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APDU Data Update

 October 21, 2010

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.

News Items
 
APDU Co-Sponsors World Statistics Day Briefing on Capitol Hill

On October 20, the American Academy of Political and Social Science and a U.S. organizing committee hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill to celebrate World Statistics Day, as designated by the UN. U.S. Chief Statistician Katherine Wallman moderated a series of brief talks by current U.S. Census Bureau Director Dr. Robert Groves, former director Dr. Kenneth Prewitt and Bureau of Economic Analysis Director Steve Landefeld. APDU is proud to be one of a number of co-sponsors.

In conjunction with WSD, the September issue of the Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science, “The Federal Statistical System: Its Vulnerability Matters More Than You Think,” offers a number of on-line articles of interest to APDU members. Also in honor of WSD, the American Statistical Association has put together a website with links to a number of videos of talks by distinguished U.S. statisticians.
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):

Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • Forms Design and Pilot Testing for the BLS Green Practices and Processes Project     (November 19, 2010)
  • Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries     (December 20, 2010)
Institute of Education Sciences
  • Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS 2011/12) Preliminary Field Activities 2010/11     (November 18, 2010)
Health Resources and Services Administration
  • Data System for Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network     (November 29, 2010)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Electronic Disease Surveillance System     (November 15, 2010)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health     (November 15, 2010)
Economic Research Service
  • Census Survey of Farm to School Initiatives     (December 17, 2010)
Social Security Administration
  • Proposed Recommendation to the Social Security Administration for Occupational Information System (OIS)
  • Development Planning     (November 8, 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.
 
The National Academies
Committee On National Statistics
Public Seminar
 
TOMORROW!! 
Friday, Oct. 22, 2010

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

FREE APDU Sponsored 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
 
Data.gov is a joint venture of multiple public sector agencies seeking to integrate and improve the delivery of data.  One data visualization tool newly added to Data.gov is a web-based GIS mapping application. Through ArcGIS.com, researchers can enhance their access to public datasets.  This webinar is designed to demonstrate these new mapping features linked to Data.gov.  Walter Potts and Adam Seamans from Esri will demonstrate the newly available features during this webinar.
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