Boundary and Annexation Survey

BAS Webinar/NonResponse email template

The U.S. Census Bureau is sending this email to alert you that your government has not yet responded to the Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS). As a reminder, in mid-December, we sent a letter asking whether your government had any boundary updates and/or changes to the government contact that we have on file.

There are several options available to you for responding to the survey:

1. Visit our website to submit your response on-line at http://www.census.gov/geo/partnerships/bas/bas_ar_form.html by following the directions listed, or

2. Send us an email at [email protected], or

3. Call us at our toll free telephone number: 1-800-972-5651

Even if you have no boundary changes to report or contact updates, we would appreciate a response nonetheless so that we know someone in your government has received and reviewed the survey.

We are also offering informational webinars about the BAS, if you are interested:

Date: 10am-12pm EST

Date: 2pm- 4 pm EST (repeat of the morning session)

Agenda

1. Census Bureau Geographic Entities and Concepts

2. Introduction to the BAS

3. Digital BAS Demonstrations

4. Geographic Update Partnership Software (GUPS)

5. ArcGIS

The first part of the webinar will provide general background on census geography and an overview of the BAS (agenda items 1 and 2). The second part of the webinar (items 3, 4, and 5) will focus on digitally updating legal boundaries for submission to the Census Bureau using different tools. This includes a live demonstration by a Census geographer, with time scheduled for you to ask any questions you may have about the BAS updating process.

More information on the webinars is available at: http://www.census.gov/geo/partnerships/bas/videos/webinars.html

We look forward to receiving your response. In the meantime, do not hesitate to contact us either via email at [email protected] or by telephone at 1-800-972-5651 if you have any questions or need further information. We look forward to working with you.

Thank You.