Jeffrey H. Anderson of Virginia to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Department of Justice. Mr. Anderson is a constitutional scholar and is a leader in formulating domestic policy proposals.
As the federal government prepares for the 2020 Census, some community advocates are questioning the extent to which underfunding will affect the results of the constitutionally mandated headcount, done once every 10 years. Experts say it?s a real concern for traditionally undercounted populations, among them minority, immigrant, and low-income communities. That includes Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Hawaiians, who account for 6.8 percent of the U.S. population, according to Census data.
The revolutionary potential of the internet means that we can do more than simply build a more beautiful user interface for antiquated government operations.
The Children?s Data Network contributed to the research behind the Emergency Child Care Bridge, which will go into effect January. Photo courtesy of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
The Children?s Data Network at the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work played an important role in the development a new statewide social welfare program. The Emergency Child Care Bridge Program, which will go into effect in January, is a $31 million proposal to increase financial assistance and services for foster children and their families across California.
The Opportunity Project catalyzes the creation of new digital tools that use federal and local data to provide families, local leaders, and businesses with information about critical resources, such as jobs, affordable housing, quality schools, and transportation. By providing easy access to curated federal and local datasets at opportunity.census.gov and facilitating collaboration between technologists, issue experts, and local leaders, The Opportunity Project is transforming government data into digital tools that create more thriving communities and help people solve problems in their everyday lives.
Parents these days spend a lot more time with their offspring, or at least middle-class parents do. One analysis of 11 rich countries estimates that the average mother spent 54 minutes a day caring for children in 1965 but 104 minutes in 2012. These charts are part of the marriage special report at The Economist.
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Federal Rulemaking and Calls for Comment
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):
Bureau of Justice Statistics
2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (January 18, 2018)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) Cooperative Agreement application package (January 16, 2018)
Current Population Survey- Basic Labor Force (December 21, 2017)
