "chat" with the neighbors, asking who lives in our home, how many people, what their names are, what our schedules are. During the last month since I received the first one, I've had many many phone calls from someone asking for my husband and saying he is from a veteran's charity. this stupid stupid government and all its crap we have been harassed over and over and over and today again. I didnt think so. That didn't go over to well and he told me that I was refusing to comply with a government agency and wouldn't get my money back. I agree with telling I live here, how many live here, as it's just counting folks to help with how many people have how many reps in congress and Senate. What you'll need: A credit card. Came back the very next day, and told my husband that he has full authority to open it and if we don't comply then we will be fined anywhere from $100-5000, and the marshal would be accompanying him tomorrow to arrest my husband if we don't comply. There are two of us living here. I have yet to fill one out. I am so glad I found this website. How can I verify that a mailing is legitimate and from the US Census Bureau? Well it's now the middle of July and another census worker left her callback info on the door and has since started calling the number on the "for sale" sign at the property. Average home prices in Australia, which have nearly doubled since the 2008 financial crisis, have dropped about 9% since April 2022. A mortgage deduction should indicate I own a house; a 1099 with either unemployment compensation or reported income would indicate whether I am unemployed or self-employed. To verify that a Census Bureau survey is legitimate and learn more about its purpose, search the Census Bureaus list of surveys by name. "I'm afraid my trees are eating the elephants, now." It's all very true, and very real. I suggest that people find a petition out there against this census survey. The third section of U.S. Code referenced is " 13 U.S. Code 221 - Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers ." I am a retired airline captain and a former captain in the U.S.A.F. Why all the bad-mouthing of these people who are taking these jobs to support their families in these hard economic times? This city hasn't had its streets fixed in years and we always fill out the census. I will give the information to those who really need it to improve my neighborhood, city, county, etc. I'm planning on returning it blank, with a letter stating the reason for not complying is the OMB# expiration. 65% of companies measure NPS compared with 44% that measure CSAT and 14% that measure CES. It is pages and pages of personal questions. On saturday he returned but I did not answer the door. I am getting bothered by the census people now and what really annoys me to death is that I look all over the place and see all these people with basement apartments making tons of money off the books. I didn't hear from them for about two weeks. There are different questions and answer options included in modern surveys. Our world leaders are puppets, and the puppet master is greed. Some surveys involve multiple interviews in order to learn how characteristics such as income, employment, housing, or education change over time. Any links included in a Census Bureau email will direct you to an official federal government website ending in .gov. Here are the facts I discovered: Some of the questions asked in this questionnaire are so intrusive that I would not even give this information to my best friends or relatives. My first question is: which section authorizes ACS? I say, "I don't care who you are. I filled out the Census form this year and still, someone came to our door. I want to put it in the woodstove and make my house a fortress. I work for one of the phone centers for the Census Bureau. About one week later, I was ready to mail in my form. Thank you to this site and to all those who have posted comments about the survey. Should be interesting to see if they ever follow up again. I am appalled at this whole thing and believe me when that survey taker arrives at my door again, she is going to get an ear full. I feel kind of sick too. in the '90s the Commerce Dept decided that I was a resort or apartment complex owner and harassed me to fill out a survey detailing my expenditures on repairs, income reports etc. We need to ban together and not cave in on this. Something is wrong in this country when the hard working middle class is getting stomped out from top to bottom. I included a note with the returned survey stating that I would continue to refuse to answer these additional questions as a matter of principle, and I requested that no phone calls or visits to my home be made by your agency. Lock and Load. If you have other privacy questions about a communication you received from Medallia, please contact the company on whose behalf Medallia contacted you. I called his supervisor. My husband and daughter fielded a few of them and honestly told the workers they didn't have the information or the form so they'd have to try to catch me. i feel like a jew in germany when these goons come knocking. anon88369: Census enumerators have every right to walk onto your property if they are assigned to do a questionnaire for your address. I will sleep well tonight. Finally, she said I am not answering anymore questions and they left her alone. Think anyone is going to get approval to send out US Marshals to issue tickets? This is to help the community -- like heck. He was very surprised. finally he told her he would call the cops if she didn't leave. That wasn't supposed to be able to happen. I'm contacting my congressman on this ACS issue today. After reading many of the earlier posts, I feel I am doing the right thing by not returning the survey. Have no fear. I'll give you potential issues with being counted. Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau is required to conduct a census to determine the number of people living in the country. We do not publish the cell phone numbers of our field representatives on our staff search website. Correction, now it's been a total of seven times. Section 3571 and Section 3559, which amends Title 13 U.S.C. Just throw the census form in the trash. The Supreme Court upheld that against Bill Clinton's attempt to implement statistical sampling for the 2000 census. Are we going to let this happen? Help for Survey Participants. A month later I received the ACS questionnaire, and coincidentally(? Now, do we all agree that harassing people is against the law??! So go ahead and fill it out 235. As soon as they identified themselves as being with the Census Bureau, I quickly informed them that I sent it in. I answered only the necessary information on the first census, then was mailed the ever intrusive ACS. I am a patriot. This questionnaire id just too personal and invasive of ones rights as a citizen in any country, let alone (supposedly) "The Land of the Free and The Brave" did Cheney, Bush, McCain, Obama fill one out? And I say that is the point -- I do not want my state or city dependent on big government this is socialism and pork barrel out of control government spending. Thank you for your time and attention to this, and I expect this matter to be closed. They must have found it because