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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
Updated Agenda
Registration Form
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Special Announcement
Next week during the APDU Annual Conference there will be no Data Update emailed. The Data Update will return on 9/29/2011.
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CJS Subcommittee Releases FY2012 Appropriations
The Senate Commerce, Justice, Science Committee recently released its FY2012 appropriations bill. The bill includes an eight percent cut to the Census Bureau budget, a notable improvement over the House mark, which represented a 25 percent cut. Access the press release announcing the appropriations here.
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Census Bureau Looks at the Future of Producing Statistical Information
Over the past two years the senior leadership of the Census Bureau has been engaged in a series of organizational change initiatives designed to improve its ability to supply the country with credible and cost-efficient economic and social statistics. Director Groves dicusses potential changes in a recent blog entry.
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Census Bureau Releases Documentation Supporting the Upcoming 2010 ACS 1-Year Estimates
On September 22, 2011, the Census Bureau will release the 2010 ACS 1-Year Esitmates. To prepare for the release, new and updated documentation is available. This documentation includes:
- New, modified, & removed tables
- Code lists
- Subject definitions
- Group quarters definitions
- Instructions for applying statistical testing
More information is available here.
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Education Department Releases Interactive Website on K-12 Education Data
The Committee on Learning Sciences of the National Academies of Science ED Data Express adds new data visualization tools, enhanced documentation, and social networking options for users. The site consolidates relevant data collected by the Department from several different sources and provides a variety of tools that allow users to explore the data and create individualized reports. Version 2.0 of ED Data Express offers a new visual layout and provides the public with more dynamic tools to interact with the data.
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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):
Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Cognitive and Psychological Research (November 14, 2011)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Healthcare Safety Network (November 14, 2011)
Economic Research Service
- Survey on Rural Community Wealth and Health Care Provision (November 14, 2011)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Hate Crime Incident Report and the Quarterly Hate Crime Report (October 12, 2011)
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Indiana State Library Webinar:
Navigating the New American FactFinder
September 27, 2011
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
Register
Learn to access data using the new version of the Census Bureau’s American FactFinder. We will focus on the basic steps used to access 2010 Census population data using the new interface. If you’re familiar with Census data but don’t know where to get your 2010 numbers, this is the workshop for you. Special attention will be paid to the data needs of government agencies, libraries, and non-profit organizations.
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Meeting:
Census Advisory Committee
October 6, 2011
8:30 AM – 6 PM EDT
October 7, 2011
8:30 AM – 2:15 PM EDT
U.S. Census Bureau
4600 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD
For more information, contact Jeri Green at 301–763–6590.
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