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APDU Data Update

APDU Data Update

 August 5, 2010

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.
 
Join us at APDU’s annual conference where data users will get a unique opportunity to interact with Federal agencies producing and analyzing public statistics. Sessions will provide insights on the future of demographic, economic, education, health, transportation, and other statistical programs important to data users.
 
More information available here.

 
Appropriations Update for Key Statistical Programs

 
FY2011 appropriations bills for National Center for Health Statistics, National Center for Education Statistics and Energy Information Administration were recently approved by House and Senate committees.
 
More information and details are available here.
 

 
 Call For "OnTheMap" Beta Testers

The Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership is calling for Beta Testers to assist in the testing and evaluation of OnTheMap Version 5. We strongly encourage APDU members to become Beta testers.  The testing period will start at the beginning of September and will close at the end of October.
 
For more information or to volunteer visit here.
 

 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):
 
Census Bureau
• 2010 Census Coverage Measurement Final Housing Unit Followup Operation     (August 30, 2010)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• National Occupational Safety and Health Professional Workforce Assessment: Employer and Education Provider Survey Data Collection     (September 3, 2010)
• Resources and Services Database of the CDC National Prevention Information Network     (October 1, 2010)

Office of the Secretary, HHS
• National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey     (September 1, 2010)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Marine Recreational Fisheries Statistics Survey     (September 1, 2010)

Bureau of Justice Statistics
• Capital Punishment Report of Inmates under Sentence of Death     (September 1, 2010)

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research, HUD
• Notice of Proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Fair Market Rents     (September 3, 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.

 
APDU 2010 Annual Conference,
Sept. 20-21, 2010
Washington, D.C.
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