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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE

11.004: Census Intergovernmental Services

Popular Name: Intergovernmental Services Program

Objectives: To provide technical and informational assistance to State and local governments.

PROGRAM AND AWARD FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.

APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS INFORMATION CONTACTS

RELATED PROGRAMS ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS

PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

11.004 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility: Officials of Federal, State, local governments, and community organizations.

Beneficiary Eligibility: Officials of Federal, State, local governments, and community organizations.

Credentials/Documentation: Not applicable.

11.004 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication 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.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Not applicable.

Examples of Funded Projects: Not applicable.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Not applicable.

11.004 RELATED PROGRAMS:

11.001 Census Bureau Data Products;
11.002 Census Customer Services;
11.003 Census Geography;
11.005 Census Special Tabulations and Services.

11.004 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Fifty States, DC, and 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, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 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.

11.004 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency: BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Type of Assistance: Advisory Services and Counseling; Dissemination of Technical Information; Training.

Obligations: (Salaries and expenses) FY 99 $800,000; FY 00 est $800,000; and FY 01 est $800,000.

Budget Account Number: 13-0401-0-1-376; 13-0450-0-1-376.

Authorization: Act of August 31, 1954, Public Law 83-740, 13 U.S.C. 8; 31 U.S.C. 686.

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, 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.

11.004 INFO 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 www.census.gov/field/www/.

Headquarters Office: For special censuses, Office of Special Censuses, phone: (301) 457-1429, FTS is not available; for population estimates and projections, Population Division, phone: (301) 457-2422, FTS is not available; and for State Data Center and BIDC Programs, State and Regional Programs Staff, phone: (301) 457-1305, FTS is not available. Mailing address: Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20233.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

11.004 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements: Not applicable.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Not applicable.

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.

11.004 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 receive $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.

Records: None.