Businessd Research & Development Survey

BRDS-L3

(Draft)

Attachment B2

PAST DUE NOTICE

Our records indicate that we have not received your 2017 Business Research and Development Survey. Please complete the survey online using the following information:

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Due Date:

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2. Add your authentication code OR locate this report under “My Surveys.”

3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.” You can return to your account over multiple sessions

to complete.

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Census Bureau is authorized to collect this information under Title 13 United States Code

(Sections 8(b), 131, and 182), and Title 42 United States Code (Sections 1861-76, National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended). Title 13 United States Code requires that you respond

(Sections 224 and 225), and assures the confidentiality of the information you provide (Section 9). The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or institution, and can use your responses only to produce statistics.

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Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure America’s people, places, and economy. Your response makes a difference.

Sincerely,

Kevin E. Deardorff

Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division

U.S. Census Bureau