To
provide technical and informational assistance to State and local
governments.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
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USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
Statistical,
technical, and informational assistance provided to Federal, State,
and local governments includes the following: (1) Technical assistance
on methods of making population estimates and projections; (2) consultation
services available to local officials for the planning and conducting
of special surveys; (3) special censuses taken at the request and
expense of local communities; (4) special surveys conducted on a
reimbursable basis; and (5) assistance to States in the establishment
and operation of State Data Centers and Business and Industry Data
Centers to improve access to Census Bureau data by State and local
agencies and other data users.
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant
Eligibility: Officials of Federal, State, local
governments, and community organizations.
Beneficiary
Eligibility: Officials of Federal, State,
local governments, and community organizations.
Pre-application
Coordination: None. This program is excluded
from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application
Procedure: By written request.
Award
Procedure: Not applicable.
Deadlines:
Not applicable.
Range
of Approval/Disapproval Time: Not applicable.
Appeals:
Not applicable.
Renewals:
Not applicable.
ASSISTANCE
CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula
and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.
Length
and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable.
POST
ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
None.
Audits:
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133 (Revised,
June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend $300,000 or more
in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit
conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less
than $300,000 in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit
requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Fifty States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico are officially participating in the Federal-State Cooperative
Program for the preparation and publication of county population
estimates. Currently 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands are participating in the State Data
Center Program, and many are also in the Business and Industry Data
Center (BIDC) Program. Over 1,800 State and local governmental agencies,
universities and other organizations are affiliated with the programs.
REGULATIONS,
GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE:
(1) Series P-25, Population Estimates and Projections, price varies;
(2) Federal Special Censuses (Form SC-1), no charge; (3) Data Center
Address List, http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/sdctxt.html; (4) Census
Catalog and Guide is available on the Web site and on CD-ROM. Please
call Customer Services (301) 457-4100 for ordering information.
INFORMATION
CONTACTS:
Regional
or Local Office: See list of 12 Bureau of the
Census Regional Offices and Department of Commerce District Offices
listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog, or http://www.census.gov/field/www/.
Headquarters
Office: For special censuses, Office of Special
Censuses, telephone: (301) 457-1429, FTS is not available; for
population estimates and projections, Population Division, telephone:
(301) 457-2422, FTS is not available; and for State Data Center
and BIDC Programs, Customer Liaison Office Staff, telephone: (301)
457-1305, FTS is not available. Mailing address: Bureau of the
Census, Washington, D.C. 20233.
