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September 15-17, 2016
Arlington, VA
EARLY BIRD PRICING EXTENDED UNTIL AUGUST 19
(TOMORROW)
Picture this: You just finished a data-intensive report and it has no tables or narrative. That has about as much chance of moving forward as a driverless car, right? Well, it?s a new day, and people want compelling stories delivered in interesting ways. Long reports are being replaced with infographics that use images, pictures, charts, and graphs to share information quickly and efficiently.
In two days, you can learn key concepts about data visualization, and take home a few easy tips using readily available software?Excel and Tableau. Join us* and become a data viz expert!
*Member rates available to APDU, C2ER, and LMI Institute Members
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For the 2020 Census, the Census Bureau is researching the possible use of administrative records to provide a status and count for some addresses in the nonresponse follow-up universe?that is, to indicate whether the housing unit is likely to be occupied or vacant, and how many people may live in it. As outlined in this article, this information will aid in reducing the number of contacts during the nonresponse follow-up operation.
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The 2016 APDU Data Viz Awards winners have been selected by the APDU nominating committee! Attendees of the 2016 APDU Annual Conference will be able to learn more about the development of these data visualizations in the closing session of the conference on September 14 at 2:45 P.M. Click through to discover the award recipients.
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Recent years have seen an explosion in the interest in open data at all levels of government. Open data can serve as a game changer when it comes to the relationship between the public, the business community and government. A variety of actors can pose and readily answer questions that, at best, previously required a deep dive into paper files or unstructured electronic documents.
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There are two suspicions about government economic statistics that can?t be so easily dismissed. One is that the government numbers are unnaturally smooth, the other is that they suffer from what economics-data skeptic John Williams charmingly dubs ?Pollyanna creep,? the tendency of statistics agencies to make adjustments that — on balance, over the decades — leave the data looking rosier than the economic reality.
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With its ability to process mathematical equations, store and organize data in attractive and manageable ways, and create a variety of what-if scenarios, Microsoft Excel has long provided a critical function to businesses. Yet, many are now moving away from Excel in search of other, more modernized, technologies.
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Data systems that track early career wages are helping students visualize life after a diploma. Many states, driven partly by people?s anxiety over whether a college degree is worth the cost, now track the early career wages of residents who went to college in the state.
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Visualization of the Week
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has launched a data visualization mapping the U.S. electric system?s operating data, updated every 15 minutes, and comparing it with historical data. Users can click on a region of the United States to examine how its electricity usage at every hour of the day compares to the day, week, and year before, and observe the balance between electricity demand and supply during peak hours. Additionally, the visualization tracks electricity imports from and exports to Canada and Mexico. EIA pulls the data for the visualization from interconnected grid operators throughout the U.S. and makes the individual and bulk data sets freely available.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
NONPROFITS & 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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Adminstration for Children and Families
- Migrant and Seasonal Head Start Study (October 14, 2016)
Institute of Museum and Library Services
- Public Libraries Survey FY 2016-FY 2018 (October 14, 2016)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report (September 14, 2016)
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