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Sequestration is taking its toll on several KEY data programs, BUT creating new opportunities for change.
JOIN US on September 16-17 to learn about the new Director’s priorities for data dissemination.
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Thompson Confirmed as Census Bureau Director
The United States Senate confirmed John H. Thompson on August 1 as the new director of the U.S. Census Bureau by unanimous consent. Thompson, who was nominated by President Obama on May 23, 2013 has been an executive at the National Opinion Research Center for the past 11 years, serving as president and CEO since 2008. Before joining NORC at the University of Chicago, Thompson was a Census Bureau employee from 1975 to 2002 and oversaw the 2000 Census.
As Census Bureau Director, Thompson will oversee the nearly 180 surveys the Census Bureau conducts annually. He takes office at a critical juncture in the planning process for the 2020 Census, as the agency begins researching and testing new and more cost-effective methods that potentially will save billions of dollars. Read more here.
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Farewell from Tom Mesenbourg
Tom Mesenbourg retired as Acting Director of the Census Bureau on August 2, 2013. Read his farewell remarks at his retirement ceremony here.
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France Cordova Nominated as Next NSF Director
On July 31, President Obama nominated France Cordova, President Emerita of Purdue University, as the next director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). Cordova would replace Subra Suresh, now President of Carnegie Mellon University, who departed NSF in late March. Cora Marrett, NSF’s Deputy Director and a sociologist, has served her second stint as Acting Director since then. Cordova would be the second woman and first Hispanic to lead the NSF. The nominee currently serves on the National Science Board (NSB), the policymaking body for the Foundation. Read more here.
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New Census Bureau Interactive Map Shows Languages Spoken in America
The U.S. Census Bureau released an interactive, online map pinpointing the wide array of languages spoken in homes across the nation, along with a detailed report on rates of English proficiency and the growing number of speakers of other languages. The 2011 Language Mapper shows where people speaking specific languages other than English live, with dots representing how many people speak each of 15 different languages. For each language, the mapper shows the concentration of those who report that they speak English less than “very well,” a measure of English proficiency. The tool uses data collected through the American Community Survey from 2007 to 2011. See the tool here.
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New Data Mapping Tool: Urban Observatory
Richard Saul Wurman, Radical Media, and Esri bring you the Urban Observatory—a live museum with a data pulse. You’ll have access to rich datasets for cities around the world that let you simultaneously view answers to the most important questions impacting today’s global cities—and you. Compare and contrast visualized information for a greater understanding of life in the 21st century. Read more here.
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Presentations Posted for the NCES STATS-DC 2013 Data Conference
Presentations from the STATS-DC 2013 Data Conference held on July 17–19, 2013 have been posted to the National Center for Education Statistics website. PowerPoint presentations from the EDFacts/CCD Nonfiscal Coordinators’ Training are also included. To view presentations and other information about the conference. Read more here.
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VLDS Insights Conference Sessions Highlights
At the Virginia Longitudinal Data System (VLDS) Insights Conference 2013, sixteen sessions, two keynotes and an unconference centered on the potential of longitudinal data to inspire planning tools, improve outcomes, inform strategies, strengthen education, the workforce and, ultimately, the economy and in assisting decision makers in identifying strengths and weaknesses so as to implement effective policies. In the spirit of continued collaboration, in case you missed the conference or had to choose between two interesting sessions, here are highlights and quotes from some of the most popular sessions. Learn more here.
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Be in a Research Study!
The Census Bureau is pleased to announce a new opportunity for you to participate in research that will lead to improving the 2020 Census and other surveys that the Census Bureau collects. If you are interested in occasionally completing a short, online survey for the Census Bureau, please click the link here.
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Knight News Challenge Offers $2 million for Innovative Uses of Health Data
The next Knight News Challenge, which opens Aug. 19, will offer a share of more than $2 million for innovative ideas to harness information and data for the health of communities. The challenge is an unprecedented collaboration between Knight Foundation, a leading funder of news and media innovation, and four major players in the health arena: the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the California HealthCare Foundation, the Clinton Foundation and the Health Data Consortium. Read 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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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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- There are no calls for comment this week
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