APDU is seeking members who are interested in serving as guest editors for the newsletter or writing newsletter articles about a subject of expertise/ interest to them. Newsletter articles can span a wide variety of public data topics, including news about public data products or services, developments related to federal statistical policy, or data access/ dissemination issues. Contributors can be data users or representatives from data-producing agencies. The newsletter is an excellent conduit for communication between data users and producers and provides a vehicle for users to communicate issues of interest to them. It also allows producers to seek feedback from users or communicate new product developments.
Responsibilities of the guest editor include identifying 3-4 contributors to write articles for an upcoming edition of the newsletter and coordinating with CREC staff to review the content before publishing. Members interested in serving as a guest editor or contributing an article should notify Bob Scardamalia or Sean McNamara by Friday, April 15, 2011.
Census Bureau Delivers Final State 2010 Census Population Totals
The Census Bureau recently completed its release of state 2010 Census population totals. All released data is available in the new American FactFinder, and the National Summary File of Redistricting Data will be available in April. Access more information about the releases, including analysis:
Population Reference Bureau ACS Briefing Presentations Available
Presentations and a webcast from the PRB’s March 7 briefing “Better Data, Better Decisions: How the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey Benefits Business & Government” are now available. Access them here.
BLS Releases Paper on “Seasonal Differences in Employment Between Survey and Administrative Data”
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released the paper Seasonal Differences in Employment Between Survey and Administrative Data by Jeffrey A. Groen. The paper examines seasonal differences in monthly employment figures gathered by the BLS through the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program and the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey. Analysis of two matched samples of QCEW-CES micro data reveals that seasonal differences are related to imputation in the QCEW, the number and frequency of payrolls, and differences in the procedures used by establishments to compile QCEW and CES data.
Notable Data Publications
Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases of interest to APDU members.
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
2008 Panel of the Survey of Income & Program Participation, Wave 10 Topical Modules (April 29, 2011)
Housing Vacancy Survey (April 29, 2011)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Report on Current Employment Statistics (May 31, 2011)
Institute of Education Sciences
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) Fall First Grade Data Collection (April 27, 2011)
Office of Justice Programs
Annual Parole Survey and Annual Probation Survey (May 27, 2011)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The National Survey of Prison Healthcare (May 30, 2011)
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March 31, 2011
Upcoming Events
Audio News Conference: Census Bureau to Release New Data About Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-Owned Businesses
April 5, 2011 2 PM EDT
Audio Conference Toll free number:
1-800-369-6091 Participant passcode:
CENSUS Note: Stay on the line until the operator asks for the passcode. Do not key in the passcode.
Online Presentation Conference/meeting number: PW19536 Conference/meeting passcode: CENSUS
More information: Jeri Green, Committee Liaison Officer,
301-763-6590
Call for Proposals: Summer Forum and STATS-DC 2011 Data Conference
Deadline: April 29, 2011
The National Center for Education Statistics is seeking proposals for presentations at its Summer Forum and STATS-DC 2011 Data Conference, held July 25-29, 2011 in Bethesda, Maryland. Proposals on topics about “101” introductory sessions, data collection and management, data dissemination, data linking beyond K-12, data privacy, data standards/quality, data usage, and finance are welcome. More information is available here.
Beginning in 2006, the Consumer Expenditures (CE) program at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has hosted a free annual workshop designed to give microdata users of all levels experience in using the data. As part of this program, the BLS is inviting CE data users to present and discuss their CE-related research during their workshop July 27-29, 2011 in Washington, DC. The BLS encourages works in progress as well as new and novice users.
