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New Study Examines 2020 Census Barriers, Attitudes, and Motivators

How Likely Would You Be to Fill Out the Census Form? The U.S. Census Bureau released results today from the 2020 Census Barriers, Attitudes and Motivators Study (CBAMS). The national survey and series of focus groups were designed to better understand the nation’s attitudes toward the 2020 Census, potential barriers that may inhibit participation, and possible motivators of responding. The CBAMS research is the foundation for building an Integrated Partnership and Communications campaign for the 2020 Census. Learn More “Every part of the 2020 Census is grounded in research,” Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham said. “An accurate and complete census relies on U.S. households responding to the 2020 Census online, by phone or by mail, and the communications campaign is key to achieving that.”

Final Focus Group Report Forty-two focus groups, held across 14 cities, explored potential motivators and barriers to response as well as attitudes toward the census. The focus groups were conducted among all characteristics of hard-to-count population. Learn More Final Survey Report The 2020 CBAMS survey reached a nationally representative sample of 50,000 households in 2018, with nearly 17,500 responses to determine who intends to respond to the census and what attitudes, barriers and motivators exist about the 2020 Census. Learn More

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News: January 25, 2019

 

Lowest in 49+ Years For the first time since November 1969, initial jobless claims dropped below 200,000 to 199,000 for the week ending January 19.

 

Quality, Affordable Healthcare On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta joined President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, and Americans from across the country at the White House to discuss the Administration's efforts to reduce healthcare costs and expand access to quality, affordable healthcare for millions of Americans.

 

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Compliance Initiative The Department announced compliance assistance to help employers and workers understand their obligations and rights, and underscore the importance of retirement saving.	Overtime Wages An Ohio-based bakery and grocery has paid 27 workers $80,726 in back wages for overtime and recordkeeping violations.	Chemical Safety OSHA has cited a Florida cafeteria for burn and chemical hazards, and proposed $134,880 in penalties.
Wages Restored A Wage and Hour Division investigation has resulted in a Pennsylvania franchise operator paying $47,668 in back wages and damages.	Silica Guidance OSHA has released new frequently asked questions on the agency's safety standard for respirable crystalline silicain general industry.	Healthcare Fraud Following an investigation by the Employee Benefits Security Administration, a man was sentenced for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme.

 

Stat of the Week
	Low State Unemployment Rates For the second month in a row, a record 32 states have unemployment rates below 4 percentaccording to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

USCIS will resume premium processing on Monday, Jan. 28, for all fiscal year (FY) 2019 H-1B cap petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption (the “master’s cap”). Petitioners who have received requests for evidence (RFEs) for pending FY 2019 cap petitions should include their RFE response with any request for premium processing they may submit.
H-1B visas provide employers with skilled workers for a wide range of specialty occupations. When a petitioner requests the agency’s premium processing service, USCIS guarantees a 15-day processing time. If we do not take certain adjudicative action within the 15‑calendar day processing time, USCIS refunds the petitioner’s premium processing service fee and continues with expedited processing of the petition. This service is only available for pending petitions, not new submissions, because we have already received enough petitions to meet the FY 2019 cap.
The previously announced temporary suspension of premium processing remains in effect for all other categories of H-1B petitions to which it applied. We plan to resume premium processing for the remaining categories of H‑1B petitions as agency workloads permit.
We will continue to notify the public via uscis.gov when we begin accepting premium processing for other categories of H-1B petitions.

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