Federal comment window has closed on adding AI questions to the American Time Use Survey
The Bureau of Labor Statistics proposed adding questions about artificial intelligence to the American Time Use Survey and took public comment on it under the Paperwork Reduction Act. That window closed September 8th, 2026, and no decision on whether the questions go into the survey has been published. The survey is a main federal instrument for measuring how people actually spend working time, so what it asks about AI shapes what is later knowable.
How to take part
The comment window has closed. The notice stays on the federal register, where anyone can read the proposed collection and the instructions it gave for filing. The next step is the bureau's own request to the Office of Management and Budget.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- comment opens
Notice published in the Federal Register
- comment closes
Comment period closes
- Today
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-08-19
Checked and unchanged. The comment window still closes September 8th.
- 2026-08-22
Checked and unchanged. Written comments are still due on or before September 8th, 2026, and the notice still says comments are being accepted.
- 2026-08-26
Checked and unchanged. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notice on adding artificial intelligence questions to the American Time Use Survey still stands and its comment window still closes September 8th.
- 2026-08-29
The comment window is still open, closing September 8th. The proposal to add artificial intelligence questions to the time use survey is unchanged.
- 2026-09-02
The comment window on adding artificial intelligence questions to the American Time Use Survey is still open and the closing date has not moved.
- 2026-09-03
The comment window on adding artificial intelligence questions to the American Time Use Survey is still open and still closes September 8th, 2026. The notice stands as published and the closing date has not moved. Five days are left to file.
- 2026-09-04
Four days left. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notice proposing artificial intelligence questions for the American Time Use Survey stands as published, and the window still shuts on September 8th, 2026. The wording of the pre-clearance consultation the notice opens is unchanged from the day it published.
- 2026-09-05
The Labor Department's notice still stands and the comment door has not shut. A reader can still file on the survey's AI questions.
- 2026-09-07
The window closes tomorrow, September 8th, 2026. The notice still stands as published and the Federal Register still marks the docket as taking comments. A Texan who wants a say in whether the national time use survey starts asking about AI has one day to file.
- 2026-09-08
The federal notice proposing AI questions on the American Time Use Survey is still posted and still taking comment. Everything the notice says about how to file is unchanged.
- 2026-09-11
The comment window closed on September 8th, 2026. The record had carried the window as open and the notice's own close date has now passed. What a reader can do here has changed from filing a comment to reading the notice. The bureau has published no decision on whether the questions go into the survey.
- 2026-09-13
The window on adding artificial intelligence questions to the time use survey is still closed, and the notice still carries the same close date.
- 2026-09-16
The comment window on adding artificial intelligence questions to the time use survey is still closed, and the proposal still stands as proposed. Nothing has been published to say what the bureau will do with it.
- 2026-09-19
Still shut, and the survey office has announced no decision on whether the questions about artificial intelligence go into the survey.
- 2026-09-24
The survey's comment window is still closed. The notice proposing questions about artificial intelligence still reads as the record took it.
- 2026-09-27
The survey's comment window stays closed. The notice proposing questions about artificial intelligence still reads as published, with no final version out.
- 2026-09-30
The comment window is still closed. The notice proposing questions about artificial intelligence still reads as published, and no final version is out.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.Federal Register, Proposed Information Collection; ATUS Artificial Intelligence (AI) Questions, abstract Primary source, official · federalregister.gov
"comments_close_on":"2026-09-08"Federal Register API, document 2026-13928, fields type, publication_date, comments_close_on Primary source, official · federalregister.gov
Questions about this decision
Answered from the record itself. Every answer is assembled from stored fields, so an answer the record has no basis for is left out rather than guessed.
What is this decision?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics proposed adding questions about artificial intelligence to the American Time Use Survey and took public comment on it under the Paperwork Reduction Act. That window closed September 8th, 2026, and no decision on whether the questions go into the survey has been published. The survey is a main federal instrument for measuring how people actually spend working time, so what it asks about AI shapes what is later knowable.
Who decides it?
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public take part?
The comment window on this decision has closed. The deciding body is still named on the item page and is still reachable.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It applies statewide.
Has it been decided?
It is pending. No final decision is on the record.
What happens next?
No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was comment closes on September 8th.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is July 10th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under research and science.
What sources back it?
Two sources back it. Two of them are primary.
Is it on the ERCOT grid?
No. It sits outside the ERCOT interconnection.
When was it last checked?
Every fact on it was last verified against its source on September 30th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Federal comment window has closed on adding AI questions to the American Time Use Survey. Tracked since July 10th, 2026. Last verified September 30th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0016/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0016.
Beat
Filed under Research and science, with every other decision on that beat.