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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
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OMB Issues Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Guidance
The White House Office of Management and Budget recently released its Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Guidance letter. The overall emphasis of the letter is on investments that enhance job creation and economic growth. The letter asks agency heads to develop budgets for 2013 that are at least five percent below 2011 enacted discretionary appropriations and also to identify additional discretionary funding restrictions that would bring their budget requests to at least 10 percent below this level. Furthermore, the letter also asks agency heads to explain how they will acquire, analyze, evaluate, and use data to improve policy and operational decision making.
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BEA Director Steve Landefeld Answers Questions about Agency Challenges, Priorities
Amstat News, the magazine of the American Statistical Association, recently interviewed Bureau of Economic Analysis Director Steve Landefeld. Landefeld answers questions ranging from “What do you see as the biggest challenges for BEA?” to “What do you see as the role for the broader statistical community in supporting BEA?” in this recent article.
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Census Bureau Releases Final Criteria for Defining Urban Areas
The Census Bureau recently released its final criteria for defining urban areas based on the results of the 2010 Decennial Census and a summary of comments received in response to the proposed criteria, first published in the August 24, 2010 Federal Register. Learn more in the August 24, 2011 Federal Register notice.
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Robert Samuelson Defends the Statistical Abstract in the Washington Post
Robert J. Samuelson recently published the op ed Don’t kill America’s databook in the Washington Post. He discusses the importance of the Statistical Abstract in the context of data transparency.
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APDU Staff Visits Census Bureau, Discusses Data User Needs
APDU Staff Ken Poole and Lauren Gilchrist recently visited the Census Bureau to discuss data user needs with Census staff Jim Treat, Chief – ACS; Ron Jarmin, Assistant Director – Research & Methodology; Bob Marske, Chief – Product Development & Strategic Planning Staff; Jeremy Wu, Senior Adviser – Data Visualization & Dissemination; and Bill Bostic, Associate Director for Economic Programs.
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Notable Data Publications
Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases of interest to APDU members.
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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):
Administration for Children and Families
- Annual Statistical Report on Children in Foster Homes and Children in Families Receiving Payment in Excess of the Poverty Income Level from a State Program Funded Under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act (October 24, 2011)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- National Animal Health Monitoring System; Swine 2012 Study (October 24, 2011)
Census Bureau
- Annual Retail Trade Survey (September 19, 2011)
- Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions (September 19, 2011)
- Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (September 19, 2011)
- Survey of Residential Building or Zoning Permit Systems (September 19, 2011)
- 2012 Survey of Income and Program Participation Event History Calendar (SIPP-EHC) Field Test (September 19, 2011)
National Agricultural Statistics Service
- 2012 Census of Agriculture (September 21, 2011)
- Agricultural Resources Management Survey and Chemical Use Surveys (October 21, 2011)
U.S. Geological Survey
- Nonferrous Metals Surveys (October 24, 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
Register
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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