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President Obama Unveils FY 2013 Budget Proposal
President Obama announced his FY 2013 Budget proposal this week. According to the White House, the Budget proposes more than $350 billion for short-term job growth efforts. These proposals include the extension of the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance benefits for the rest of 2012; an upfront investment of $50 billion from the surface transportation reauthorization bill for roads, rails, and runways; continuing to allow businesses to write-off the full amount of new investments; $30 billion to modernize at least 35,000 schools; and $30 billion to help states and localities retain and hire teachers and first responders.
Access detailed department budget briefs and justifications below:
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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. 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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Census Bureau
- Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey (March 16, 2012)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2010 Birth Certificate Linkage Study (March 12, 2012)
National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Milk and Milk Products (March 15, 2012)
Office of Justice Programs
- Methodological research to support the redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey (April 16, 2012)
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Training Class:
Accessing Census Bureau Statistics
March 12 – 14, 2012
This 3-day class will provide attendees with computer skills and hands-on exercises to access data available from the U.S. Census Bureau. Attendees will explore data topics using Data Access Tools such as: Dataferrett, USA Counties, State and County QuickFacts, and American FactFinder. Learn more and register here.
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Webinar:
Analyzing BLS Business Employment Dynamics Data
March 13, 2012
2:00-3:00 PM Eastern
Register
This webinar will provide an overview of general concepts and basic methodology for Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data. The presenters will discuss some uses of BED data and provide examples from articles and research by BED program office staff.
Presenter:
David Talan, Supervisory Economist
Business Employment Dynamics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Charles Carson, Economist
Business Employment Dynamics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
About the Data:
In preparation for the webinar, participants may want to acquaint themselves with BED data by visiting the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ website.
Pricing:
APDU Members: Free
LMI Training Institute Member States: Free
C2ER Members: Free
Non-Members: $50.00
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Workshop/Training:
Summer Research Training Institute: Single-Case Intervention Research Design and Analysis
June 25-29, 2012
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
The National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education announces a Summer Research Training Institute on Single-Case Intervention Research Design and Analysis. The purpose of the Training Institute is to increase the national capacity of education researchers to conduct methodologically rigorous single-case intervention studies.
Additional conference information is available here.
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