LUCA Forms, Letters, User Guides, and other Items

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(Entity Name)
(Entity Code)
(Contact ID of the Governor - allow for 7 characters)
(Date)
The Honorable (Full Name of Governor)
(Department Name)
(Mailing Address)
(City) (State) (ZIP)
Dear Governor (Full Name of Governor):
The U.S. Census Bureau invites your state to participate in the 2010 Decennial Census
Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program. Every ten years, the Census
Bureau conducts a census of the population and housing of the United States. Census
data drive redistricting decisions and directly affect the distribution of more than $200
billion in federal funds each year. We are requesting your help to ensure that the Census
Bureau’s address list is as accurate as possible for your state. Because the address list is
the basis for enumeration, using your knowledge to improve it is the most important step
you can take toward every person in your state being counted.
The LUCA Program, authorized by the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994
(Public Law 103-430), provides state, local, and tribal governments the opportunity to
review and update the Census Bureau’s address list. The 2010 Census marks the first
time that the Census Bureau is inviting state-level governments to participate in the
LUCA Program. If you choose to participate in the LUCA Program, you will be able to:
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Review and update the Census Bureau’s address list products for your entire state, or
you may elect to focus your review on selected areas within your state; or

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Submit your state’s address list to the Census Bureau in the Census Bureau specified
computer-readable format; and/or

•

Review and update the geographic features in the Census Bureau’s geographic
database.

The enclosed flyer, Will Your Community Be Ready for the 2010 Decennial Census Local
Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Program?, provides an overview of the LUCA
Program. The flyer answers questions that may assist your state in deciding whether to
participate in this program.
Also enclosed are the Registration Form, the Participation Option/Product Preference Form,
the Confidentiality and Security Guidelines, the Confidentiality Agreement Form, the SelfAssessment checklist, and two computer-based training (CBT) CD-ROMs. One CBT CD-

ROM provides background and instructions on participating in the LUCA Program. The
second CBT CD-ROM contains instructional information on the Census Bureau’s
MAF/TIGER Partnership Software (available free of charge to LUCA Program participants), a
geographic information software application that allows your state to update both the Census
Bureau’s address list materials and map information.
If your state chooses to participate, please do the following:
• Choose a LUCA Program participation option and complete the Participation
Option/Product Preference Form.
• Complete and sign the Registration Form.
• Designate a LUCA Program liaison and reviewers. (The liaison and all reviewers must
sign the Confidentiality Agreement for Option 1 and Option 2).
• Ensure that the LUCA Program liaison completes and signs the Self-Assessment Checklist
(required for participation in Option 1 and Option 2).
If your state has an active State Data Center, Federal/State Cooperative Program for Population
Estimates, and/or Geographic Information System (GIS) coordinator, these established Census
Bureau partners may be good candidates for involvement in your LUCA effort.
We will supply your LUCA materials as soon as possible after we receive your completed
registration forms. You have 120 days from the date you receive your LUCA materials to
complete your review and submit your address list changes. We will accept registrations up
until December 31, 2007, but can guarantee the full 120-day review period only for
governments registering by November 19, 2007.
Please return all forms to the Census Bureau as soon as possible in the enclosed postagepaid envelope. If you have any questions regarding the LUCA Program, please contact
your Census Bureau Regional Office by telephone at (RO Phone Number) or via e-mail at
(RO e-mail address).
We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,

Charles Louis Kincannon
Director
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