AttB-Respondent Letters & email

QPC-L1
(Draft)

A Message from the Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau:
We request your participation with the Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization. Your response is
critical in preparing industry estimates of capacity utilization rates for the Nation. This survey measures
changes in the use of production facilities in the manufacturing and publishing sectors. Government
analysts use the estimates to develop monetary and fiscal policies and investment demands. In
particular, the Federal Reserve Board will use these data to estimate monthly industrial production and
assess change in industrial production and capacity. The Defense Logistics Agency will use these data to
assess readiness to meet demand for goods under selected national emergency scenarios.
Authentication Code:
Due Date:
Account Manager:
1. Register OR sign in at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code.
3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW.” You can return to your account over multiple sessions to
complete the survey.
YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. Information about the authority,
confidentiality, and burden of this data collection can be found on the back of this letter.
For assistance with completing this survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account or call our
customer help line at 1-800-201-4647, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure
America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,

Ron S. Jarmin
Acting Director

QPC-L1
(Draft)

OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit
OMB approval number is 0607-0175 and appears in the top right corner of each reporting screen.
Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidentiality
Title 13, United States Code, Section 8(b); Title 50, United States Code, Section 98, et seq; and
Title 12, United States Code, Section 244, authorize the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct this collection
and request your voluntary assistance. The Census Bureau is required by Title 13, United States Code,
Section 9, to keep your information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics. The
Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your
business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your
data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.
Burden Estimate Statement
We estimate the Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization will take an average of 2 hours and 5
minutes to complete. Factors such as company size, complexity and activity will affect your actual time
to complete the survey. This estimate includes the time to review instructions, search existing data
sources, gather and maintain the data needed, and complete and review the survey.

Subject: DUE DATE REMINDER: Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF PLANT CAPACITY
Due Date Reminder
Check our email address – it’s official if it ends in @census.gov
ATTN
COMPANY
The U.S. Census Bureau recently requested your response to the Quarterly Survey of Plant
Capacity.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Due Date: XXXXX XX, 20XX
1. Access your Census Bureau account at https://portal.census.gov and locate your survey
under “My Surveys.”
2. Click on “REPORT NOW” to begin or resume reporting.
3. Submit your responses once you reach the end of the reporting instrument.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Please do not reply directly to this automated email. For assistance with completing your
survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account and send us a secure message. You may
also call our customer help line at 1-800-201-4647 Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,
Kevin Deardorff
Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division
U.S. Census Bureau

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0607-0175
Expires: 09/30/2024

Subject: DUE DATE REMINDER: Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF PLANT CAPACITY
Due Date Reminder
Check our email address – it’s official if it ends in @census.gov
ATTN
COMPANY
The U.S. Census Bureau recently requested your response to the Quarterly Survey of Plant
Capacity.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Due Date: XXXXX XX, 20XX
1. Register or sign in at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Case sensitive; if you copy and paste, ensure no blank spaces are captured.
3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW”
_____________________________________________________________________________
Please do not reply directly to this automated email. For assistance with completing your
survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account and send us a secure message. You may
also call our customer help line at 1-800-201-4647 Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,
Kevin Deardorff
Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division
U.S. Census Bureau

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0607-0175
Expires: 09/30/2024

Subject: PAST DUE NOTICE: Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF PLANT CAPACITY
Past Due Notice
Check our email address – it’s official if it ends in @census.gov

ATTN
COMPANY
The U.S. Census Bureau recently requested your response to the Quarterly Survey of Plant
Capacity. Our records indicate your response is now past due. Please log in with the following
information and submit your responses within 5 days.

_____________________________________________________________________________
1. Access your Census Bureau account at https://portal.census.gov and locate your survey
under “My Surveys.”
2. Click on “REPORT NOW” to begin or resume reporting.
3. Submit your responses once you reach the end of the reporting instrument.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 & 182, authorizes this collection. Sections 224 and
225 require your response. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of the same law to
keep your information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics.2 The
Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify
your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of
2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that
transmit your data.
Please do not reply directly to this automated email. For assistance with completing your
survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account and send us a secure message. You may
also call our customer help line at 1-800-201-4647 Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,
Kevin Deardorff

Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division
U.S. Census Bureau

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0607-0175
Expires: 09/30/2024

Subject: PAST DUE NOTICE: Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity

QUARTERLY SURVEY OF PLANT CAPACITY
Past Due Notice
Check our email address – it’s official if it ends in @census.gov
ATTN
COMPANY
The U.S. Census Bureau recently requested your response to the Quarterly Survey of Plant
Capacity. Our records indicate your response is now past due. Please log in with the following
information and submit your responses within 5 days.

______________________________________________________________________________
1. Register or sign in at https://portal.census.gov
2. Add your authentication code: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Case sensitive; if you copy and paste, ensure no blank spaces are captured.
3. Report by clicking on “REPORT NOW”
______________________________________________________________________________
Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 & 182, authorizes this collection. Sections 224 and
225 require your response. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of the same law to
keep your information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics.2 The
Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify
your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of
2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that
transmit your data.
Please do not reply directly to this automated email. For assistance with completing your
survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account and send us a secure message. You may
also call our customer help line at 1-800-201-4647 Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau
measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,
Kevin Deardorff

Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division
U.S. Census Bureau

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number: 0607-0175
Expires: 09/30/2024

QPC-L2
(Draft)
The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval number
for the Quarterly Survey of
Plant Capacity Utilization is
0607-0175.

PAST DUE NOTICE
Our records indicate that we have not received your Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization.
Please complete the survey online using the following information:
Authentication Code:
Due Date:
Account Manager:
1. Register OR sign in at https://portal.census.gov
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 the survey.
If you recently reported, you can verify your filing status by clicking on “Options” and then “Filing
Status.” Look for an entry under the “Date Received” column.
YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Title
13, United States Code, Section 9, to keep your information confidential and can use your responses
only to produce statistics. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a
way that could identify your business, organization, or institution.
For assistance with completing this survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account or call our
customer help line at 1-800-201-4647, Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure
America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,

Kevin E. Deardorff
Chief, Economic Reimbursable Surveys Division
U.S. Census Bureau

This is an important message from the United Stated Census Bureau regarding the Quarterly
Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization.
Your response to this survey is now past due.
You should have recently received a follow up letter with instructions on how to report online.
The website for the survey is portal-dot-census-dot-gov
If you need help with your online credentials or have any questions related to the survey,
please call 1-800-201-4647.

Your response is especially important right now. It helps accurately measure the American
economy so that policymakers, government officials, and businesses can understand the
current environment.
Thank you