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Analysis of the Omnibus Appropriations Bill
On May 1, Congress announced that a bipartisan deal had been brokered to fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2017. The omnibus appropriations bill includes 11 individual appropriations bills and keeps the government operating through September 30, 2017. The agreement would provide the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) with flat funding at $609 million, and would provide the Census Bureau with a 7.3 percent increase for FY 2017, bringing it to a total of $1.5 billion, in line with the House?s proposal.
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Bipartisan Legislation Seeks to Keep Government Data Online
A new bipartisan bill seeks to ensure that all openly published federal data remains so, and in a machine-readable format. The recently-introduced Preserving Data in Government Act ?would require federal agencies to preserve public access to existing open datasets, and prevent the removal of existing datasets without sufficient public notice,? according to a news release. Sens. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., introduced the bill.
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Census Researchers Present Findings at the PAA Conference
Researchers from the U.S. Census Bureau will join other demographers, sociologists, economists and professionals from across the country and from different disciplines at the Population Association of America annual conference from April 27-29, 2017, in Chicago, Ill. The Population Association of America offers a forum for Census Bureau researchers to present their research for professional discussion and share their findings with the public.
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HI Version of Google Maps Gives Greater Access to Data
Maps identifying everything from the locations of homeless shelters to ahupuaa boundaries are now available online to the public thanks to a partnership between the state Office of Planning and the Office of Enterprise Technology Serv?ices. The Geospatial Data Portal, a sort of Hawaii government version of Google Maps, gives the public greater access to information in map form.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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The Distressed Communities Index
The Distressed Communities Index (DCI) is a customized dataset created by EIG examining economic distress throughout the country and made up of interactive maps, infographics, and a report. It captures data from more than 25,000 zip codes (those with populations over 500 people). In all, it covers 99 percent ? 312 million ? of Americans.
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Visualization of the Week
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Visualizing the U.S. Government?s Data
Former Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer, Seattle design studio Artefact, and a team of academic researchers have launched a website called USAFacts that aggregates 30 years of spending data from more than 70 federal, state, and local government agencies and presents it in easy-to-interpret data visualizations. USAFacts uses both government data that is already published as open data as well as data its researchers scraped themselves from government documents in non-machine readable formats. Ballmer created the platform to provide citizens with an easily understandable, impartial information source about America?s demographics and the government?s financial practices and priorities.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
- Census Bureau
- National Center for Education Statistics
MEDIA
NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS
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Federal Rulemaking and Calls for Comment
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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 Justice Statistics
- Supplemental Fraud Survey to the National Crime Victimization Survey 2017 (July 3, 2017)
Department of Labor
- On the Road to Retirement Surveys (May 30, 2017)
Energy Information Administration
- Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package (June 30, 2017)
National Center for Education Statistics
- 2016-17 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study Main Study (May 31, 2017)
- 2017-18 National Teacher and Principal Survey (May 30, 2017)
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