2 Letter - Initial Request

A Message from the Director, U.S. Census Bureau:
Your firm has been selected to participate in the 2022 Annual Integrated Economic Survey dress
rehearsal, which is a newly redesigned survey combining the previously administered annual surveys
listed below. This new survey replaces your mandatory reporting obligations for the following (note
that you may not have been asked to report in all of these every year):
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Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS)
Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS)
Annual Services Report/Service Annual Survey (SAS)
Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM)
Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES)
Report of Organization
Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders Survey (M3UFO)

Data compiled from this survey contribute to the official statistics used to measure economic
performance in the United States, such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and will provide the
nation’s policymakers and business leaders like you with key yearly measures of economic activity
including the only comprehensive national and subnational data on business revenues, expenses, and
assets on an annual basis.
Online reporting is now open. Please use the following information to access your survey:

Due Date: [insert date]
Username: [insert username]
Password: [insert password]
Website: https://respond.census.gov/aies

YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW and 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 call our customer help line at 1-877-787-9860,
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 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,

Robert L. Santos
Director

OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit
OMB approval number is 0607-XXXX 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, Sections 131 and 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. 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 data.

Burden Estimate Statement
We estimate the Annual Integrated Economic Survey will take an average of X.X hours 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.
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