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Announcing the 2016 APDU Business Meeting
The 2016 Annual Business Meeting & State of the Association will be held on February 16, 2016 at 4:00 PM EST. This is a great opportunity for APDU members to learn about accomplishments from 2015 and planned activities for 2016. Further, members will have an opportunity to interact with Board Members. Please see the agenda for further details. We look forward to your attendance!
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WDQC Releases Privacy and Security Principles
The Workforce Data Quality Campaign recently released a set of seven privacy and security principles, which show ways that data systems can protect individual privacy and promote informed decision making. They are intended to serve as a guideline for local, state, and federal policymakers drafting legislation, as well as data system administrators creating data governance policies.
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5 Q?s for Director of Analytics Services at GSA
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Johan Bos-Beijer, director of analytics services at the Office of the Associate Administrator at the General Services Administration in Washington, D.C. Bos-Beijer discussed the ?analytics as a service? model he developed, as well as how the government?s approach to data has changed over time.
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Comments on Proposed Rule to Eliminiate Identifiers
The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), have proposed to amend the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which governs the federal government?s purchasing process, to eliminate the requirement to use a proprietary data standard as its unique identifier system for tracking funds awarded to contractors. The Center for Data Innovation has filed comments supporting the proposed rule change as a critical first step towards making federal spending data truly open.
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More Data Can Make College Less Risky
Even with recent data advances, students cannot compare earnings by major across institutions, except in a handful of cases using state data systems. In this article, the Brookings Institution illustrates how data by major and institution can inform the decision of what to study and where using data from Texas.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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Boston Mayor to Unveil Data-Driven Performance Platform
Mayor Marty Walsh recently unveiled a first-of-its-kind public platform of performance metrics for city services, a bold move toward open data that marks the halfway point of his first term in office. Fresh off a two-month testing period, the digital watchdog service known as CityScore lists the most telling data indicators from every facet of municipal government ? including the city?s 311 app ? and plainly states whether their performance is at, above or below targets.
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Visualization of the Week
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Visualizing New York City?s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Jill Hubley, a freelance web developer, has created a data visualization mapping the greenhouse gas emissions of New York City?s buildings. The map combines open data from multiple city agencies about building utility consumption and land use, which the city collects and publishes for buildings with over 50,000 square feet of floor space, to produce a color-coded interactive map indicating each building?s carbon footprint. Users can click on each building in the map to display data about the building?s owner, the year it was built, and the metric tons of greenhouse gases each building produced in 2014. Hubley created the visualization to make it easy for users to understand the emissions output of the city?s large buildings as Mayor Bill De Blasio implements PlaNYC, an initiative to reduce citywide emissions by 30 percent by 2030.
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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
- Generic Clearance for 2020 Census Field Tests to Automate Field Data Collection Activities (February 24, 2016)
National Endowment for the Arts
- 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (February 19, 2016)
Office of the Secretary, HHS
- Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines (February 19, 2016)
U.S. Geological Survey
- United States Thoroughfare, Landmark and Postal Address Data Standard (Address Data Standard) (April 25, 2016)
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