Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) operation (FR Doc. 2026-03073)

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On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, our Census Task Force co-chairs, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC and NALEO Educational Fund, and the undersigned organizations, we appreciate this opportunity to provide comments (attached) on the Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Operation for the 2030 Census, described in the Federal Register Notice Docket Number USBC-2026-0001, “Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) Operation.”

Accurate census data are a cornerstone of our democracy. The LUCA operation gives state, tribal, and local governments a critical opportunity to directly help ensure an accurate census by reviewing and submitting updates or corrections to the census address list. Addresses left off the list will most likely be missed in the census; thus, an accurate address list is essential for an accurate census. We support a high quality LUCA operation that gives governmental units a meaningful opportunity to ensure that households in their communities are not left out of the census.

If you have any questions about these comments, please contact Meeta Anand, senior director of the census and data equity program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, at [email protected]