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Association of Public Data Users

 

APDU Data Update

 

APDU 2011 Annual Conference

Public Data on a Budget:  
Making Critical Policy Decisions in the Current Fiscal Climate

 

September 21-22, 2011

 

George Washington University, The Cloyd Heck Marvin Center
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

Preliminary Agenda

Registration Form
 

 

News Items

 

HUD Call for Papers

The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research publishes Cityscape, a scholarly journal, three times a year.  Data Shop, a department of Cityscape, presents short articles or notes on the uses of data in housing and urban research.  This feature introduces readers to new and overlooked data sources and to improved techniques in using well-known data.  The emphasis is on sources and methods that analysts can use in their own work.  Data Shop invites all interested users of such data to submit abstracts for papers by July 22, 2011 for consideration for the March 2012 issue.  For more information and/or to submit an abstract, contact:

Dav Vandenbroucke
Senior Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
202-402-5890
 

 

Notable Data Publications

 

Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases of interest to APDU members.

 

Calls for Comment

 

APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections (http://www.apdu.org/advocacy.asp).  We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment.  Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

  • Medical Expenditure Panel Survey–Insurance Component 2012-2013 (August 29, 2011)

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

  • National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) Needs Assessment Surveys (August 1, 2011)

Census Bureau

  • Census Employment Inquiry (August 1, 2011)
  • 2012 Survey of Income and Program Participation Event History Calendar (SIPP-EHC) Instrument–Computer Audio Recorded Interviewing (CARI) Field Test (September 6, 2011)

Research & Innovative Technology Administration, DOT

  • Report of Traffic and Capacity Statistics–The T-100 System (August 4, 2011)
  • Report of Financial and Operating Statistics for Large Certificated Air Carriers (August 4, 2011)
  • Report of Financial and Operating Statistics for Small Aircraft Operators (August 4, 2011)

 

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July 7, 2011

 

Webinar
Delivering What Users Want: The History of U.S. Census Small Area Data

Wednesday, September 7, 2011
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
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Since the late nineteenth century, the U.S. Census Bureau has met the growing demand for new types of small area data.  Beginning with the 1890 Census, the Census Bureau attempted to make small area data more routine and consistent and expand the scope of such data in its products. The Census Bureau was responding to requests from public health agents who wanted to investigate causes of disease, which, at that time, they saw as overcrowding, poor sanitation, and possibly topography.  Tract level data, first introduced in New York City in the 1910 Census, was added for other cities and became essential for social welfare programming, business purposes, and local government planning.  Fast forward to the internet age and widespread demand for Block Group and Block Level data for a host of applications.  Michael Snow, historian at the U.S. Census Bureau, will present this fascinating history of the development of small area data products.
 

 

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