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2015 Annual Conference Success
APDU would like to thank all APDU members, speakers, and conference attendees for contributing to a successful Annual Conference. Keynote speaker Bob Groves of Georgetown University gave an interesting and informative presentation about blended, high-dimensional data that will knock your socks off. Take a look at this and other presentations on the APDU website.
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APDU Conference Speaker Blog Post
APDU Annual Conference Speaker Adam Hecktman of Microsoft Chicago wrote a blog post about his takeaways from the Annual Conference.
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5 Q?s for Chief Innovation Officer for Montgomery County
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Daniel Hoffman, chief innovation officer for Montgomery County, Maryland. Hoffman discussed the county?s effort to facilitate the use of open data as well as the challenges that face municipal governments trying to create fully smart cities.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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NCES Releases Updates to Education Reforms Website
New state-level data on compulsory school attendance, prekindergarten enrollment, standards and teacher qualifications, teacher certification requirements, and instructional time are now available on the State Education Reforms website.
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Visualization of the Week
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Mapping $15 Trillion of World Trade
Two data visualization fellows at Harvard University have created an interactive data visualization called the Globe of Economic Complexity which maps the world?s intricate web of exports. The visualization uses data compiled by Harvard University?s Center for International Development on the $15.3 trillion in global exports in 2012 to display which countries produce various goods, as well as where these countries export their goods to. The color-coding of export categories allows users to easily interpret the strength and diversity of various national economies. For example, Algeria shows a fair amount of economic activity, but it is nearly all related to oil production, whereas France exports large amounts of goods across a wide variety of sectors.
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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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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey?Insurance Component (October 2, 2015)
Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Death in Custody Reporting Program-Prisons (November 3, 2015)
Census Bureau
- Construction Progress Reporting Survey (October 30, 2015)
- Federal Statistical System Public Opinion Survey (October 1, 2015)
- Special Census Program (November 2, 2015)
Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor
- Workforce Performance Accountability, Information, and Reporting System (November 2, 2015)
National Center for Health Statistics
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (November 9, 2015)
- National Health Interview Survey (November 2, 2015)
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