Census Bureau Plan to Launch an Online Panel Duplicative of Private Sector Insights Providers Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 2/7/2022 9:02:00 AM The Insights Association contended that a Census Bureau plan "to develop a probability-based research panel would be duplicative, at best; numerous private sector insights companies and organizations already provide well-established high-quality probability-based panels. The Bureau’s plan is also anti-competitive, given these existing panels and the Bureau’s intent to fund an additional insights firm to build one." Read More
New Director Robert Santos Takes Over U.S. Census Bureau Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 1/7/2022 8:50:00 AM Robert Santos was sworn in as the new director of the Census Bureau on January 5, 2022, taking charge at an important time of transition. Read More
The Impact of the 2020 Census Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 7/21/2021 10:16:00 AM State of Play, a program on Black News Channel, recently spoke with the Insights Association to learn more about the importance of the census. Read More
Census Bureau Allowed To Do Necessary Work Before Finalizing 2020 Census Results Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 2/19/2021 5:17:00 PM Along the lines of the legislation we had advocated last year to give the Census Bureau more time, the Bureau announced recently that it would not be able to report 2020 Census state-level results for purposes of apportionment until approximately April 30. Read More
Wins for Insights Industry in Final 2020 COVID-19 Relief and Funding Package: Census; PPP Forgivable Small Business Loans; and Payroll Tax Credit Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 12/23/2020 5:04:00 PM Presuming President Trump signs it into law, the omnibus package of coronavirus relief and Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) appropriations includes important wins for the insights industry: (1) funding for the census; (2) the extension and expansion of forgivable loans for small businesses; and (3) the extension of the payroll retention tax credit. Read More
Feds End Decade With a Fully Funded 2020 Census Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 12/20/2019 5:00:00 PM With the decennial headcount just about to start, Congress finally delivered full funding to the Census Bureau for Fiscal Year 2020. Read More
Latest Funding Resolution is a Win in the Bigger Census Funding Battle Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 11/26/2019 4:57:00 PM The latest Continuing Resolution funding the federal government contains increased funding for the 2020 Census, improving the odds of decennial preparations getting completed and setting the stage for the completion of full-year funding before the end of the year. Read More
SCOTUS Blocks Citizenship Question from 2020 Census Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 6/27/2019 4:52:00 PM The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Department of Commerce's attempt to add a citizenship question to the decennial questionnaire in a 5-4 decision. With the deadline for printing questionnaires about to hit, the outcome is unclear. Read More
Determining the Fate of American Business for the Next Decade: Insights Association Testifies in Congress About 2020 Census Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 5/24/2019 10:15:00 AM As the Insights Association testified in a recent Congressional hearing, "the trickle-down impact of an inaccurate 2020 Census would restrain or ruin American businesses for a whole decade." Read More
Census Bureau Gets $1 Billion Increase in Final FY2019 Funding Law Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 2/15/2019 4:48:00 PM Congress sent President Trump legislation including $3.82 billion for all Census Bureau operations in Fiscal Year 2019, a billion dollar increase over FY18, as requested by the Insights Association. Read More