Comment from Asian Americans Advancing Justice Affiliation on the 2026 Operation Test in Support of the 2030 Census

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Affiliation submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce raising concerns about the proposed reduced scope for the 2026 Operational Test in Support of the 2030 Census. The test described in this Notice would represent an operational field test for the 2030 Census in name only. Due to the extremely limited population sample and significant methodological issues, the results of such a test would be of very limited utility for improving the effectiveness and cost efficiency of decennial census operations.

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