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APDU Blog Post – Promise vs. Privacy at APDU Conference
New APDU Research Assistant Randall Arthur writes about the 2014 Annual APDU Conference Breakout Session: Promise vs. Privacy. The discussion led was by Erin Holve of AcademyHealth and featured data experts Allison Oelschlaeger of at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Erika Entarfar of the U.S. Census Bureau, and David Hiles of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), who educated the audience on the obstacles to widespread access and use of public data and the steps taken by the federal government to preserve Americans? right to privacy.
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National Big Data R&D Initiative
This request encourages feedback from multiple big data stakeholders to inform the development of a framework, set of priorities, and ultimately a strategic plan for the National Big Data R&D Initiative.
Data is the Key to the Factory of the Future
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Mark Doms writes in a blog post that maintaining a strong industrial sector is critical to ensuring our future competitiveness, and making better use of data and analytics is key to building a healthy manufacturing industry.
Census Names New Members to Advisory Committee
The U.S. Census Bureau announced 10 new members to serve on the Census Bureau?s National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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The 2014 Census Planning Database
The Census Bureau recently released the 2014 Planning Database, which assembles a range of housing, demographic, socio-economic and census operational data useful for survey and census planning.
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Visualization of the Week
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Mapping the Marriage Market for Young Adults
The share of American adults who have never been married is at a record high (20%), and young adults are at the leading edge of this national trend. For those in the ?marriage market,? location matters. Pew Research Center has compiled census data on the number of unmarried men and women ages 25 to 34 in many of the nation?s metropolitan areas.
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Notable Data Publications
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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
- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (November 7, 2014)
Department of Education
- 2015-16 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) Preliminary Activities (December 8, 2014)
- Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS 2016) and ePIRLS Online Reading 2016 Assessment Field Test and Recruitment for Main Study (November 3, 2014)
Energy Information Administration
- Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package (November 6, 2014)
Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
- Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study (December 5, 2014)
National Science Foundation
- Accelerating the Big Data Innovation Ecosystem (November 1, 2014)
- National Big Data R and D Initiative (November 14, 2014)
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