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What others are saying...

"Accurate knowledge of the characteristics of people who live in Lower Manhattan neighborhoods helps planners make decisions on development that is suitable for future residents."

Joseph Salvo, City of New York
Department of City Planning

"The ACS is vital to economic development, and for wise government and business decision making."

Joan Naymark
Target Corporation

"The American Community Survey offers the best option, because it builds on the decennial census... and ensure trustworthy data for all, with the least expenditure of scarce resources."

Richard Ogburn
South Florida Regional Planning Council

"Quite simply, up-to-date statistical information equals more accurate use of our money and our efforts."

Thomas Reardon
Executive Director
Fulton County (Pa.) Partnership

 

National Elected Officials Organizations

  1. Conference of Mayors
  2. National League of Cities
  3. National Conference of State Legislatures
  4. National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund
  5. National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc.
  6. National Association of Counties (NACO)
  7. National Association of Towns and Townships
  8. National Association of Black County Officials (NABCO)
  9. National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials
  10. International City/County Management Association
  11. National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) (4)
  12. National Association of Black County Officials (NABCO) (2 letters)
  13. National Association of Regional Council, F. Wayne Hill (3)

Elected Officials

  1. Florida House of Representatives, Representative Ed Jennings, Jr., Gainesville
  2. Virginia Municipal League, R. Michael Amyx, Executive Director
  3. City of Akron, Ohio, Donald L. Plusquellic, Mayor
  4. City of Sugar Land, Texas, David G. Wallace, Mayor
  5. City of Hampton, VA, Mamie E. Locke, Ph.D., Mayor
  6. Town of Pearisburg, VA, Mayor Donald W. Allen and Kenneth F. Vittum, Town Manager
  7. Town of Keysville, VA, Sharon M. Layne, Clerk-Treasurer
  8. James City County, VA, Sanford B. Wanner, County Administrator
  9. County of Bath, Virginia, Claire A. Collins, County Administrator
  10. City of Chesapeake, Virginia, Mayor William E. Ward
  11. County of Stafford, Virginia, C.M. Williams, Jr., County Administrator
  12. York County, Virginia, James O McReynolds, County Administrator
  13. Town of Warrenton, Virginia, Kenneth L. McLawhon, Town Manager
  14. Phil Gramm, United States Senator
  15. Shirley Dean, Mayor of the City of Berkeley, California
  16. South Carolina House of Representatives, State Representative Joe E. Brown
  17. City of Tchula Mississippi, Office of the Mayor Yvonne L. Brown
  18. Alabama State House, House of Representatives, State Representative Barbara B. Boyd
  19. Commonwealth of Virginia, House of Delegates, State Representative Kristen J. Amundson
  20. Virginia House of Delegates Resolution No. 761, January 21, 2003
  21. Arkansas House of Representatives, State Representative Joyce Elliott
  22. Michigan House of Representatives, Representative Ruth Ann Jamnick
  23. City of Highland Village, Highland Village, Texas, City Secretary’s Office
  24. Missouri House of Representatives, Sharon Sanders Brooks, State Representative
  25. Arizona State Senate, Gabrelle Griffords, State Senator, District 28
  26. Wisconsin State Senator, Gwendolynne Moore, 4th District
  27. Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census - Congressman Adam Putnam, Chairman

State, Local and Tribal Government and Quasi-Government

  1. Council of State Governments, Gov. Michael Huckabee, 2003 CSG President and Rep. Daniel Bosley, 2003 CSG Chair (3 letters)
  2. Cowlitz and Wahkiakum Counties (Washington) Council of Governments (2 letters)
  3. State of Wyoming, Department of Administration and Information, Economic Analysis Division
  4. Maryland Partnership for Children, Youth, and Families
  5. Jacksonville (FL) Community Council, Inc.
  6. Commonwealth of Kentucky, Office of the Governor, Kentucky Commission on Women, Betsy Nowland-Curry, Executive Director
  7. Fulton County Partnership, Inc., Fulton County, Pennsylvania
  8. Southeast Michigan Census Council*
  9. Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Council of Governments, Chair Mary G. Hill, Resolution February 12, 2003

National Professional and Advocacy Organizations

  1. ACCRA
  2. American Planning Association
  3. American Sociological Association*
  4. American Statistical Association
  5. Association of Public Data Users*
  6. Annie E. Casey Foundation
  7. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee*
  8. Arab-American Institute Foundation*
  9. Children’s Defense Fund
  10. Consortium of Social Science Associations*
  11. Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics*
  12. Generations United
  13. Housing Assistance Council*
  14. Indian and Native American Employment and Training Coalition*
  15. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute
  16. National Council of La Raza, Raul Yzaguirre, President/CEO
  17. National Association of Home Builders*
  18. National Congress of American Indians
  19. Population Association of America*
  20. Population Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers
  21. Rural Policy Research Institute
  22. University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

Business

  1. Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
  2. Claritas, Inc.*
  3. The Houston Chapter of the Texas Economic and Demographic Association
  4. Federated Department Stores, Inc.*
  5. ING/Clarion Partners*
  6. New York State Small Business Development Center
  7. Simon Property Group*
  8. Johnson & Hedgpeth, Consultants on Kinship Services and Child Welfare Issues, San Francisco
  9. Target Corporation*
  10. Weingarten Realty Investors*
  11. Environmental Systems Research Institute

Academia

  1. University of Wisconsin, Department of Rural Sociology, Dr. Paul Voss
  2. Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico
  3. Dr. Barbara Bryant, University of Michigan Business School
  4. Professor Meredith Minkler, Health and Social Behavior, University of California, Berkeley

*Included in the Sign-On Letter from American Statistical Association (D3)

 
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