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Department of Commerce & OMB Release Statistical Portrait of Women in America
The Department of Commerce and the Office of Management & Budget recently released Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being. The report is the first of its kind to pull together information from across Federal statistical agencies to compile baseline information on how women are faring in the United States and how these trends have changed over time. The report includes statistics on topics related to people, families, and income; education; employment; health; and crime and violence. The state of Iowa also recently released a similar report.
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Senate Proposes $44 million Cut to Census’ Periodic Censuses and Programs Account
The Senate approved its version of a long-term Continuing Resolution (CR) for FY2011 on March 8. This version of the CR proposes a funding level of $942 million for the Census Bureau’s Periodic Censuses and Programs account, which is $44 million below the FY2011 request level. This cut eliminates duplicative and overlapping analysis performed by other agencies or issued in other ways by the Census. The figure is also significantly higher than the most recently approved House funding level of $833.7 million, which is 15.5% lower than the Administration’s request.
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Notable Data Publications
Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases of interest to APDU members.
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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
- Census Barriers, Attitudes, and Motivators Survey (CBAMS) II (April 6, 2011)
- Questionnaire for Building Permit Official (April 7, 2011)
- 2012 Economic Census Classification Report for the Construction, Manufacturing, and Mining Sectors and Selected Wholesale Industries (April 8, 2011)
- Current Population Survey, Basic Demographic Items (April 8, 2011)
- The American Community Survey (May 9, 2011)
Institute of Education Sciences
- Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 2011-2012 Main Study Data Collection (April 7, 2011)
National Science Foundation
- Survey of Earned Doctorates (April 7, 2011)
National Institutes of Health
- Questionnaire Cognitive Interviewing and Pretesting (NCI) (April 8, 2011)
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Data Users Advisory Committee Meeting
March 25, 2011
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusettes Ave., NE, Washington, DC
More information: Kathy Mele, 202-691-6102.
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Policy Seminar:
The U.S. Decennial Census & the ACS: Looking Back & Looking Ahead
March 16, 2011
Noon – 1:30 PM
Population Reference Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20009
Speakers:
Robert Groves, Director – U.S. Census Bureau
Frank Vitrano – Chief, Decennial Management Division, U.S. Census Bureau
RSVP: PRBSeminars@prb.org
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The NBER’s Innovation Policy and the Economy Conference
April 12, 2011
The National Bureau of Economic Research’s Innovation Policy and the Economy Conference will be held at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC.
The preliminary program can be found here.
If you would like to attend the conference, please send an email to Patrick Gaule by March 25.
Please note whether or not you plan to attend the luncheon and if you have any dietary requirements.
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