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Association of Public Data Users

 

APDU Data Update

 

 


2011 Annual Conference

Public Data on a Budget:  
Making Critical Policy Decisions in the Current Fiscal Climate

 

September 21-22, 2011

 

George Washington University, The Cloyd Heck Marvin Center
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20052

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Early Registration Ends August 20th

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News Items

 

Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Releases Paper on 2010 Census Management

The Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies recently released the working paper Management Challenges of the 2010 U.S. Census by Daniel Weinberg, Assistant Director for ACS and Decennial Census.  The paper provides inside perspective on the management approaches used for the 2010 Census during its operational phase.  The approaches used, the challenges faced (in particular, difficulties faced in automating data collection), and the solutions applied to meet those challenges are described.  Finally, six management lessons learned are presented.
 

 

HUD to Draw New AHS Sample in 2015, Requests Data User Feedback

The Department of Housing and Urban Development will draw a new sample for the American Housing Survey in 2015, allowing the Department to update its geographic definitions, rebalance the representation of different housing types, allow for estimates at the Census Division and state level (for larger states), and relieve current respondents from a burden that some will have borne for as many as 28 years.  In an effort to derive a sample that is designed to meet data user needs for analysis, HUD is seeking user feedback on the use of three sampling strategies:

  • A single longitudinal panel (essentially the same as the current strategy)
  • A set of overlapping panels which would each stay in sample for ten years (5 surveys) and then cycle out
  • A hybrid design, with a long-term longitudinal panel and a set of overlapping panels, as described above

Interested data users are asked to review a Census Bureau-developed whitepaper comparing these options and contact Shawn Bucholtz (202-402-5538) to schedule a time to discuss their thoughts and opinions concerning its contents.

 

Census Director Robert Groves Discusses Women in the Workforce on C-SPAN

Robert Groves recently appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal to discuss the characteristics of women in the U.S. workforce with economist Eileen Appelbaum.  Access the video here and the director’s presentation, blog post, and other information on the topic here.
 

 

Notable Data Publications

 

Each week, the APDU Data Update identifies recent statistical data releases 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 Economic Analysis

  • International Services Surveys: Amendments to the BE-120, Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intangible Assets With Foreign Persons (October 11, 2011)

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

  • Binational Migrant Education Program (BMEP) State MEP Director Survey (October 17, 2011)

Office of Justice Programs

  • Identity Theft Supplement (ITS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) (October 17, 2011)

 

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August 18, 2011

 

 

Webinar

Delivering What Users Want: The History of U.S. Census Small Area Data

Wednesday, September 7, 2011
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

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Since the late nineteenth century, the U.S. Census Bureau has met the growing demand for new types of small area data.  Beginning with the 1890 Census, the Census Bureau attempted to make small area data more routine and consistent and expand the scope of such data in its products. The Census Bureau was responding to requests from public health agents who wanted to investigate causes of disease, which, at that time, they saw as overcrowding, poor sanitation, and possibly topography.  Tract level data, first introduced in New York City in the 1910 Census, was added for other cities and became essential for social welfare programming, business purposes, and local government planning.  Fast forward to the internet age and widespread demand for Block Group and Block Level data for a host of applications.  Michael Snow, historian at the U.S. Census Bureau, will present this fascinating history of the development of small area data products.
 

 

 Census Data Workshops

September 27, 2011

Washington D.C.

Cost: Free

 

Register

American FactFinder
9:00 AM – Noon EDT

This workshop features the main online data access and dissemination tool, American FactFinder.  This workshop allows data users, through practical exercises, to become familiar with data, including the means to create queries and thematic maps.

Local Employment Dynamics
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT

This workshop features an overview of the Local Employment Dynamics program, which pulls together data on the day-time workforce population.  This workshop provides hands-on exercises that show data users how to extract variables from the LED OnTheMap online application to create custom tables for data analysis.
 

 

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