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Budget news for BEA and BLS; Commerce strategic plan
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has announced that it will restore a portion of statistical detail to its Local Area Personal Income (LAPI) program. Meanwhile, with appropriations precedings looming in the Senate and House, APDU has called for a restoration of cuts (since FY2011) to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) budget, per the President’s FY 2015 request. Finally, Commerce unveiled its America is Open for Business strategic plan, FY 2014-2018. One of the plan’s five priority areas is to redefine the management of government data as well as making it more accessible to the public.
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Hoping to capitalize on free government information, IT leaders are discovering the value — and vexation — of converting terabytes of data into new revenue streams.
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Prompted by the controversy over a 10-year delay in a General Motors recall, two senators introduced a bill Tuesday to make so-called “early warning” reports of car accidents filed with regulators available to the public.
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Kaiser Fdn analyzes FY15 US global health budget request
The President’s FY15 budget request, released on March 4, 2014, proposed $9.4 billion in funding for global health programs, which if enacted, would represent a decline of approximately $350 million from levels set in the FY14 Omnibus Appropriation.
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Legislators have raised concerns that data would be used inappropriately and shared with the federal government or other entities without parental consent.
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New: Federal Open Data Discussion Group
The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently launched the group to create space for open government advocates from inside and outside the government to collaborate on issues. Meanwhile, the White House has also released the 2014 economic report of the President. Chapter 5 (of 7) highlights the important role of research.
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U.S. city open data census
A new census has identified 36 cities making progress opening their data, reviewed based on 17 categories of data sets.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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Census releases new geocoding tool
The Census Bureau has released a new geocoding tool that allows users to find the census geographic areas that street addresses or address coordinates are located within.
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2012 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey released
The Census Bureau’s Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) is part of a comprehensive program designed to provide more detailed and timely information on capital investment by nonfarm businesses.
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Consumer Expenditure Survey update
The Consumer Expenditure Survey Update page contains new information of interest to users of data from the BLS Consumer Expenditure program.
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Visualization of the Week
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These results provide the first comprehensive look at the U.S. economy since the 2007 recession.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
NON-PROFIT & FOUNDATIONS
UNIVERSITY
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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
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education
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