Texas AI Docket

Federal survey office asks whether the household internet survey should start measuring AI use, closing November 9th

Defense and federalNational Telecommunications and Information AdministrationStatewideComment window closed

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 to do it

Where

Statewide. This decision applies across Texas rather than to a named county.

Timeline

  1. comment opens

    Notice published

  2. comment closes

    Comments due

  3. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 Nothing has been withdrawn.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 2026-09-29

    The comment window is still open, closing November 9th. Both proposed questions on household use of artificial intelligence are still in the notice.

  8. 2026-10-02

    The survey office is still taking comment until November 9th on adding household AI use to the internet survey.

  9. 2026-10-05

    The federal survey office's comment window on measuring household AI use is still open.

  10. 2026-10-08

    The federal survey office is still taking comment on how to measure household AI use, through November 9th.

  11. 2026-10-11

    The survey office is still taking comment on measuring household AI use. The window closes November 9th.

  12. 2026-10-15

    The survey office is still taking comment on measuring household AI use.

  13. 2026-10-18

    The survey office is still taking comment on whether to measure household AI use.

  14. 2026-10-21

    The comment window is still open, closing November 9th.

  15. 2026-10-24

    The survey office's question on measuring household AI use is still open to comment, closing November 9th.

  16. 2026-10-29

    The comment window is still open, closing November 9th.

  17. 2026-11-01

    The federal survey office's question on household internet use is still open for comment until November 9th.

  18. 2026-11-02

    The survey office's question on whether the household internet survey should start counting AI use is still open to comment, closing November 9th.

  19. 2026-11-03

    The comment window is still open, closing November 9th.

  20. 2026-11-04

    The comment window is still open, closing November 9th.

  21. 2026-11-05

    The comment window is still open, closing November 9th.

  22. 2026-11-06

    The NTIA's question on whether its household internet survey should measure AI use is still open for comment, closing November 9th.

  23. 2026-11-07

    The comment window is still open, closing November 9th.

  24. 2026-11-08

    The survey office's question about measuring AI use in the household internet survey is still open to comment, closing November 9th.

  25. 2026-11-11

    The federal survey office's comment window on measuring household AI use closed on November 9th.

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 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?

Its status on the record is open.

What happens next?

No future date is on the record. The last dated step on it was comment closes on November 9th.

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 November 11th, 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 November 11th, 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.

Last checked 2026-11-11