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Data Innovation Day 2014, January 23, 2014
APDU is a partner to Data Innovation Day 2014, a global event raising awareness about the benefits and opportunities that come from increased use of information by individuals and the public and private sector.  Social media will play a large part in the multi-city event, so follow APDU on Twitter at @APDU and at #datainnovation.

 

News

 

BLS to Discontinue Anonymous FTP Service in March 2014
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will be ending its support of Anonymous FTP Service effective March 2014.  The BLS FTP site will be replaced by a HTTP site here.

 

U.S. R&D Resumes Growth in 2011/2012 Ahead of GDP

New survey data result in an upward revision of the previously published 2011 U.S. research and development performance total and imply a sizable further expansion in 2012.

 

Measuring Alternative Educational Credentials: 2012
In recent years, attention has been called to the variety of educational credentials other than academic degrees that have labor market value

 

Government Studies Ways to Modernize Inflation-Data Collection
The Labor Department‘s Bureau of Labor Statistics has been working with one respondent on ways to get price information directly and electronically for its Consumer Price Index — the most widely-tracked measure of inflation.

 

Officials Point to Data in Defending Buffalo School Closings
Enrollment numbers and financial prospects were key factors for Diocesan officials deciding the fates of the diocese’s 51 elementary schools.

 

Viewpoint: U.S. Maternal Death Data Held Up By Nine States
“Until nine states start to use a death certificate called for by federal health authorities 10 years ago, national data about U.S. maternal mortality will remain elusive.”

 

New & Updated Data Sources

 

Tools and Technology Database Updated
With this update, over 53,000 tools and technologies have now been identified for 774 occupations, including all 200+ O*NET Green occupations and over 85% of the Bright Outlook occupations.

 

Enhanced CPI File Updated
The NCSC has updated the Enhanced CPI tables containing 40+ market basket indexes for 45 geographic areas to include November 2012 data.

 

Visualization of the Week

 

Every Job in America, In 1 Graph
Whatever Friday’s monthly jobs report says, it won’t change the big picture.  Here’s a closer look, drawn from the same data that the government collects for the monthly jobs report.

 

Notable Data Publications

 

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NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

 

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Calls for Comment

 

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):

 

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS

  • Medical Expenditure Panel Survey–Insurance Component (March 11, 2014)

Bureau of Justice Statistics

  • Survey of Sexual Violence (March 10, 2014)

Census Bureau

  • Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (February 13, 2014)
  • Generic Clearance for Internet Nonprobability Panel Pretesting (February 9, 2014)
  • Monthly Retail Trade Survey (March 17, 2014)
  • Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (March 17, 2014)

Department of Education

  • Education Resource Organizations Directory (March 14, 2014)