2017 Economic Census
![US Census Bureau officials, Bill Samples and Robert Nusz, at the ASG Commerce Department Office, following a Samoa News interview. The two officials, on island since Tuesday, are working with DOC to prepare for the launching of the 2017 Economic Census for American Samoa this year. Response by businesses is mandatory under federal law. [photo: FS]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Census%20officials.jpg?itok=31NLq20e "US Census Bureau officials, Bill Samples and Robert Nusz, at the ASG Commerce Department Office, following a Samoa News interview. The two officials, on island since Tuesday, are working with DOC to prepare for the launching of the 2017 Economic Census for American Samoa this year. Response by businesses is mandatory under federal law. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Break-out of specific products and services offered by US businesses — including those in American Samoa — is in a new questionnaire for the 2017 Economic Census, in which responses and participation is “mandatory” under federal law, according to two US Census Bureau...