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Agenda, hotel, vendor details released for APDU 2014
The 2014 APDU Annual Conference takes place in Arlington VA, September 16-17. A draft agenda of the two-meeting is now online, along with hotel information, and opportunities for sponsorship and exhibitors. In addition to keynotes, general sessions, and breakouts, there will be new programming, such as IgniteAPDU 5-minute talks on Day 2. Registration is slated to open next week.
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This week’s data legislation in the news
A roundup on the APDU Blog of data legislation in the news, for the week of May 22. APDU visits the Hill, Census comes under fire next week, federal cybersecurity legislation expected and state-level concerns about data privacy and sharing.
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What do data journalists need to do differently?
Writing for Harvard Business Review, researcher Liliana Bounegru argues that data journalists should also strive to be critically aware of how established sources frame, shape, bias, and color different issues. In other words, data journalists should strive to go beyond established sources (like government statistics) to find or create their own data in order to bring about fresh reflections and insights or to bring new issues to the public’s attention.
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Hawaii’s student data becomes a success story
As the only statewide public school system in the nation, the Hawaii Department of Education (DOE) has been collecting student data for decades. However, it’s only within the past few years that the public schools have made a concerted effort to use the data to help students achieve more.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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New cluster mapping website eyes June release
The newly designed U.S. Cluster Mapping website, which will go live in June at clustermapping.us, is brought to you by the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School, with funding by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration.
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Visualization of the Week
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The changing U.S. economy
This infographic from Census provided findings from the 2012 Economic Census Advance Report, the first in a series of releases.
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Notable Data Publications
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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
- Proposed New Method for Projecting Occupational Separations (July 15, 2014)
Census Bureau
- Current Population Survey (CPS) Basic Demographics (June 21, 2014)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Surveys of State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial (STLT) Governmental Agencies (July 15, 2014)
- Total Worker Health for Small Business (June 21, 2014)
Geological Survey
- Notice of Information Collection, The National Map Corps (July 15, 2014)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Greater Atlantic Region Gear Identification Requirements (June 15, 2014)
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Programs for Improving Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings (July 14, 2014)
Office of the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
- Federalwide Assurance Form (June 20, 2014)
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