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BLS News Release Survey
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) produces 165 national and 700 regional news releases each year. The format of these news releases has changed little over the past 60 years. As BLS considers a major revamp of the news releases, they would like your feedback on improvements we could make to better serve your information needs.
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Drowning in Data, Cities Need Help
For most of human history, urban planners have had to do their jobs with only the dimmest understanding of what?s going on. Now they have more information than they can handle.
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Don?t Let Open Data Go Dark
As the federal government risks heading into another shutdown this fall, Congress should ensure that highly valuable open data will not again fall victim to politics.
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Progress on Student Data Privacy
Most states have dug in and begun the tough conversations with schools and families about how state law can best address their concerns. Just this year, 46 states have introduced 182 bills resulting in 15 states with 28 new laws to protect students.
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Collaboration to Support Women in Data
Galvanize ? an education company focused on data science, web development and entrepreneurship ? and IBM announced a collaboration to help support diversity in data science and data engineering. IBM will commit to provide support to female participants in Galvanize programs, from tuition assistance and mentorship to internships and employment opportunities.
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How the Census Bureau Evangelizes Open Data
The five finalists in the Census Bureau?s open data challenge showcased their apps during the bureau?s first ever National Demo Day on Aug. 13, highlighting how they used open data from the census to tackle a multitude of social problems.
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PRB U.S. Policy Communication Training Program
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) will soon be accepting applications for its 2016-2017 U.S. Policy Communication Training Program. The program builds on PRB?s 40-year legacy of training researchers to bridge the gap between research findings and the policy development process.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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TrendStats
NCES recently added a new functionality to the Datalab for Postsecondary Education. TrendStats allows users to compare estimates for like variables across multiple data set years. The National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS) datasets for 1996-2012 are available for analysis.
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Urban Institute Releases Prison Population Forecaster
To advance the policy conversation, decision makers and the public need to know the impact of potential policy changes. Our Prison Population Forecaster can estimate the effect, by state, of policies that aim to reduce prison admissions and length of stay for the most common types of offenses.
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Visualization of the Week
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Making Sense of Genomics in Virtual Reality
Virtual reality company Hammerhead VR has created a data visualization tool called VR Genomics to allow researchers to easily interact with large datasets and better integrate experimental data with genomic data. Hammerhead VR created a proof-of-concept visualization using genomic data from the the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a genomic research center, that displays a catalog of relevant annotations whenever a user ?arrives? at a particular gene. Hammerhead VR hopes that its tool can reduce the time it takes for researchers to sort through genetic data and identify new correlations and patterns.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
NON-PROFITS & 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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Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (September 23, 2015)
Census Bureau
- Boundary and Annexation Survey (October 26, 2015)
- Quarterly Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization (September 19, 2015)
Department of Education
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