America's Essential Economic and Social Data at Risk: A Vision to Preserve and Enhance the American Community Survey Briefing

The Census Project is hosting a virtual briefing regarding our latest comprehensive report on the American Community Survey (ACS): “America’s Essential Economic and Social Data at Risk: A Vision to Preserve and Enhance the American Community Survey.” 

The briefing will feature presentations by the report’s author, Dr. Linda Jacobsen, Population Reference Bureau, who will summarize the report’s major findings and present new sections that spotlight how the ACS informs policies and programs serving veterans and the nation’s health care industry. In addition, former Census Bureau Director Dr. John Thompson will discuss how the ACS fits into broader data collection modernization and dissemination initiatives that the Census Bureau is pursuing.