APDU 2010 Annual Conference
“Public Data 2010: Opportunities and Challenges for the New Decade”
September 20 – 21, 2010
Join us for a terrific line-up of presentations on creative ways the Federal statistical agencies are responding to data user needs. Click here for the full agenda and full speaker line up.
Keynote Speaker:
Katherine R. (Kitty) Smith, the Administrator of the USDA Economic Research Service, will offer insights on the challenges and opportunities that statistical agencies face in responding to more demanding data customers.
Pew Hispanic Center’s Current Population Survey Findings
The Pew Hispanic Center’s recently released analysis of the Current Population Survey, "U.S. Unauthorized Immigration Flows Are Down Sharply Since Mid-Decade," highlights current national and state-level trends in the size and flow of the unauthorized immigrant poulation in the U.S. Unauthorized immigrants accounted for 28 percent of the nation’s foreign-born population in 2009, a decline from 31 percent in 2007. Regionally, declines have been most notable in the South Atlantic and Mountain West. Access the full report.
APDU Briefs Census Economic Directorate
Ken Poole, APDU Chief of Staff, presented ideas to the Census Economic Directorate at its staff planning retreat on September 8 about how the directorate could become more user friendly. To review his PowerPoint presentation can be found here. Please share your comments with us.
Notable Data Publications
Each week, APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical agency data releases and discussions of interest to APDU members.
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)
Energy Information Administration
• Annual Survey of Alternative Fueled Vehicles (October 4, 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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