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Census Bureau Releases My Congressional District App
Census has announced the release of a new My Congressional District Web application powered by the 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates and Census Application Programming Interface (API). This interactive tool provides the latest demographic and economic statistics for every district of the 113th Congress, including age, race, veteran status, employment, housing, education, income, and much more. Learn more here.
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FY 2014 Funding Recommendations Emerge from Appropriations Committees for NSF, Census, NIH, and Other Agencies
Despite the continuing disagreement on how much to spend on discretionary programs in FY 2014, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have had a busy two weeks. The $91 billion in additional funds the Senate has to allocate was quite evident in the numbers recommended for various program in the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) and the Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Education (ED) bills. Read more here.
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O*NET Database Updated
With the release of the O*NET 18.0 development database, comprehensive data is now available for 921 O*NET-SOC occupations, including the 105 O*NET-SOCs updated within this release. The database now also includes Interests ratings for all 974 data-level occupations. Find out more 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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- Bureau of Labor Statistics – Preliminary Multifactor Productivity Trends – 2012
- Census Bureau – 2011 Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances
- Equality of Opportunity Project – Upward Mobility : The Best and Worst Big American Cities
- European Commission – Eurostat Compendium: European Social Statistics – 2013 Edition
- Government Accountability Office – Private Health Insurance: The Range of Base Premiums in the Individual Market by State in January 2013
- Journal of Injury Prevention – Safety in Numbers: Are Major Cities the Safest Places in the United States?
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Emergency Room Visits File 2011
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage in the Private Sector: Selection and Cost, 2012
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Hospital Inpatient Stays File 2011
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Offer Rates, Enrollment Rates, Premiums, and Employee Contributions for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2012
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Office-Based Medical Provider Visits File 2011
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Outpatient Visits File 2011
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – State Differences in the Cost of Job-Related Health Insurance, 2012
- National Center for Education Statistics – The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11
- National Center for Family and Marriage – The Gray Divorce Revolution: Rising Divorce among Middle-aged and Older Adults, 1990-2010
- National Center on Health Statistics – Assessing the Quality of Medical and Health Data From the 2003 Birth Certificate Revision: Results From Two States
- National Center for Health Statistics – How Did Cause of Death Contribute to Racial Differences in Life Expectancy in the United States in 2010?
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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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Bureau of Labor Statistics
- American Time Use Survey (September 17, 2013)
- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (September 23, 2013)
National Center for Education Statistics
- NCES Cognitive, Pilot, and Field Test Studies System (August 21, 2013)
- Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (September 23, 2013)
National Center for Health Statistics
- The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (September 22, 2013)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Marine Recreational Information Program Fishing Effort Survey (August 19, 2013)
Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation
- Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report (August 21, 2013)
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APDU Webinar:
Have State and Local Governments Recovered from the Great Recession?
An update from the Census Bureau and the 2012 Census of Governments
July 31, 2013
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
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These days, the health of our state and local governments is a topic that is frequently discussed. Have our state and local governments recovered from the most recent recession? Will they continue to be able to provide the services we expect and depend on? Will our state and local governments be the next housing crisis? Or, is the reality somewhere in between?
Moderator:
Joan Naymark, APDU
Presenters:
Jeff Barnett, U.S. Census Bureau
Tracy Gordon, Brookings Institution
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Gates Foundation Web Jam:
Predictive Analytics in Higher Education
August 7, 2013
12:00 PM – 6:00 PM EST
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