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Announcing APDU member committees
Based on feedback from the annual membership survey, APDU is rolling out a few committees for members to serve on as advisors to the Board and staff. If you are interested in working with other APDU members on emerging issues, membership development, or advocacy, check out the member committees page of the website.
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APDU co-chairs new Friends of BLS group
C2ER has joined a new effort to educate decision-makers on the work done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Called the Friends of BLS, the group is co-chaired by C2ER network partner, the Association of Public Data Users (APDU). Read more about the group on the APDU Blog. Speaking of BLS, Nonfarm payroll employment in the United States continued to recover in 2013, according to data from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey.
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Census, Current Population Survey, and “questions”
The U.S. Census Bureau was all over the news yesterday, as reactions stacked up in response to changes health insurance coverage questions raised concerns that quality of data could be degraded, especially with regard to the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the Current Population Survey (CPS) will see changes to the word of certain questions. We provide a rundown of some of the viewpoints on the APDU blog.
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The fight against big, bad data
While the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is nearing the end of its 90-day review of big data and privacy, the Weekly Wonk at the New American Foundation thinks one topic hasn’t been discussed enough: the role of federal policies to support data literacy.
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How to use the ACS like a pro
Compared with most social statistics, the ACS is quite clean, up to date, spin-free, easy to access, comprehensive, and widely useful. Here’s an analysis from USA Today data journalist Paul Overberg.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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Beta release of workforce statistics analysis tool
The U.S. Census Bureau unveiled a new Web-based analysis tool named QWI Explorer that includes measures on employment, job creation and destruction, hires and wages from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics program.
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Visualization of the Week
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Map: property taxes in your county
How much does the average household in your county pay in property taxes, and how does your county stack up to the rest of the nation? Use our interactive map to explore property tax rates and home values at the county level nationwide.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
MEDIA
NON_PROFIT & FOUNDATIONS
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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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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Monitoring and Reporting System for the Rape Prevention and Education Program Awardees
- A Professional Development Needs Assessment to Improve Implementation of HIV/STD, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Services
- Application of a Web-based Health Survey Tool in Schools
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security
- Maritime Smart Phone Public Safety Answering Point Forwarding Into Rescue21
Corporation for National and Community Service
- National Service Trust Enrollment Form and National Service Trust Exit Form
Federal Communications Commission
- Guidelines for Evaluating the Environmental Effects of Radiofrequency Exposure
National Science Foundation
- Evaluation of National Science Foundation’s Partnerships for International Research and Education Program
- Renewal of National Science Foundation-Managed Honorary Awards
Social Security Administration
- National Beneficiary Survey – Data Gathering from from SSI and SSDI Beneficiaries
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