APDU Call For Board Nominations
Once again it is time to think about next year’s APDU leadership. This year our president, vice-president and one at-large board member positions are up for election. If you are interested in running for one of these positions, please speak with one of the nominating committee members. More details can be found here.
FREE Webinar: Collaborative, Online Mapping: The New ArcGIS.com
November 10, 2010 | 3-4 p.m. EST
Presenters: Walter Potts, Operations Manager – ESRI; Adam Seamans, Technical Analyst – ESRI
Description: ESRI, long a leader in the client-based GIS mapping applications, has this year dramatically expanded its online offerings. The new ArcGIS.com is a rich, web-based mapping platform that is linked directly to Data.gov and has a set of first-in-class collaborative features. In this webinar, Walter Potts and Adam Seamans from ERSI will give a demonstration of the features of their new site and provide a preview of what’s on the horizon for ESRI.
Register here.
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.
News Items
BLS Releases Enhanced BLS Search Application and Interactive State/County Map Application
BLS Beta Labs gives the data-using public the opportunity to try out experimental web tools that BLS is testing for its web site. BLS recently made public an enhanced search engine that returns links to related pages, data retrieval tools, Latest Numbers, Regional Resources, and more specific search results. Also available is an interactive state and county map application that displays geographic economic data through maps, charts, and tables, allowing users to explore employment and wage data of private industry at the National, State, and county level.
ACS Releases Second Round of 2009 Data Briefs
The Census Bureau has released a second round of 12 ACS data briefs for 2009. Topics include public transportation use, property value, rental market conditions, labor force participation, employment, public assistance, science and engineering degrees, foreign-born place of birth, nativity status and citizenship, foreign-born year of entry, language and the Haitian population.
Policy Map Adds New Datasets
Policy Map, the web-based data mapping application, has added a number of new datasets, including Public Housing and Multifamily Sites from HUD, Employment by Industry from County Business Patterns for 2008, Median Family Income as a Percent of Area Median Income, by Tract, for 2010, Fair Market Rents for 2011, and CDBG Allocations for 2009 and 2010.
APDU Annual Conference Presentations
For those that were unable to attend or missed any of the sessions at the 2010 APDU Annual Conference you are able to view all the presentations
here.
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
Institute of Education Sciences
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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.
