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Announcing the 2017 APDU Annual Conference!
Packed with more content than ever before, join us for a conference that promises to grapple with the key issues of the day: the federal budget?s impact on the Census and other key statistical agencies, the transformation of statistics as we monitor the on-going shift from relying on surveys to greater integration of administrative and private data, and the new and creative approaches that data producers are taking to Communicate Data.
Mark your calendar today
September 13-14, 2017
Arlington, VA
The 2017 APDU Annual Conference is packed with sessions created by your colleagues and in response to your needs. APDU is the ONLY place that you can learn about how data science comes together in the public sector and how new data management techniques are being employed in a wide array of agencies to meet data customer needs.
- Featured speakers include Nancy Potok, new Chief Statistician of the United States and Sarah Cohen of the New York Times.
- Plan to submit your best graphic, image, or infographic for the 2nd annual Data Viz Awards.
- Get to know your colleagues working as data managers and data scientists in a variety of agencies, public and private, university and nonprofit.
APDU is where the data siloes collide and learn from one another ? the very point where you can learn about innovation and bring it back to your own organization.
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US Stats Officials: Measurements of GDP, Inflation Are Off
Top officials from two U.S. government economic-statistics agencies said their measurement tools are understating growth and overstating some components of inflation by modest amounts, while cautioning that this doesn?t explain the sluggish expansion in recent years.
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Katherine Wallman to Receive 2017 Julius Shiskin Award
Katherine Wallman, recently retired after 24 years as U.S. Chief Statistician at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), has been selected to receive the 2017 Julius Shiskin Memorial Award for Economic Statistics. The award recognizes unusually original and important contributions in the development of economic statistics or in the use of statistics in interpreting the economy. Ms. Wallman is recognized for strengthening the independence of U.S. statistical agencies; expanding confidentiality protection; improving the quality and usability of official statistics; increasing collaboration among the statistical agencies; and improving the reliability and comparability of official statistics throughout the world.
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Why Census is Crucial to What Nation Knows About Itself
The U.S. census has recently been the subject of political argument. After contentious discussions before a congressional panel, John Thompson, the director of the Census Bureau, stepped down. To provide background information on the census and what it does, the Washington Post interviewed Kenneth Prewitt, the Carnegie professor of public affairs and the vice president for global centers at Columbia University, and a former director of the Census Bureau, about how the census works, why it has become political and why it remains important.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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Varying Degrees: New America?s Annual Survey- Higher Ed
A new annual survey from New America surveys 1,600 Americans ages 18 and older to better understand their perceptions of and knowledge about higher education and economic mobility. The report highlights both unifying themes as well as differences across age, gender, generation, region, and socioeconomic status on the value of a college education, student success, the role of government, and the goal of higher education. The website includes an interactive data tool to explore and download the data for further analysis.
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Visualization of the Week
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Illustrating the French Presidential Election Results
The New York Times has created a set of data visualizations illustrating the results of the French presidential election. The visualizations break down the voting results and turnout percentage by department (France is divided into administrative regions and these regions are divided into departments) and contextualize the results with commentary on departmental demographics and economic trends. While Emmanuel Macron won by a nearly two-to-one margin, the results were not evenly distributed across each region and demographic of France. A side-by-side visualization comparing regional unemployment with support for right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen shows that her message resonated powerfully in the regions of France suffering from high unemployment and low wages.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
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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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
- Annual Survey of Jails; Deaths in Custody Reporting Program-Local Jails; Survey of Jails in Indian Country (July 17, 2017)
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