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Preparing for the 2020 Census: Will the Technology be Ready?
The House Subcommittee on Government Operations and Subcommittee on Information Technology recently held a hearing on technology preparedness for the 2020 census. In addition to discussing the Census Bureau?s progress in preparation for the 2020 census, the subcommittee also discussed the challenges facing IT development and other operational issues.
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Streamlining the U.S. Census
The U.S. Census Bureau has announced that the Census Enterprise Data Collection Processing initiative (CEDCaP), the agency?s plan to modernize how it collects and disseminates data, will reduce the cost of the 2020 census by $5.2 billion. CEDCaP will focus on consolidating the over 100 disparate data management systems used in the 2010 census into a single platform, and the agency has partnered with AT&T to equip its 20,000 field workers with technology that can more cost-effectively collect and report survey data in real time.
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Fixing the SEC?s Disclosure System
The SEC has invited government, industry, and the public to submit comments on how the agency can improve the effectiveness of its corporate disclosure system. The Data Transparency Coalition submitted a sixteen-page formal comment letter on October 29, 2015. Their prescription to fix the SEC?s disclosure system can be summarized in two words: structured data.
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Doing More with Data
Leaders from the nation?s technology and data industries came together on Oct. 29-30 for the third meeting of the Commerce Data Advisory Council (CDAC) in Boulder, Colorado. This meeting focused on three main themes: 1) organizing and disseminating troves of environmental data; 2) developing the expertise within government to maximize the value of all the data collected by federal agencies; and 3) ensuring our data and other cyber assets are protected from external threats.
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Standing Up for the Global Flow of Information
Digital information flow is increasingly recognized as an essential part of the global economic infrastructure. It is urgent that the U.S. be engaged in sustaining these information flows and the global networks that enable them.
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Building a Brain Trust for Big Data
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has established four regional hubs across the country to bring together academic, industry, and government stakeholders to advance the study of big data and conduct research into how data can deliver social and economic benefits in areas such as precision medicine, smart cities, and public safety. NSF will also award up to $10 million to support collaborative efforts that work with the hubs to advance three specific issues related to big data: improving progress toward the Obama administration?s grand challenges?ambitious initiatives to solve pressing national problems with technology; automating the big data lifecycle; and increasing the accessibility and usability of valuable government data sets.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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Announcing the Commerce Data Service
Built in the spirit of America?s entrepreneurial technology ventures, the Commerce Data Service is a start-up within government, that consists of diverse team of top-notch designers, developers, software engineers and data scientists. The Data Service will focus on building new tools, delivering improved ways to get work done, and raising the standards of software development throughout the Department of Commerce. Through partnerships with the twelve bureaus that make up the Commerce Department, the Data Service will deliver products and services to help government agencies better deliver information to their customers.
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Visualization of the Week
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Taking a Look at Veterans Across America
As we celebrate those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces this Veterans Day, many Americans may want to learn more about the veterans who live in and around their area. Last week the Census Bureau released a series of infographics detailing characteristics of veterans within each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS
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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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Census Bureau
- 2016 Census Test (December 9, 2015)
- 2017 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (January 4, 2016)
Centers for Disease Control
- Monitoring and Reporting for the Core State Violence and Injury Prevention Program Cooperative Agreement (January 8, 2015)
- Residential Care Community and Adult Day Services Center Survey (January 11, 2016)
Department of Labor
- Distribution of Characteristics of the Insured Unemployed (December 7, 2015)
- Unemployment Insurance Title XII Advances and Voluntary Repayment Process (December 9, 2015)
Federal Communications Commission
- Direct Access to Numbers Order FCC 15-70 Conditions (December 9, 2015)
Labor Statistics Bureau
- International Training Applications (January 11, 2016)
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