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2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book Now Available
APDU is pleased to join the Annie E. Casey Foundation as a 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book Outreach Partner. The annual Data Book is a comprehensive resource on the status of U.S. children, featuring state-specific data on ten key indicators of child well-being. Please visit the online Data Center ( http://datacenter.kidscount.org/databook), to download the report and create maps, graphs, and charts at the national, state, and local level.
APDU 2010 Annual Conference
“Public Data 2010: Opportunities and Challenges for the New Decade”
September 20 – 21, 2010
US Dept of Agriculture Economic Research Service
1800 M Street NW, Washington, D.C.
The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) will convene to examine the most critical opportunities and challenges facing the data user community at its Annual Conference on September 20th & 21st, 2010 in Washington, DC. The conference will feature demographic, economic, and other data topics designed to assess new approaches to improving data collection and access. The conference features a review of lessons learned from the 2010 Census, efforts to improve the American poverty index, the status of the American Community Survey, opportunities to enhance population estimation, initiatives to measure the green economy, and emerging tools for monitoring employment dynamics. Full agenda and registration information can be found at http://www.apdu.org/conference.asp.
Appropriations Update:
FY2011 appropriations bills for Commerce, HUD, and DOT have been approved by House and Senate committees
More information and details are available here.
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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 week, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):
Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Report on Occupational Employment and Wages (August 30, 2010)
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce
• Broadband Subscription and Usage Supplement to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (August 30, 2010)
Federal Highway Administration, DOT
• Heavy Vehicle Travel Information System (September 20, 2010)
Energy Information Administration, DOE
• Manufacturers Energy Consumption Survey (August 23, 2010)
• Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (August 26, 2010)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS
• National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (August 30, 2010)
• National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (September 27, 2010)
National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA
• Equine Survey (September 27, 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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APDU 2010 Annual Conference,
Sept. 20-21, 2010
Washington, D.C.
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