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Webinar:
ACS Workshop, National Academy Report
March 20, 2013
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
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This webinar will summarize and provide pointers to the materials generated from the June 2012 Workshop on the Benefits (and Burdens) of the American Community Survey (ACS), particularly the formal workshop summary that was released on February 28, 2013.
The workshop was designed to canvass a broad array of the nonfederal ACS user base—among those users, the media, policy research and evaluation groups, state/local/tribal agencies, businesses and economic development organizations, and local and regional planning authorities. In particular, it sought to gather information on users’ experiences with the first few sets of full ACS data product releases (1-, 3-, and 5-year estimates). The workshop also devoted attention to the multiple burdens associated with the ACS, ranging from privacy and confidentiality concerns to the challenges of communicating and interpreting high-variability estimates.
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Webinar:
Law as data: Coding legal text using Public Health Law Research’s LawAtlas
April 4, 2013
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
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The National Program Office for Public Health Law Research launched LawAtlas.org in October 2012. LawAtlas is a website designed to facilitate the construction and display of quantitative legal datasets, enabling researchers to create custom web pages that allow users to interact with data and the associated legal texts through queries and maps. LawAtlas.org includes a web-based content management system called Workbench. This system was developed to provide a platform for accurately and efficiently compiling legal texts and coding their mechanistic features.
We believe the Workbench design increases the accuracy and efficiency of legal measurement projects. It allows researchers to automate the creation of databases for organizing legal texts and coding for measuring features of associated laws.
This webinar will look at two unique datasets constructed using the LawAtlas Workbench system, and will demonstrate the complexity and value of systematically collecting and coding statutes, regulations and case law. Sarah Happy, JD will present “Wages and Health,” a dataset of state and federal minimum wage laws from a 30-year period that examines the role of minimum wage rates as a social determinant of health. Steve Latham, JD, PhD will share “Criminalization of HIV Transmission and Exposure,” a dataset that compiles data from HIV/AIDS-specific criminal statutes and reported cases that use the defendant’s HIV status as an element of crime as a reason to elevate or enhance a charge or as a factor in justifying enhanced sentencing.
Introduction:
Joan Naymark, JG Naymark Demographics
Moderator:
Damika Webb, JD, Legal Analyst and LawAtlas Manager, Public Health Law Research
Presenters:
Sarah Happy, JD, Legal Analyst, Public Health Law Research
Steve Latham, JD, PhD, Director of the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics
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Ed Sondik to Leave NCHS
Edward Sondik announced his plans to retire and step down as Director of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which he has led for 17 years. Before joining NCHS in 1996, Sondik worked at the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. On April 1, Charles J. Rothwell, current head of NCHS’s Division of Vital Statistics, will take over as Acting Director as CDC begins its search for a replacement. Read more here.
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Workforce Data Podcasts Now Available
If you’ve ever wanted to better understand how to interpret and use the vast set of data produced by the Department of Labor, now you can. The Employment and Training Administration has just issued six new Quick-Lesson Podcasts to help individuals find and use workforce statistics on unemployment, worker dislocation, projections, industries, the economy, and states and localities. The podcasts presume no previous subject matter or statistical knowledge, making it accessible for a broad variety of audiences and purposes. Each presentation includes basic definitions, a brief historical background, links to the most important data sources, and practical tips on how to interpret and use the data. Transcripts of the podcasts are also available on the website. Listen to the podcasts here.
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Census Bureau Revises Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas
On February 28th, the US Census Bureau issued a bulletin to establish revised delineations for the Nation’s Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas. The bulletin also provides delineations of Metropolitan Divisions in those Metropolitan Statistical Areas that have a single core with a population of at least 2.5 million as well as delineations of New England City and Town Areas. Additionally, it provides guidance on the use of the delineations of these statistical areas. Read the bulletin here.
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Irish Heritage and St. Patrick’s Day Factoids
Originally a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, St. Patrick’s Day has evolved into a celebration for all things Irish. The world’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade occurred on March 17, 1762, in New York City, featuring Irish soldiers serving in the English military.
- $532.1 million, the total value of alcoholic beverages except wine and related products imported from Ireland in 2011 to the United States. The total amount of wine and related products imported from Ireland in 2011 to the U.S. was $6.0 million.
- 13 the number of places in the United States that share the name of Ireland’s capital, Dublin. The most populous of these places is Dublin, Calif., with a population of 43,572.
Discover more Census Bureau St. Patrick’s Day factoids here.
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Notable Data Publications
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Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases of interest to APDU members.
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Did you work on a great report that you want your colleagues to know about? Just email us and we’ll include it here.
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APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. 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):
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Disease Surveillance Program (April 11, 2013)
Department of State
- ECA Exchange Student Surveys (April 11, 2013)
Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
- Occupational Code Assignment (April 11, 2013)
Energy Information Administration
- Financial Reporting EIA-28 Survey (April 11, 2013)
Federal Trade Commission
- Online survey of parents and children about movies, music, and games on app-capable mobile devices (April 11, 2013)
Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education
- State of Preschool Survey 2013-2015 (April 10, 2013)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Obtaining Vehicle Information for the General Public (April 13, 2013)
U.S. Geological Survey
- Volcano Hazards Program (May 7, 2013)
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