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Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis Joins Conference Panel Discussion
Steven Landefeld the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis will be one of the featured panelists at the APDU Annual Conference. Joining Mr. Landefeld in the session “Innovation in a Resource-Constrained Environment: Meeting Increased User Needs While Keeping Costs Down,” will be Pat Hu, Associate Administrator and Director of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Nancy Potok, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Census Bureau, and John (Jack) Galvin, Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Learn more about the APDU Annual Conference here.
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Progress Toward Opening Government Data Resources
In May, the President signed an Executive Order to make government-held data more accessible to the public and to entrepreneurs and others as fuel for innovation, economic growth, and government efficiency. Under the terms of the Executive Order and a new Open Data Policy all newly generated government data will be required to be made available in open, machine-readable formats, greatly enhancing their accessibility and usefulness, while ensuring privacy and security. Building on this effort, they released additional resources to help Federal agencies make data open and available in machine-readable form. Read more here.
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New TIGER Products and Congressional District Maps Now Available
In addition to the features released in 2012, the 2013 TIGER/Line Shapefiles include a coastline feature. The coastline was delineated by the Census Bureau in the MAF/TIGER database based on water measurement class for display of statistical information only; its depiction and designation for statistical purposes does not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and it is not a legal land description.
The TIGER Geodatabases provide national (and state-based) files often requested by customers and the ability to download multiple layers in a single file.
In addition to the national wall map, the Individual 113th Congressional District Wall Maps are now available for download here.
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Updated Military Occupations Included in O*NET Websites
The Military Occupational Classification (MOC) crosswalk has been updated by the Department of Defense (July 2013) and incorporated into O*NET OnLine and My Next Move for Veterans. Over 10,000 MOC occupations are linked to related O*NET-SOC occupations. The crosswalk is supplemented with data from the Army COOL and Navy COOL projects. Transitioning military personnel can use their military code or title to discover related civilian occupations/careers within O*NET Online’s Military Crosswalk Search or My Next Move for Veterans’ Military Transition Search. View more here.
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The Difference International Migration Makes in Projections of the U.S. Population
Recent Census Bureau projections highlighted that international migration will likely become the main driver of growth of our nation’s population between 2027 and 2038. This range was created from different projections series, which assumed low, middle, and high levels of international migration. However, it is difficult to anticipate how many individuals will migrate into or out of the United States in the future. What would happen if there were no international migration in the future? What kind of impact would it have on our population? Read more here.
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Center for Effective Government Files Comments on FAA Data Policy
National Freedom of Information Coalition and OpenTheGovernment.org joined comments drafted by the Center for Effective Government in response to the Federal Aviation Administration’s proposed Data and Information Distribution Policy. The comments advised that the FAA provide clarification to strengthen citizen access to public information and that the FAA’s effort to streamline information distribution should emphasize the presumption of openness and make data as openly available as possible. 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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Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Current Population Survey Displaced Worker, Job Tenure, and Occupational Mobility Supplement (October 18, 2013)
- Telephone Point of Purchase Survey (October 18, 2013)
Census Bureau
- Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (October 18, 2013)
- Business and Professional Classification Report (September 20, 2013)
- Information and Communication Technology Survey (October 18, 2013)
Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database (October 15, 2013)
Department of Agriculture
- Annual Survey of Farmer Cooperatives (September 19, 2013)
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