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Data Innovation day is a day long celebration of the benefits generated by the current revolution in data. At events around the world, participants showcased the latest innovations in the use of data and the economic value of the information economy. Follow the Twitter conversations at #datainnovation.

News

Leadership Change at the Transportation Department
Peter Rogoff, the head of the Federal Transit Administration, has been named to the number three post at the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Big Data: Four Predictions for 2014
Big data was seen as one of the biggest buzzwords of 2013, when companies often used the term inappropriately and in the wrong context. This year, people will finally understand what it means.

Analytics in Action: Breakthroughs & Barriers on the Journey to ROI
Companies have gathered, analyzed and visualized data for decades, but the recent upsurge in the implementation of analytics can be viewed as a distinct process.

Davos 2014: Five Key Data Sets
Five key datasets from the Davos Economic Forum are discussed and made available.

New & Updated Data Sources

BEA Annual Revision of Industry Accounts for 2014
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has provided new and expanded detail on the industry sources of U.S. economic growth in 2012.

Military Crosswalk Updated
The National Crosswalk Service Center has updated crosswalks that link military occupations with those of the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC).

Visualization of the Week

Lexical Distance between European Languages
This chart shows the lexical distance — that is, the degree of overall vocabulary divergence — among the major languages of Europe. The size of each circle represents the number of speakers for that language. Circles of the same color belong to the same language group.

Notable Data Publications

GOVERNMENT

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Use and Characteristics of Electronic Health Record Systems Among Office-based Physician Practices: United States, 2001–2013
Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Analysis of Trends in Household Composition Using American Housing Survey Data
Internal Revenue Service
- The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction and Migratory Insurance Over The Great Recession
Joint Economic Committee
- Income Inequality in the United States
National Science Foundation
- Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities

NONPROFIT & ASSOCIATIONS

Commonwealth Fund
- Multinational Comparisons of Health Systems Data, 2013
Employee Benefit Research Institute
- Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements: Assets, Account Balances, and Rollovers, 2006–2013
Pew Research Center
- Who’s Poor in America? 50 Years Into the ‘War on Poverty’: A Data Portrait
United Nation Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- International Migration Policies: Government Views and Priorities

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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):

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

National Animal Health Monitoring System; Cervid 2014 Study (February 20, 2014)

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Survey of Juveniles Charged in Adult Criminal Court, 2013 (March 24, 2014)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Age, Sex, and Race of Persons Arrested 18 Years of Age and Over; Age, Sex, and Race of Persons Arrested Under 18 Years of Age (February 18, 2014)

National Institutes of Health

Next Series of Tobacco Use Supplements to the Current Population Survey (March 22, 2014)

January 23, 2014

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