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APDU Data Update

 September 23, 2010

 APDU Annual Conference Presentations
 
The APDU Annual conference this week was big success. We would like to thank all our participants and attendees.
 
If you missed any of the sessions, or were unable to attend, the presentations are now available online.
 
 
 News Items

 
  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)
 
Census Bureau
  • Precanvass Operation for the 2012 Economic Census Commodity Flow Survey     (October 18, 2010)
  • 2011 Field Test of the Re-Engineered Survey of Income and Program Participation     (October 20, 2010)
  • Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders Benchmark Supplement     (November 15, 2010)
  • Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Wave 9 of the 2008 Panel     (November 22, 2010) 

Bureau of Economic Analysis   

  • Direct Investment Surveys: BE-11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad     (November 19, 2010)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • Consumer Expenditure Surveys: The Quarterly Interview and the Diary     (November 22, 2010)

Employment and Training Administration

  • YouthBuild (YB) Reporting System    (October 31, 2010)

Administration for Children and Families

  • New Runaway and Homeless Youth Management Information System     (October 18, 2010) 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey      (November 15, 2010)

Energy Information Administration

  • Annual Solar Thermal Collector Manufacturers Survey; Annual Photovoltaic Module/Cell Manufacturers Survey; Annual Geothermal Heat Pump Manufacturers Survey     (October 18, 2010)

Environmental Protection Agency

  • Clean Watersheds Needs Survey     (October 22, 2010) 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

  • National Animal Health Monitoring System; Small-Scale Livestock Operations 2011 Study     (November 22, 2010)

Federal Acquisition Service, GSA

  • Supplier Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Pilot     (November 19, 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. 
 
 ASA SRMS/AAPOR Webinar:
 
Small Area Estimation
Oct. 19, 2010

The Survey Research Methods Section of American Statistical Association and
AAPOR are proud to announce the next webinar in their new web-based training
program.
 
Online Registration is now open!!!
 

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL STATISTICS
PUBLIC SEMINAR
 
Friday, Oct. 22, 2010

Terrell Conference Center, 575 7th St, NW, Washington, DC The Capitol Room
 
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