The 2020 Census is Here and Businesses can Help
The next nationwide count starts in most of the country this March, and companies can help ensure its accuracy by encouraging employees and customers to participate.
2020 APDU Conference Call for Proposals
APDU is welcoming proposals on any topic related to the privacy, accuracy, and access of public data. Proposals can be for a single presentation or panel, whether based on a particular project, data practice, or formal paper. In keeping with the theme of the conference, our interest is in highlighting the breadth of public data to both producers and consumers of public data. Deadline: February 28, 2020.
2020 Annual Conference
APDU is happy to announce the 2020 APDU Annual conference on July 29-30, 2020 in Arlington, VA. With the Decennial Census in the rear view mirror and looming issues of data privacy and accuracy, what can we expect in the future? Attend this year’s conference to learn more!
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APDU Member Post: Assessing the Use of Differential Privacy for the 2020 Census: Summary of What We Learned from the CNSTAT Workshop
February 28, 2020The Census Bureau’s solution to protecting privacy is a new DAS based on a methodology referred to as Differential Privacy (DP). The Census commissioned the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to host a 2-day Workshop on 2020 Census Data Products: Data Needs and Privacy Considerations, held in Washington, DC, on December 11-12, 2019. This post provides an overview of the findings.
2020 APDU Conference Call for Proposals
January 29, 2020APDU is welcoming proposals on any topic related to the privacy, accuracy, and access of public data. Proposals can be for a single presentation or panel, whether based on a particular project, data practice, or formal paper. In keeping with the theme of the conference, our interest is in highlighting the breadth of public data to both producers and consumers of public data. Deadline: February 28, 2020.
The 2020 Census is Here and Businesses can Help
January 22, 2020The next nationwide count starts in most of the country this March, and companies can help ensure its accuracy by encouraging employees and customers to participate.