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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
Early Registration Ends August 20th
ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT!!
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Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Releases Paper on 2010 Census Management
The Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies recently released the working paper Management Challenges of the 2010 U.S. Census by Daniel Weinberg, Assistant Director for ACS and Decennial Census. The paper provides inside perspective on the management approaches used for the 2010 Census during its operational phase. The approaches used, the challenges faced (in particular, difficulties faced in automating data collection), and the solutions applied to meet those challenges are described. Finally, six management lessons learned are presented.
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HUD to Draw New AHS Sample in 2015, Requests Data User Feedback
The Department of Housing and Urban Development will draw a new sample for the American Housing Survey in 2015, allowing the Department to update its geographic definitions, rebalance the representation of different housing types, allow for estimates at the Census Division and state level (for larger states), and relieve current respondents from a burden that some will have borne for as many as 28 years. In an effort to derive a sample that is designed to meet data user needs for analysis, HUD is seeking user feedback on the use of three sampling strategies:
- A single longitudinal panel (essentially the same as the current strategy)
- A set of overlapping panels which would each stay in sample for ten years (5 surveys) and then cycle out
- A hybrid design, with a long-term longitudinal panel and a set of overlapping panels, as described above
Interested data users are asked to review a Census Bureau-developed whitepaper comparing these options and contact Shawn Bucholtz (202-402-5538) to schedule a time to discuss their thoughts and opinions concerning its contents.
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Census Director Robert Groves Discusses Women in the Workforce on C-SPAN
Robert Groves recently appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss the characteristics of women in the U.S. workforce with economist Eileen Appelbaum. Access the video here and the director’s presentation, blog post, and other information on the topic here.
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Notable Data Publications
Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases of interest to APDU members.
- Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – Hospital Stays for Children, 2009
- Annie E. Casey Foundation – 2011 Kids Count Data Book: National and State-By-State Data on Key Indicators of Child Well-Being
- Bureau of Economic Analysis – Personal Income for Metropolitan Areas, 2010
- Bureau of Justice Statistics – Use of Victim Service Agencies by Victims of Serious Violent Crime, 1993-2009
- Bureau of Labor Statistics – Multifactor Productivity Trends in Manufacturing, 2009
- Census Bureau – 2010 Census Summary File 1 for the District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, and South Carolina
- Census Bureau – A Child’s Day: 2009
- Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.
- Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service – State Export Data
- National Center for Education Statistics – Mapping State Proficiency Standards Onto the NAEP Scales: Variation & Change in the State Standards for Reading & Mathematics, 2005 – 2009
- National Center for Health Statistics – The Changing Profile of Autopsied Deaths in the United States, 1972–2007
- National Center for Health Statistics – Childbearing Differences Among Three Generations of U.S. Women
- National Center for Health Statistics – Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey, 2010
- National Center for Health Statistics – Transitions Between Childlessness and First Birth: Three Generations of U.S. Women
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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):
Bureau of Economic Analysis
- International Services Surveys: Amendments to the BE-120, Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intangible Assets With Foreign Persons (October 11, 2011)
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Binational Migrant Education Program (BMEP) State MEP Director Survey (October 17, 2011)
Office of Justice Programs
- Identity Theft Supplement (ITS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) (October 17, 2011)
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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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Census Data Workshops
September 27, 2011
Washington D.C.
Cost: Free
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American FactFinder
9:00 AM – Noon EDT
This workshop features the main online data access and dissemination tool, American FactFinder. This workshop allows data users, through practical exercises, to become familiar with data, including the means to create queries and thematic maps.
Local Employment Dynamics
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
This workshop features an overview of the Local Employment Dynamics program, which pulls together data on the day-time workforce population. This workshop provides hands-on exercises that show data users how to extract variables from the LED OnTheMap online application to create custom tables for data analysis.
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