8) Stop embezzling trillions of tax payers dollars for fraudulent purposes. I told her to get a US Marshal with a warrant. It also asked for the full names, DOB, SS# of all person including children. 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. They haven't gone so far as to threaten, but I can sense that their tone is getting more firm. Be transparent about what you are asking of them, what you will do with their . of Commerce rep, and called on my cell phone. The American Community Survey is an Orwellian overreach of federal powers that should be resisted by Americans. During dinner a census worker shows up. He stated I would receive no further calls from the census but the next contact would be from the Justice department. Not to mention when the people came to my door I informed them that they were trespassing without proper identification and subject to arrest. She informed me if I did not answer her questions, eventually the county sheriff would come. do i have right to due process? A lock ( This BS is incredible. I could not believe my eyes! Search the Census Bureau Staff Directory to find the contact information for our employees. Thank you, Poster 188. Make your own mind up as to what your world should be -- it's that simple. They have came to my door unannounced on many occations. I live in upstate New York and was just threatened that the census taker would be back with the police and his supervisor because I refused to fill out the form. These questions clearly violate any privacy guaranteed to me by the US Constitution and over step the Census Bureaus authority. Funny, we are required to get social security numbers at birth, but the social security administration will not protect that number. Beyond that, please cease and desist all further efforts to gather personal and private information about the members of my household, it will not be provided. is it market research for business, an academic study, a government program). This also happened the last time. This United States Supreme Court case has never been overturned. What you say is true. The surveyor didn't respond to that one when we had a "terse" discussion with them today. The information the government is requesting is violating our rights, whether or not it is written in the law. Would I really be fined or imprisoned? One of the reasons identified by Fort Carson that soldiers opted out of the vaccine is because it isn't FDA approved. I work for a defense contractor, and when I applied for a security clearance, there were way fewer questions, and much less invasive than were on the ACS long form. I'm glad they didn't refuse to answer such personal questions as name and age. Point and go toward your kind of happy. I will not submit. Wow! Today I received a notice in the mail from the Census Bureau Director, Robert M. Groves, advising me that next week I'll receive a 2010 Census form in the mail and would I fill it out and mail it in promptly. This page links you to information about our surveys, frequently asked questions, and the people to contact if you need help. I am young and strong and will not put up with this sort of thing. The BIG 2010 census count is coming soon. Is the enemy offshore or some creep in a bloated Federal Dept we don't even need? (address, city, county, state, zip). 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. The IRS has all my income info, and frankly, it'd take me hours to look up all the financial info they want (monthly mortgage, gas, electric, utility bills.) By the way, from what I read in Title 13, the max they can fine you is $100 for not filling out the form, or max $500 for false information. I had the misfortune of getting an ACS survey a few years ago. So give them a call or send an e-mail and see if someone there can help stop the phone calls. The Census Bureau has legal, procedural, technological, and statistical safeguards to ensure your information will not be disclosed to anyone. how the hell does she know me and what i look like, she's never been to our door yet. It then adds insult and temerity by threatening me for noncompliance? About how much do you think this house and lot, apartment, or mobile home would sell for if it were for sale? Well I received my census, and it had questions that i refused to answer, which under the requirements should not have been on it. And everyone should have to fill out the same thing-how come I get the long form every time? She finally walked away but now I am sleepless as a result of this because I am not certain as to what will happen next. If they aren't getting anything from my house and they've canvassed my six neighbors twice (actually talking to four of them). Don't you think someone high up already has their * in a wringer over that? I have contacted all of my federal and state Representatives and it is time they passed a census privacy act. And if they threaten you, video record all of this exchange. My paper shredder has been complaining of hunger, so I'm going to feed the "survey" to it when I receive it in the mail next week. It's sent out to about 3.5 million households. For example: In addition to the decennial census count, the Census Bureau conducts over 100 surveys that collect statistics on households, businesses, hospitals, and more. Thomas Jefferson. This "business" and "government" is not happiness. It's just like a bunch of whiners. I am a patriot. And, based on the Census, Virginia had 30 percent of the population of the United States. When she called tonight at my employer, I told her I was moving. It's paranoid people like you all who cause your communities not to get the funding they need. To verify that someone who has texted you is a Census Bureau field representative, you can enter their name in the Census Bureau Staff Search, a database that lists name and contact information for all Census Bureau employees. As one post on this site said "bring it on.". The Census Bureau does surveys by mail, over the