# 2026-22596: Census Seeks Approval to Keep Testing Its Online Surveys

2026-22596, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Internet Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods Testing, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Census Bureau published 2026-11-05, effective 2026-11-05 (as of 2026-11-06).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-22596
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Internet Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods Testing
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Census Bureau
- Citation: 91 FR 69791
- Published: 2026-11-05
- Effective: 2026-11-05
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-11-06

## In one line

Census Seeks Approval to Keep Testing Its Online Surveys

## Summary

The Census Bureau is asking for approval to keep testing online surveys and messages to make them easier and better for people to use. This affects about 67,600 participants who spend just 15 minutes each helping improve future surveys. The goal is to reduce hassle, boost data quality, and keep everything running smoothly without changing current rules or costs.

## Effects PRIA read

- Short volunteer testing sessions: cost, low. The Census Bureau plans to collect responses from 67,600 individuals who will each spend 0.25 hours (15 minutes) once helping test internet-panel surveys and messages; total burden hours are 16,900. Participation is voluntary, the activity is a regular extension without change under OMB Control Num…
- Testing to reduce future survey burden: benefit, low. The Census Bureau will use these internet-panel and qualitative tests to try to reduce respondent burden, improve online questionnaires and procedures, and increase data quality for future decennial and demographic censuses and surveys. Results from these tests are for research purposes (not offici…

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## Sources
- [2026-22596 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/11/05/2026-22596/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for)
- [2026-22596 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-11-05/pdf/2026-22596.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-22596 (as of 2026-11-06).