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Upcoming Briefing: "Surveying for Dollars"
Monday, July 26, 2010, 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Capitol Visitor Center, Congressional Meeting Room South, Washington, DC
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is sponsoring a briefing to unveil a new Brookings Institution report, “Surveying for Dollars.” The report, authored by APDU President, Andrew Reamer, finds that the American Community Survey (ACS), which was implemented after Census 2000 to replace the decennial census long form, guided the geographic distribution of $416 billion by 184 federal programs in FY2008—over a quarter of all federal assistance. APDU is co-sponsoring this event designed to provide insights to Congress on the importance of the ACS as a resources for guiding federal investments.
We hope you can join us for this informative event. For more information and registration details can be found here.
Services Trade Data and Information Conference
Washington, D.C. | September 14, 2010
Join the U.S. Department Of Commerce as they discuss services trade data and information, areas of improvement, and innovation in the collection and dissemination of data during the Measuring and Enhancing Services Trade Data and Information Conference. To view the draft agenda of this important conference, get more information, or register, visit: ITA Conference 2010 or call 703-925-9455 ext 0.
Calls For Comment
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
• National Household Education Survey (NHES 2011/2012) Field Test (September 7, 2010)
• Program for International Student Assessments (PISA) 2012 Recruitment and Field Test (August 12, 2010)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Health Interview Survey (September 7, 2010)
• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (September 13, 2010)
Coast Guard
• National Recreational Boating Survey (August 9, 2010)
National Science Foundation
• Higher Education Research and Development Survey (August 9, 2010
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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