People answering survey questions and filling out administrative forms from federal agencies will now answer 1 combined question about race and ethnicity and be able to select more than 1 option that represents their identity, the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced in a recent statement. The OMB also added a new category for race and ethnicity: Middle Eastern or North African. The revisions are the first in almost 2 decades to the way the federal government characterizes race and ethnicity.
