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APDU Conference Presentations Available Online
APDU would like to thank all participants for helping make the conference a success. Presentations are available on the APDU agenda page.

 

News

 

Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons
The U.S. Census Bureau?s Survey of Business Owners and Self-Employed Persons provides the only comprehensive source of statistics about business ownership in the U.S. The Census Bureau conducts the SBO every five years. This is the first time the SBO is being conducted primarily online.
 

 

Improving Health Insurance Coverage Estimates from CPS
This year, the U.S. Census Bureau implemented a new set of questions in the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement about health insurance coverage, and will begin releasing the results.
 

New & Updated Data Sources

 

American Community Survey (ACS) 2013 Data Release
The 2013 ACS 1-year estimates have been released by the Census Bureau. The 2013 ACS 1-year estimates are available for the nation, all states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district, every metropolitan area, and all counties and places with populations of 65,000 or more.

 

Consumer Expenditure Survey Update
The 2013 Annual Consumer Expenditure Survey microdata have been released and are now available online.
 

Visualization of the Week

 

 

States Where Government Aid Goes the Furthest
To determine where money goes the furthest, the Tax Foundation created a map that shows the purchasing power of $100 in each state, compared with the national average. In a report released this month, the foundation determined that incomes go considerably farther in some places than in others.
 

Notable Data Publications

 

GOVERNMENT

NON-PROFIT & FOUNDATIONS

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Calls for Comment

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):

 

Bureau of Labor Statistics

  • The Telephone Point of Purchase Survey (November 14, 2014)    

Corporation for National and Community Service

  • National Evaluation of School Turnaround AmeriCorps (October 14, 2014)        

Federal Bureau of Investigation

  • Quarterly Hate Crime Report and Hate Crime Incident Report (October 15, 2014)        

 

September 18, 2014

 

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APDU Events

 

 

Public Data University 101 Webinar:
Introduction to Data Sets: Census Bureau Economic Statistics

October 1, 2014
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
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Pricing:

APDU & C2ER Members, LMI Institute Member States: FREE

Non-Members: $50
 

 

Non-APDU Events

 

 

Department of Health and Human Services Meeting:
National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Full
Committee

 

September 22-23, 2014
Hyattsville, MD
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Data Transparency Town Hall Meeting:
Department of the Treasury

September 26, 2014
Washington, DC
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