APDU Weekly

Feature

APDU has begun its Public Data University webinar series, an in-depth look at the data sets of all the major statistical agencies.  There are three levels of webinars: 101, 201, & 301.  There are also four areas of statistical focus: Economic, Social and Demographic, Health and Safety, and Natural Resources, Energy, and Environment.

These webinars are a cornerstone of APDU’s new training initiative and are free to APDU members, with cost to non-members.  The first webinar is the 101 on economic statistics at the Census Bureau, Weds Jan 22, 3-4 pm.
 

News

The Census Bureau’s Education Program
Building on the success of the 2010 Census in Schools program, the Census Bureau is working on a program called Statistics in Schools that will educate students about the value and everyday use of statistics in a contemporary and dynamic manner.

Census 2020 Budget Needs Full Funding
Full funding for the Census Bureau in the current fiscal year (FY) will be essential not only to effective preparation and testing for the next decennial Census, but also to the continued improvement of the American Community Survey (ACS).

Open Data a Boon for Entrepreneurs
More cities are putting information on everything from street-cleaning schedules to police-response times and restaurant inspection reports in the public domain, in the hope that people will find a way to make money off the data.

Spending Transparency in the Second National Action Plan
Budget transparency is not only important because it sets national priorities, but also because it is a vehicle for measuring performance and promoting greater public participation in government decision making.

Workforce Data Quality Campaign Launches New Website
The website explains how better data can help ensure that public policies are preparing skilled workers for our changing economy and the ways policymakers, students and workers, business leaders, and educators can use data to make good decisions.

New & Updated Data Sources

OnTheMap Upgrades – New Business Firm-Level Data and Improved PDF Reports
The Census Bureau has updated the popular OnTheMap tool with firm-level statistics, such as firm age and firm size.

Visualization of the Week

The Census Bureau has released an infographic to compliment it’s report, “Poverty: The History of a Measure.” The report offers a snapshot of economic research since President Johnson’s War on Poverty starting in 1964.

Notable Data Publications

GOVERNMENT

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Attitudes toward Health Insurance and Their Persistence over Time, Adults, 2010-2011
  • Trends in Health Care Expenditures for Children under Age 18: 2001, 2006, and 2011
  • Trends in Health Care Expenditures for the Elderly, Age 65 and Over: 2001, 2006, and 2011
• Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Correctional Populations in the United States: 2012
  • Federal Justice Statistics, 2010
  • Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties: 2009 – Statistical Tables
  • Homicide in the U.S. Known to Law Enforcement: 2011
  • Prisoners in 2012: Trends in Admissions and Releases, 1991-2012
  • Probation and Parole in the United States: 2012
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Industry Employment and Output Projections to 2022
  • The 2014-15 Occupational Outlook Handbook
  • Occupational Employment Projections to 2022
  • Occupational Projections and Training Data
  • U.S. Economy to 2022: Settling Into a New Normal
• Census Bureau
  • American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes for the United States, Regions, Divisions, States and Puerto Rico: 2010
  • Annual Service Survey: 2012
  • Census Population and Housing Tables: 2010
  • Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Poverty: 2009–2011
  • Estimates of State Voting-Age Population
  • State Population Estimates: 2013
  • Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation to Study Poverty Dynamics
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Abortion Surveillance — United States: 2010
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance — United States: 2010
• Congressional Budget Office
  • The Distribution of Federal Spending and Taxes in 2006
  • The Distribution of Household Income and Federal Taxes: 2010
• Department of Agriculture – Economic Research Service
  • Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes
• Department of Labor
  • Who Makes What: Minimum Wage Up In 13 States
• Government Accountability Office
  • Social Security Death Data: Additional Action Needed to Address Data Errors and Federal Agency Access
  • Workforce Investment Act: DOL Should Do More to Improve the Quality of Participant Data
• National Center for Education Statistics
  • Digest of Education Statistics: 2012
  • Enrollment in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2012; Financial Statistics, Fiscal Year 2012; Graduation Rates, Selected Cohorts, 2004-2009; and Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2012: First Look (Provisional Data)
• National Center for Health Statistics
  • Deaths: Leading Causes for 2010
  • Concordance Between Survey Report of Medicaid Enrollment and Linked Medicaid Administrative Records in Two National Studies
  • Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children: National Health Interview Survey: 2012
  • Summary Health Statistics for the U.S. Population: National Health Interview Survey: 2012
  • United States Life Tables: 2009
• National Science Foundation
  • National Patterns of R&D Resources: 2011-12 Data Update
• United Nations – Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  • Report of the World Social Situation 2013: Inequality Matters

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

• Committee to Protect Journalists
  • Syria, Iraq, Egypt Most Deadly Nations for Journalists
• Commonwealth Fund
  • What’s Behind Health Insurance Rate Increases? An Examination of What Insurers Reported to the Federal Government in 2012-2013
• Kaiser Family Foundation
  • Data Note: How Many People Have Nongroup Health Insurance?
• Pew Research Center
  • Social Media Update: 2013

MEDIA

• Governing Magazine
  • Cities Where Wages Haven’t Kept Pace with Rising Housing Costs
  • Fracking Wells State Map
  • Pre-K Enrollment and Funding: State Totals