I heard no more but neither did I get an apology. How can a census do any good for schools when these people are never turned away from schools and hospitals and welfare lines? That is how they get "past the guard". Oh, the reason he came back? You get the picture. The law in Title 13 exists solely for the purpose of being able to print the treat on the forms and to use to intimidate scared grandmothers. The only thing is, I lied my butt off! I won't either. I felt like cursing this lady out! And I did so right away. I did not send it back, I received another and still did not fill it out. Isn't this harassment? This "business" and "government" is not happiness. Keep your posts coming! Don't remember getting the long form but if I did, I would have tossed it unopened since I already did my duty filling out the census and mailing it in. I do not want to tell anyone personal info, much less someone who lives next door to me! The biggest, the American Community Survey (ACS), is sent annually to more than 3.5 million randomly selected homes to gather population, economic, housing and other data that helps determine how hundreds of billions of dollars in state and federal money is distributed. I replied you already have our ages and that we are members of the human race. anon10731 is obviously a census worker!!!!!! Unlike the every-10-year census, this survey continues all year, every year. Within Are You in a Survey? It is just easier for them to get it this way. I was really hoping she would stick around and argue with me some more, I was kind of of enjoying it because I knew there wasn't anything she could do. I wish you luck. Don't give in. A few days ago had a census worker knock on my door. Your response to the 2020 Census cannot replace your answers to these other surveys. They can send me the 2010 census with their 10 questions that I am required to answer and I will. Keep up the good fight! I propose: 1) Grabbing your video recorder and recording the entire exchange. They just closed one of the best schools in the area, and nobody surveyed me to ask if I cared about that! I already returned that info in the original census last year. It says it needs to know whether you have flush toilets or running water so they can manage . About how much do you think this house and lot, apartment, or mobile home would sell for if it were for sale? (Same woman who was no longer employed with the census). Waiting for their next move. My family has found past census information to be very valuable in genealogical research. How come I get the ACS? We didn't receive phone calls first, we had two visits at 7 p.m. from this lady with her little laptop. Why don't they survey me to find out my opinion on illegal immigrants, unemployment benefits to people who have barely held a job down in their life, giving child care benefits to unwed mothers who just keep popping out babies to numerous baby-daddies, who will never pay into the system so that I can collect Social Security when I want to finally retire after 50 years of non-stop work,or putting this country into mega-debt while giving money to impoverished countries that will never help us or appreciate us. Thus, they cannot use the census as the pretext for the ACS. Say no to everything. Honor opt-out requests promptly. The name of the Census Bureau survey is provided in one or more of the following ways: Your participation is critical. It gives a little glimmer of hope for this country. It is confined to determining the number of Representatives [in the House] and imposing direct Taxes among the several States. Thank you, Poster 188. Government entities do illegal things. Thank you for being here. It's an invasion of privacy. I received two surveys. While we understand your assertion that this information is needed for some reason deemed important by somebody, and that the information requested will be kept strictly confidential, I respectfully decline to participate in this American Community Survey, and request that you do not misdirect further efforts to gather this private information about the members of my household from either myself or any other source. Different people call at all hours and they block the name and number. That alone, in the wrong hands; is reason NOT to respond to such a blatant abuse of power. For the first time in the 25-year history of AmCham China's business sentiment survey, a majority of responding companies said China is no longer seen as a "top three investment priority". Stonewall them out. Section 221. Wound up yelling at anyone who would speak to me and finally the harassment stopped. We have 273 people living in this house with no plumbing, I go to work at 2 a.m. and get home at 2:30. Maybe that is why only one out of every 480 people receive it. Uh, no. "Only a few questions"? This is just crap. The government has no right to know this personal information and that she could leave. As said by Mr. Justice Field in Re Pacific Ry. I asked them what does my birthday have to do with enumeration count of my household? Summary of Findings. Begin your survey with an introduction that explains the purpose of the survey, what will happen to the data and who the research benefits (E.g. I feel like that in itself is an invasion of my privacy. The Census Bureau can't issue a fine, they have to refer the case to the Dept. I told them there is a problem if they are not getting their mail. its no joke. Somewhere in the process we got some messages on the answering machine asking us to call their 800 number and refer to our "case number." so i would be prepared. 4) If they do not agree to answer any personal questions, assume the Hannibal Lecter voice and say "Tut, tut, tut. Search the Census Bureau Staff Directory to find the contact information for our employees. Waiting for the calls, then the visits. this person got in the building somehow! I've been through one round of the no-response ordeal back in '08 and everything turned out just fine. We told a census worker to come back on Friday at 6 p.m. You don't want your personal information in some library, online or in an archives someday do you? The information the government is requesting is violating our rights, whether or not it is written in the law. In order to function, the opt-out add-on must be able to load and execute properly on your browser. I have therefore included both Article 1 section 2 of the US Constitution, and the US Supreme courts decisions in upholding the right to privacy. Perhaps the people who did not answer the questions do not want to end up like the Japanese Americans did during World War II when the census was used to track them down, and it took 50 years to find out about it! So I stand up to them and say NO, you don't need my private information in order to serve me better! How many is all they need to know. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Subscribe to our newsletter and learn something new every day. I would like to recommend an alternative method of dealing with "census workers" who show up at your door to harass you for information. (ACS questions 1, 3 and 4), 3. Before the second visit, I posted a 'no trespassing' sign at the bottom of the stairway leading up to my garage apartment. Ridiculous. 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