APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections (http://www.apdu.org/advocacy.asp). 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 Education Sciences
Institute of Education Sciences
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Academic Libraries Survey (ALS): 2010-2012 (June 14, 2010)
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2011-12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12) Field Test (June 17, 2010)
Economic Research Service
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National Food Survey Field Test (July 19, 2010)
Federal Communications Commission
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Annual Survey of Cable Industry Prices (June 18, 2010)
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
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Broadband Subscription and Usage Supplement to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (July 23, 2010)
In addition, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau is conducting a customer satisfaction survey of its Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health. You can participate in the anonymous online survey by going to https://svy.cfigroup.com/cgi-bin/qwebcorporate.dll?idx=S59BJQ.
APDU encourages its members to take advantage of these opportunities to make their voices heard. All comments, whether a simple affirmation or detailed suggestions on instrument design, are helpful in seeing that data users have access to the statistics we need.
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