APDU introduces member committees – APDU is interested in engaging individual members through committees around specific topic areas, including advocacy, emerging issues, and membership.
	Census, Current Population Survey, and “questions” – The Census was all over the news yesterday, as reactions stacked up in response to changes health insurance coverage questions raised concerns that quality of data could be degraded, especially with regard to the Affordable Care Act.
	APDU co-chairs new Friends of BLS group – APDU is co-chairing a new effort to educate decision-makers on the work done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Friends of BLS.
	This week in data advocacy – A number of bills and advocacy efforts related to public and open data have been in the news in the past week.