# 2025-11114: NTIA Survey May Add 61 Questions About American Internet Habits

2025-11114, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NTIA Internet Use Survey, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Telecommunications and Information Administration published 2025-06-17, effective Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 18, 2025; NTIA seeks to add 61 questions to the November 2025 edition of the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) as part of the NTIA Internet Use Survey.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-03).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-11114
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NTIA Internet Use Survey
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 25591
- Published: 2025-06-17
- Effective: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before August 18, 2025; NTIA seeks to add 61 questions to the November 2025 edition of the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS) as part of the NTIA Internet Use Survey.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-03

## In one line

NTIA Survey May Add 61 Questions About American Internet Habits

## Summary

The Department of Commerce’s NTIA wants to add 61 new questions to a big government survey about how Americans use the internet. This helps everyone from businesses to policymakers understand internet habits better and plan for the future. If you want to share your thoughts, you’ve got until August 18, 2025, to comment—no cost to you, just your voice!

## Abstract

The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.

## Effects PRIA read

- You may be asked 61 new CPS internet questions: cost, low. You could be selected to answer 61 new internet-use questions as part of the November 2025 Current Population Survey (CPS). The Census Bureau plans to sample about 50,000 households; responding is voluntary, takes about 10 minutes per response, is done by in-person visit or live telephone interview…
- Survey data will inform broadband policy: benefit, low. NTIA will use the data from the Internet Use Survey to inform policies aimed at broadband usage and to respond to congressional directives; the supplement will support work with Congress, the FCC, other federal agencies, state and local governments, industry, and nonprofits. The stated purpose is t…
- You can comment until August 18, 2025: benefit, low. Anyone may submit written comments on the proposed information collection to NTIA by mail or email; comments must be received on or before August 18, 2025, and should reference OMB Control Number 0660-0021. Comments will be part of the public record and may be summarized in NTIA's request to OMB.
- Survey added to CPS to reduce separate burdens: benefit, low. NTIA states the internet-use questions will be collected in conjunction with the Census Bureau's CPS, which 'thereby significantly reduc[es] the potential burdens on the U.S. Census Bureau and on surveyed households' compared with a separate standalone collection. The supplement approach is present…

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## Sources
- [2025-11114 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/17/2025-11114/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2025-11114 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-17/pdf/2025-11114.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11114 (as of 2026-11-03).
