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7 Future Directions
Pages 91-94

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... direct substitution of administrative records to replace survey questions to reduce actual and, potentially, perceived burden; (3) communication and mail-package messaging to reduce perceived burden and encourage response by Internet or mail; and (4)
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From page 92...
... The goal would be to provide the small-area multivariate information that the country has long expected and gotten, previously every 10 years from the long form and now in the continuous ACS. She envisioned an American Com munity Information Program enriched with people's Social Security income and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program data, for example.
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From page 93...
... The exception is the Internal Revenue Service, which, by statute, is directed to share data with the Census Bureau. Nonetheless, the Census Bureau has an ongoing dialogue with the Social Security Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Department of Agriculture, and within Agriculture, with both the Food and Nutrition Service and the Economic Research Service, she said.
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From page 94...
... Her third suggestion was to engage in at least one pilot that would sharpen income measurement and help overcome the challenges faced with the income question as written and the income sources that the Census Bureau can access. • Conduct research and a methods test for improved definition of burden.
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