The Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS)

BVP-L1
(8-2009)

DC

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

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

FROM THE DIRECTOR
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
The U.S. Census Bureau is conducting the final Boundary Validation Program (BVP) in order to provide an
opportunity for you as the Highest Elected Official to review the Census Bureau’s boundary data for
governmental units. This is an important opportunity for you to ensure that we have your correct legal
boundaries, name and governmental status. The Census Bureau uses the boundary information to tabulate
data from the 2010 Decennial Census and the American Community Survey.
The BVP package includes a BVP form and a CD containing a complete set of maps for your governmental
unit. Please review our depiction of your legal boundary, as well as any addresses along
your boundary, for accuracy and return the completed BVP form within ten days of receipt
if the information is correct. The maps should reflect the legal boundary for your governmental unit
effective on January 1, 2010. The BVP form can be returned via fax (1-800-416-3262), in the enclosed postage
paid envelope, or scanned and e-mailed to .
The BVP is administered in parallel with the 2010 Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). If the legal
boundary for your governmental unit is incorrect, please work with your BAS contact (printed on the enclosed
BVP form) to submit changes or corrections to the January 1, 2010 boundary. Your BAS contact should already
have received a BAS package that includes a complete set of maps and submission instructions. The
submission deadline for the BAS is March 1, 2010. If we receive changes from you before March 1, 2010, you
will have an additional opportunity to review the updated maps and verify the boundaries for your government
prior to the final data tabulation for the 2010 Decennial Census. If we receive changes from you after
March 1, 2010, we will use your response to correct the boundary, but we will not have sufficient time to send
you an updated map before we finalize the data tabulations.
If you need any assistance with this request, please e-mail , telephone
(1-800-972-5651), or visit our website at < http://www.census.gov/geo/www/bas/bashome.html>.
Sincerely,

Robert M. Groves
Director
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