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Economic Census at Risk Following Budget Cuts
The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch recently posted a video story on the consequences of budget cuts to the Economic Census. Access the video here.
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Amstat News – Data Synchronization: Leveraging Existing Business Data to Better Measure the Economy
Amsat News recently featured a piece by Contributing Editor Adrienne Pilot, director of the statistical office at the Council of Economic Advisers. Pilot discusses how an interagency data synchronization proposal developed by the Commerce, Labor, and Treasury Departments would yield important improvements in accuracy, reliability, and comparability across the federal economic statistical system, including improvements to national, regional, industry, and international data. If approved by Congress, the revenue-neutral proposal would broaden Bureau of Economic Analysis access to Internal Revenue Service business tax data and enable the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau to better synchronize their business lists while complying with all relevant privacy and confidentiality regulations. Learn more here.
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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):
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Cancer Self Administrated Questionnaire (January 3, 2012)
Bureau of Economic Analysis
- International Services Surveys: Amendments to the BE-150, Quarterly Survey of Cross-Border Credit, Debit, and Charge Card Transactions (December 27, 2011)
Census Bureau
- 2012 Economic Census Covering the Construction Sector (December 1, 2011)
- 2012 Economic Census Covering the Manufacturing Sector (December 1, 2011)
- 2012 Economic Census Covering the Mining Sector (December 1, 2011)
- Federal Statistical System Public Opinion Survey (January 3, 2012)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The National Hospital Care Survey: Ambulatory Care Pretest (January 2, 2012)
Employment and Training Administration
- Notice of Development of the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration’s Five-Year Research and Evaluation Strategic Plan for 2010-2015; Request for Public Comment (November 14, 2011)
National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys (November 30, 2011)
Office of Justice Programs
- 2012-2013 Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities (December 30, 2011)
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Webinar:
National Longitudinal Surveys from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
November 29, 2011
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
Register
This webinar will provide an overview of the Bureau of Labor Statistics National Longitudinal Surveys program, the population groups that have been surveyed by BLS, and the types of information collected in the surveys. Other topics to be covered include:
- Who uses NLS data?
- Examples of the types of research questions that have been examined using NLS data
- How to obtain NLS data and documentation
About the Data:
The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys designed to gather information at multiple points in time on the labor market activities and other significant life events of several groups of men and women. For more than four decades, NLS data have served as an important tool for economists, sociologists, and other researchers. Information about the NLS is available on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
Presenter:
Jay Meisenheimer – Assistant Director, National Longitudinal Surveys, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Technical Webinar:
Census Bureau to Release Supplemental Poverty Measure Research
November 4, 2011
10:00 AM EDT
Audio Conference:
Toll free number: 888-994-3819
Passcode: CENSUS
Online Presentation:
Login
Meeting #: PW9176213
Passcode: CENSUS
Note: Stay on the line until operator asks for the passcode. Do not key in passcode.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics Webinar:
Finding Transportation Statistics
November 15, 2011
3:00 – 4:00 PM EDT
This webinar will discuss data products & services available from BTS.
Access the webinar here and use conference call number 1-877-336-1839 (passcode: 2683607).
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Fellowship Announcement:
PAA Fellowship
The Population Association of America Fellowship is open to doctoral scientists from any discipline relevant to population research. This fellowship provides researchers with an opportunity to use population science outside of an academic setting to inform public policy and work for one year in a federal agency in Washington, DC. The goals of the fellowship are to contribute to the effective use of scienti@257;c knowledge about population in the formation of public policy; to educate the scienti@257;c community about the development of public policy; and to establish a more effective liaison between population scientists and federal policymakers.
Learn more here.
Applications are due December 15, 2011.
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