Federal survey office asks whether the household internet survey should start measuring AI use, closing November 9th
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration submitted its Internet Use Survey to the Office of Management and Budget for renewal on September 9th, 2026. It asked the public directly whether more data is needed on artificial intelligence. The notice names AI use at work or home and attitudes toward AI as areas it is asking about. Comments must be received on or before November 9th, 2026.
How to take part
Comments go to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration by the method given in the Federal Register notice, through November 9th, 2026. This is the survey that would produce a count of how many households use AI, so what it asks is decided now.
Where
Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.
Timeline
- comment opens
Notice published
- Today
- comment closes
Comments due
43 days out
How this decision moved
One dated line per check, oldest first. A line that says nothing changed means somebody looked and it had not.
- 2026-09-11
Admitted to the record. The agency is asking the public whether the household internet survey should start measuring artificial intelligence at all. Whether anyone can later count how many Texans use it is being decided in this window.
- 2026-09-13
The comment window on whether the household internet survey should measure artificial intelligence is still open on the close date the notice published.
- 2026-09-16
The household internet survey question on measuring artificial intelligence use is still open for comment until November 9th. Nothing has been withdrawn.
- 2026-09-19
The window is still open and the notice still gives November 9th as the last day a comment is sure to be read.
- 2026-09-23
The survey office is still asking whether the household internet survey should start measuring artificial intelligence, and the window still closes November 9th.
- 2026-09-26
The survey office is still taking comment through November 9th on whether its household internet survey should start asking about artificial intelligence. Both questions about AI use are still in the notice.
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed information collection must be received on or before November 9, 2026.Federal Register as published on govinfo, NTIA Internet Use Survey, OMB Control Number 0660-0021 Primary source, official · govinfo.gov
Is there a need for more data around artificial intelligence (AI)?Federal Register as published on govinfo, NTIA Internet Use Survey, OMB Control Number 0660-0021 Primary source, official · govinfo.gov
Are there particular areas that need more data, such as AI use at work or home, or attitudes towards AI?Federal Register as published on govinfo, NTIA Internet Use Survey, OMB Control Number 0660-0021 Primary source, official · govinfo.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 National Telecommunications and Information Administration submitted its Internet Use Survey to the Office of Management and Budget for renewal on September 9th, 2026. It asked the public directly whether more data is needed on artificial intelligence. The notice names AI use at work or home and attitudes toward AI as areas it is asking about. Comments must be received on or before November 9th, 2026.
Who decides it?
National Telecommunications and Information Administration decides. The record names the deciding body for every entry it carries.
Can the public comment on it?
Comments go to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration by the method given in the Federal Register notice, through November 9th, 2026. This is the survey that would produce a count of how many households use AI, so what it asks is decided now.
Where in Texas does it apply?
It applies statewide.
Has it been decided?
Its status on the record is open.
What happens next?
The next dated step is comment closes, on November 9th, in 43 days.
When did it start?
The earliest date on its record is September 9th, 2026.
What kind of decision is it?
It is filed under defense and federal.
What sources back it?
One source backs it. It is 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 26th, 2026.
Cite this
Texas AI Docket, Federal survey office asks whether the household internet survey should start measuring AI use, closing November 9th. Tracked since September 9th, 2026. Last verified September 26th, 2026. https://texasaidocket.com/item/tx-2026-0145/. Reuse permitted under CC BY 4.0 with attribution. The same entry is in the docket JSON as item tx-2026-0145.
Beat
Filed under Defense and federal, with every other decision on that beat.