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House Bill Includes Funding Boosts for NIJ, BJS & Census
On May 24, the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Bill. This bill serves as the vehicle for annual appropriations for the National Science Foundation (NSF), Census Bureau, National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and countless other federal departments and agencies. Most notably, the bill does not include language targeting social science accounts for cuts, as was the case last year. In addition, the House bill would provide NIJ and BJS with $40 million (+11%) and $48 billion (+17%), respectively, and $1.47 billion for the Census Bureau, an increase of 7.3 percent over the FY 2016 level, but 10 percent below the amount requested by the President.
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Infusing Government with a Data-Driven Culture
To unleash the full potential of data, a city needs a coordinated strategy that overcomes procurement obstacles while encompassing each pillar of its data-directed work. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter set out to change the data and performance culture of his city during his two terms, which ended in January. Philadelphia’s former mayor explains the steps his city took to make effective use of data and bring it to bear on performance.
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Using Innovative Technology in Planning for 2020 Census
Census Director John Thompson recently visited Los Angeles County to observe the last phase of the 2016 Census Test, currently underway in California as well as in Harris County, Texas. The testing that?s underway in California and Texas will help the Census Bureau hone the innovative, cost-saving procedures outlined in the 2020 Census Operational Plan.
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Administration Issues Strategic Plan for Big Data R&D
The Obama Administration launched the Big Data Research and Development Initiative in 2012 to develop Big Data technologies, demonstrate applications of Big Data, and train the next generation of data scientists. The Administration has also recruited the first Chief Data Scientist to the White House, made ?open data? the new default for Federal agencies, and worked to ensure that Big Data is used in ways that advance our core values, such as privacy and civil liberties. Recently, the Administration released The Federal Big Data Research and Development Strategic Plan, which highlights emerging Big Data capabilities and provides guidance for developing or expanding Federal Big Data research and development (R&D) plans.
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5 Q?s for Head of Global Data at Bloomberg Government
The Center for Data Innovation spoke with Will Matthews, Head of Global Data at Bloomberg Government. Matthews discussed how combining disparate data sets can reveal valuable insights about the legislative process, as well as the important role of combining human expertise with automated analytical tools.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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New BEA Estimates of Trade in Digitally Enabled Services
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are increasingly changing how firms do business, how people communicate, and how international transactions take place. In 2014, the United States exported close to $400 billion in potentially ICT-enabled services, representing more than half of all U.S. exports of services, according a new report about trends in ICT and potentially ICT-enabled services by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The new BEA estimates are part of a larger Department of Commerce effort to better measure the digital economy and cross-border data flows.
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Visualization of the Week
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Where Vice & Disease are Disproportionately Fatal
Drinking is more likely to be the cause of death in much of the Southwest than in other parts of the country. In parts of Appalachia and New England, it?s a drug overdose. Suicide by gun stands out as disproportionately lethal in parts of the Upper Midwest and Alaska. Although the top causes of death are similar for most states, many states have their own peculiar hard cases ?types of deaths whose rates are higher than the national norm, a Stateline analysis of 2014 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The analysis, which relies on a method similar to one used in a CDC journal, shows some understandable disparities in the causes of death in some regions. The South, the epicenter of the nation?s obesity epidemic, has high rates of heart-related deaths.
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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 Economic Analysis
- Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad?Transactions of U.S. Reporter with Foreign Affiliate (Form BE-577) (July 26, 2016)
National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
- Nursery and Christmas Tree Production Survey (July 25, 2016)
U.S. Geological Survey
- USGS Ash Fall Report (June 27, 2016)
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