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INFORMATION FOR RESPONDENTS TO BUSINESS TRENDS AND OUTLOOK SURVEY (BTOS)

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OVERVIEW

The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) is a quick survey, asking for
approximately six minutes of your time. BTOS data will provide insight into the
state of the economy by providing timely data for key economic measures every
two weeks. By providing continuous data with geographic and subsector detail,
BTOS will capture the impact of events such as natural disasters or economic
crises and will assist in monitoring the recovery from the event.


READY TO REPORT OR NEED ASSISTANCE?

To report online:

 1. Sign-in with the Login ID provided in your letter or email at
    https://respond.census.gov/btos.
 2. Report by clicking the “Login” button.
 3. For assistance completing this survey, please email us at
    econ.btos@census.gov. 


RESPONDENT MATERIALS

To help you prepare for online reporting, click below for a preview of the
survey questions.

Preview Survey Questions [<1.0 MB]
Letter [<1.0 MB]
Initial Email [<1.0 MB]



AUTHORITY

Title 13, United States Code, Sections 131 and 182, authorizes the U.S. Census
Bureau to conduct this collection and to request your voluntary assistance.


CONFIDENTIALITY

Title 13, United States Code, Section 9, requires the Census Bureau to keep your
information CONFIDENTIAL and can 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 your data.


SURVEY LEGITIMACY

Below are a few common items you can use to verify the legitimacy of this
survey:

 1. Ensure the web address provided in the letter is a "census.gov" domain.
 2. Correspondence sent in the form of a letter or email will contain reporting
    instructions and an email address for survey assistance. Any email
    correspondence related to this survey will come from a census.gov address.
 3. On the log-in screen, a warning message should be present stating the
    respondent is accessing a U.S. Government computer.
 4. Additionally, the lower left corner of the page should display the OMB
    eight-digit number and expiration date. This number indicates that the OMB
    has approved the survey and has confirmed there is a need to collect the
    information. The bottom of the screen should have a link for the “Burden
    Statement” which also contains the OMB eight-digit number.

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