APDU Weekly – February 3, 2022

February 3, 2022

FEATURES

Call For Proposals Open

A Future For Good: How Public Data Helps Us Create Resiliency and Equity for All

APDU is welcoming proposals for the Data Symposium 2022, A Future For Good: How Public Data Helps Us Create Resiliency and Equity for All, (May 3 – 4, 2022). With economic, public health, and governance challenges arising from COVID-19 and political polarization, trustworthy public data is vital to open and honest policy debates. APDU is interested in proposals with specific state and local examples.

NEWS

Ask U.S. Panel: Census Invites Comment on New Household Panel for Statistical Research by February 7th

Can American Cars Be Made Safer for Pedestrians?

DHS Data Use Evolving and Improving, Officials Say

Lack of Diverse STEM Workforce a Challenge for States, U.S.

Little of the Paycheck Protection Program’s $800 Billion Protected Paychecks

UN Global Expo Highlights UN Privacy-Enhancing Technology Lab Participation

US Consumers Pause Spending as Omicron Curbs Appetite for Food Services, Retail

Using Quality Data to Improve Dual Enrollment Outcomes

COVID-19 NEWS

Data Reveals COVID Impact on SF Drug Overdose Epidemic

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

Beyond Education Outcomes

Tracking Inequality in Real Time

DATA VISUALIZATION

America’s COVID Job-Saving Programme Gave Most of Its Cash to the Rich

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau 

Financial Reporting Quality and Wage Differentials: Evidence from Worker-Level Data

February 9, 2022

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

More Information

Census Bureau 

data.census.gov: Streamlining the Way You Get Data

February 10, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

More Information

LED Webinar

Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Travel, Tourism, Outdoor Recreation Varied Widely Across States and Demographic Groups

February 16, 2022

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET

Save the Date

Please note there is no registration for this webinar. The add to calendar feature will remind you when it’s about to begin.

DATA PUBLICATIONS

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 

George Mason University

• Notification of Social Security Disability Insurance Overpayment Debt Discourages Beneficiaries From Working

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Compensation Costs up 4.0 Percent From December 2020 to December 2021

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• U.S. Department of Transportation Working Group Releases Work Zone Data Exchange Version 4.0

Census Bureau

• Women Consistently Earn Less Than Men
• Vaccinated Adults Report Symptoms of Anxiety or Depression Less Frequently Than the Unvaccinated

Economic Research Service

• COVID-19 Working Paper: U.S.-Mexico Agricultural Trade In 2020

National Center for Education Statistics

• Private School Universe Survey (PSS): Public-Use Data File User’s Manual for School Year 2019–20

Social Security Administration, Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics 

• Expenditures of the Aged Chartbook, 2020

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Bipartisan Policy Center

• Immigration and the Supply Chain

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):

Institute of Educational Science

• Private School Universe Survey (PSS) 2023-24 Data Collection, and 2023-24 and 2025-26 PSS Frame Development Activities (April 1, 2022)