phone, in person, online or some combination of these. My high school son came home and read the questions and his first response was "this is communist." Any opt-out mechanism you offer must be able to process opt-out requests for at least 30 days after you send your message. There should be a law against this. Protect yourselves and your privacy, don't complete the form! They are not better people, more deserving, more intelligent, more experienced they didn't know "how" things were going to work out they just knew they would. In 2000 I threw the forms in the trash only to receive three visits at my door. 2. I tossed out both copies of the ACS long form. By 2020, more than 40% of all data analytics projects will relate to an aspect of customer experience. I took his form and tossed it into the wood stove. I will not comply. Just got my second second ACS survey in the last three years. We told a census worker to come back on Friday at 6 p.m. In the future, you can resubscribe/opt yourself back in by 1) filling out any form on your website (you will be directed to a preferences pages) or 2) clicking the email subscription link in the footer of a marketing email you have received from your portal. The options are predetermined according to the specific survey. Neither one of us filled it out, nor mailed it in. Bunch of whiners who think the world revolves around their little lives and have paranoid conspiracy theories from watching too much TV. Then two weeks later a reminder to fill it out. It's a land of the free OK but I ask everyday "for who??" Again, the the next morning, he left papers in my door that were printed off the internet about why the census is important. God bless you for creating this site! Three times they sent people to our door, and three times I walked out the back door, and turned on the water. How can a census do any good for schools when these people are never turned away from schools and hospitals and welfare lines? If they aren't paying my bills they don't have a need to know how much they are. Just one question, what could the $1 billion could have been spent on other than conducting a poll? This makes no sense at all. I called the number left on the card and told the enumerator the Constitutional, Article 1, Section 2 as follows: "The actual Enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct.". Whats the names and ages of all the female members of your household? He asked if I would consent to a phone survey and I could decline from answering any questions I thought were too personal or intrusive. 67% of consumers and 74 % of business buyers say they'll pay more for a great experience. As an employee of The U.S. Census Bureau,I too share privacy concerns,but I must say there's a tremendous amount of misinformation and paranoia here. And, further, we cannot wire tap calls coming into this country from suspected terrorists, but we can create bogus laws to try to make us fill out the ACS which provides more personal information than any wire tap could on american citizens. I filled out my census. I did not send it back, I received another and still did not fill it out. When hell freezes over. 12286: Don't worry, and don't respond. The courts have held the Census form is not a constitutional invasion of privacy and is allowed per the constitution itself. I am so glad to once again stand up for my individual rights. They left before they arrived. What an imposing questionnaire! me. I received a phone call from the bureau asking me to read them the info because there were only two days left to respond. I am filling out the ACS as required by law, but feel this is a true invasion of privacy. If you give them a little info they will keep at you until you give in. Thanks, people, for your informative and oftentimes humorous posts here. The ACS is conducted in four different ways via internet, mail, telephone and in-person interviews. She left, but will I be hearing from her again? And finally, to the person who looked up the Census rep's name then mentioned her husband had called and wanted her to stop at the store so she looked at him in shock? we have every right to keep our privacy!!!! How will my information be protected? don't let this happen! These people are trying to "do their jobs", but there are better ways to make a living, one that doesn't help enslave Americans even further with more "government help" and ultimately, taxation. She said actually it's mandatory. I am one who is living this nightmare: the letters, the phone calls, the personal visits, day in and day out, month after month. A location-based community survey is restricted to a particular geographical location like a neighborhood or a single zip code. I'm a stay-at-home Momma with a toddler daughter. At the moment, I am pretty furious with the current political band of thieves and third world dictators "wannabes" in power. OMG!! Ridiculous. Many Supreme Court cases revolve around the privacy that a legal US citizen has and honestly, how the Census Bureau thinks that these would even be accurate answers is a joke! Do they ever stop with this? As one responder put it, if you only want to know the number of people, then what does race have to do with it? If you need assistance in verifying a Census Bureau survey mailing, call, or in-person interview, contact the Census Bureau Regional Office associated with your state. "Only a few questions"? In addition to conducting the decennial census count, the Census Bureau oversees many surveys that are generally completed in-person, by mail, online, or by telephone. The ACS purpose is to collect demographic data only. The present state of affairs is a direct result of our collective ignorance. The government is doing nothing wrong! The reason she looked at you in shock is because her husband didn't know she was there - she'd be fired on the spot and fined if she told her husband that. I'm also going to contact her opponent and see if we can get some action on it for the upcoming debates. Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). I pay my taxes honestly, obey the laws of the land, don't speed, don't spit on the sidewalk and I will always open the door for a lady. 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. this stupid stupid government and all its crap we have been harassed over and over and over and today again. That went into the fire. They only want to know how many people live in the residents. I now have multiple visits to my home every day, followed up by threatening calls with an hour of each. Then we find out she is our next-door neighbor! so the census workers who say, "if you haven't done anything wrong, just answer," well, people who are doing wrong things don't care about america -- they work for the government. I too am going to do the same. It came from data mining by the Pew Research Center. About one month later I received a phone call from a supervisor. The Census Bureau will not ask you to provide your personal information via email. I was willing to answer the survey at first - thinking it would just be a headcount but then I saw the rest of the questions. Thus, they cannot use the census as the pretext for the ACS. Well it started for me. At first, I completed the survey, sealed it in the envelope, and then did not send it. I called his supervisor. There is an actual law on the books, but that law has never been applied. Make the Census people eat this Supreme Court ruling: Neither branch of the legislative department [House of Representatives or Senate], still less any merely administrative body [insert Census Bureau], established by congress, possesses, or can be invested with, a general power of making inquiry into the private affairs of the citizen." Asking for federal money or federal representation is a huge mistake. I don't believe the ACS should, or has the right, to require more. Whom do I contact if I have additional questions, recommendations, or issues? He used to work for the gas company and has been in my house to light my pilot lights. I think that I will put this in the woodstove-just don't tell the EPA or they will be here to take away my woodstove. Where is the America I grew up in? I may not bother with this anyway. After reading many of the earlier posts, I feel I am doing the right thing by not returning the survey. don't let them take our rights away even more than they already have. Therefore I respectfully request that you take appropriate measures to end your department's distribution of this survey. She then stated that she has not talked to the supervisor. Here are some ways you can verify an individual is a Census Bureau employee: For Census Bureau surveys, Census Bureau field representatives report to one of six Regional Offices across the country. We keep refusing them and they keep threatening us. I made the decision right then and there that I would not respond to an ACS survey under any circumstances. I told the lady that I regarded the ACS as some kind of personal info fishing scam by criminals masquerading as the federal government and again stated that I had more than Constitutionally complied with the short form questions. Seemed like they try to collect more info than they need but will give in if you call them on their crime. Person 48. Great. Uncle Sam gets my money but what happens in my home stays in my home. Now, I want to know how we go about suing these senseless census idiots! We do live in a relatively remote area, and none of them can make sense of maps they are provided with. It is SBO-1 (Survey for Business Owner and Self Employed) and states that it is mandatory per Title 13 USC. Public servants are just public burdens and every time their benefits cost more I have to pay for them and I don't even have any myself!!! Then I received the ACS. what is this country coming to? How to confirm the person visiting your address is a legitimate Census Bureau employee or whether the contact you received was from the Census Bureau. In summary: All banks must develop initial and annual privacy notices. He came to my door anyway. With enough people, we can make a change. Anyone else with other info/advice is politely requested to add their two cents. The privacy rule governs when and how banks may share nonpublic personal information about consumers with nonaffiliated third parties. Fight the power. Is that something you would want to get into the wrong hands? Although I suspect it's really only one or two of you. I received two surveys. Government entities do illegal things. I even downloaded a sound bite that said this number has been disconnected and is no longer in service. Nobody should answer the ACS survey. Section 3571 and Section 3559, which amends Title 13 U.S.C. Your address or business cannot be substituted with another. If you would like to opt out of receiving further survey invitations sent on behalf of a particular Medallia client, an opt-out link is frequently included in the email invitation. But I guess they probably figured that out, so decided to send it to only 2.6 percent of the population at a time. The calls started Wednesday. Uh, no. If Big Brother wants to bring the law so be it. Well, I will just have to wait for the "or else" because I will not be a robot for this government, asking when I go to work or who are all the females in my house with ages and names. I even gave them the date I mailed it on. I do not think I should have to give out that kind of information. If this money is government funding for schools, street or seating representatives then why are so many teachers being laid off, why are the streets so damaged and incomplete. You keep referring to the Constitution's original language and writings but that's been beat back again and again over the course of the years. THE American Community Survey may be the most important government function you've never heard of, and it's in trouble. Gartner. 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