D-1685lgmep Invitation, HEO Special Enumertion Maine

D-1685(LG ME P)
(11-2007)

DC

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

The U.S. Census Bureau invites your government 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 $300 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 jurisdiction. Because
the address list is the basis for enumeration, using your local knowledge to improve it is the most
important step you can take toward every person in your community being counted.
The LUCA Program, authorized by the Census Address List Improvement Act of 1994 (Public Law
103-430), provides tribal, state, and local governments the opportunity to review and update the Census
Bureau’s address list. If you choose to participate in the LUCA Program, you will be able to:
• Review and update the Census Bureau’s address list, or submit your local address list to the Census
Bureau in the Census Bureau specified computer-readable format.
• Review and update the legal boundaries and features on the Census Bureau maps.
Our records indicate that we have designated areas within your entity for special enumeration
procedures; special enumeration areas include remote, sparsely populated, and/or resort areas.
Because of timing and operational constraints, only portions of your entity can be included in your LUCA
review. The Boston Regional Office can provide you with information as to the location of the area not
designated for special enumeration and, therefore, eligible for inclusion in the LUCA review. A file of the
specific census blocks eligible for LUCA review will be provided with your LUCA materials.
The enclosed flyer, Will Your Community Be Ready for the 2010 Census Local Update of Census
Addresses (LUCA) Program?, provides an overview of the LUCA Program. This flyer answers questions
that may assist your government 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 Self-Assessment
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 system software application that allows your
government to update both the address list materials and map information.

USCENSUSBUREAU
Helping You Make Informed Decisions

www.census.gov

If your government 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 you intend to participate, please register for the LUCA Program as soon as possible; we will supply
your LUCA materials as soon as possible after we receive your completed registration forms. We will
accept registrations up until December 31, 2007, but the sooner we receive your registration forms,
the more time you will have to perform your review prior to the submission deadline of April 4, 2008.
If you register before December 3, 2007, you have the opportunity to provide legal boundary
updates along with your LUCA updates, and the Census Bureau will not send you the 2008 Boundary
and Annexation Survey package in January 2008.
The Census Bureau estimates that it will take between 105 and 1,575 hours to complete the LUCA
review, depending on the number of addresses and the rate of address growth and change. This
includes the time needed to read the enclosed invitation materials and complete the registration forms,
and upon receipt of the LUCA materials to read the instructions, assemble and review the LUCA
materials, and provide updates. Please send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Paperwork
Project 0607-0795, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Room 3K138, Washington, DC 20233, or you may e-mail
comments to ; use "Paperwork Project 0607-0795" as the subject. Please
include a copy of your message addressed to . Under the Paperwork Reduction
Act, we cannot ask you to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. The OMB number is found in the upper right
corner of each LUCA form.
Please return all forms to the Census Bureau as soon as possible in the enclosed postage-paid
envelope. If you have any questions regarding the LUCA Program, please contact the Boston Regional
Office by telephone at 1–866–511–LUCA (5822) or via e-mail at [email protected].
We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,

Charles Louis Kincannon
Director
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