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BEA Raises New Data Source
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released prototype estimates of personal consumption expenditures (PCE) for states for 1997-2012. These new estimates provide insight into household spending patterns across states that can be used together with other regional data to gain a better understanding of regional economies. The data provide a new tool for state-level analysis of consumer activity and household economic well-being. These prototype estimates are released for evaluation and comment by data users.
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FOIA Reform Support Needed Now!
Earlier this year, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VIT) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced S. 2520, the FOIA Improvement Act. The bill has generated a lot of enthusiasm in the open government community because it puts reins on agencies’ overuse of the exemption covering “pre-decisional material” by requiring that they weigh the public interest in the release of the record.
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Ag Secretary Vilsack Announces Global Open Data Partners
The Ghana Open Data Initiative, Sierra Leone, IBM and Kellogg Company will join over 100 Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) partners who work to make agricultural and nutritional data available, accessible and useable for unrestricted use worldwide.
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Graphing New Yorkers’ Lives Through Open Data Portal
Ben Wellington is the man behind I Quant NY, a blog dedicated to telling the stories hidden in New York City?s Open Data Portal, a clearinghouse of more than 1,300 data sets from city agencies. He spoke to CityLab about his blog, his hope for the open data movement, and some of his favorite data sets.
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Big Data Tackles Wildfire Control
What if there were a better way to monitor, predict, and fight wildfires like the one currently affecting Northern California? The University of California at San Diego and the University of Maryland, with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), are in the process of building an end-to-end cyber infrastructure (CI) for that challenge.
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Comments to the Senate Finance Committee
Earlier this summer, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and senior Finance Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-IA) asked the public for comments on health care data transparency, including what data sources should be made more broadly available and what barriers stand in the way of stakeholders using data more effectively. The Center for Data Innovation submitted comments with a number of recommendations.
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New & Updated Data Sources
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Factoryless Label Could Change How US Counts Mfg Jobs
U.S. statisticians are proposing that it’s time to recognize the globalization of the economy and to categorize companies that design, market and distribute their products in the U.S. ? but contract to have them made elsewhere ? under the broad classification of “manufacturers.
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Local & Regional Data Added to USDA Market News
USDA Market News has created a new series of market reports on locally or regionally produced agricultural products. The reports?covering products from all commodity areas?are all available on the Local & Regional Food Marketing Information web page, which provides farmers, other agricultural businesses, and consumers with a one-stop-shop for market and pricing information for local and regional food outlets.
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Visualization of the Week
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Real Personal Income: Metro Area Per Capita, Price-Adjusted Data
The map shows percentage changes in real per capita personal income over the three-year period, as estimated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Metro areas recording the largest gains in purchasing power are shaded in dark green; those experiencing declines are shaded brown.
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Notable Data Publications
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GOVERNMENT
NON-PROFIT & FOUNDATIONS
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APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. 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):
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Bureau of Justice Statistics
- 2014 National Survey of Prosecutors (September 4, 2014)
- Survey of Juveniles Charged in Adult Criminal Court, 2014 (September 4, 2014)
Census Bureau
- State and Local Government Finance Forms (August 30, 2014)
Food and Nutrition Service – Department of Agriculture
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Retailer Transaction Data (September 8, 2014)
National Science Foundation
- Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (September 4, 2014)
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