Congressional Joint Economic Committee to Hold Hearing on ACS, Federal Data Programs Next Tuesday
On Tuesday, June 19, the Congressional Joint Economic Committee will hold a public hearing on the economic impact of eliminating the American Community Survey at 2:30 p.m. in Room 210 of the Cannon House Office Building. Access the full list of witnesses here. Stakeholders are encouraged to attend the hearing to show their support for the ACS.
Tune-in to C-SPAN’s Washington Journal “America by the Numbers” for Latest Federal Statistical Agency Updates
Every Friday morning beginning at 7 a.m., C-SPAN’s Washington Journal features a segment on “America by the Numbers.”
This segment highlights the latest news from the federal statistical agencies. Upcoming segments include a discussion of the demographics of big cities with Marc Perry from the Census Bureau’s Population Division on June 15, 2012, and a segment on the U.S. Hispanic population with Roberto Ramirez, also of the Population Division, on June 22, 2012.
Access the live segment here on Friday mornings, and view past program archives here.
June 1 COPAFS Meeting Notes Now Available
APDU Board Member Ken Hodges recently attended the June 1, 2012 meeting of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics. Access Ken’s notes here. Learn more about COPAFS here.
Volunteer Sought for American Community Survey Wikipedia Entry Update
Doug Hillmer, who spent 13 years working on the ACS staff, is in the process of writing a more complete and useful description of the American Community Survey on Wikipedia and is looking for assistance. The article will include major sections such as:
General description
History of the ACS
Topics covered by the survey
Sampling methodology
Survey operations
Mandatory nature of the survey
Examples of uses of the ACS data
Opposition to the survey
Anyone with particular expertise or interest in one or more of these areas (or with suggestions for other areas to add) should contact Doug Hillmer.
Census Bureau Releases New Version of TIGERweb
The Census Bureau recently released a new version of TIGERweb, a Web-based map viewer from the agency’s Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System (TIGER) database.
TIGERweb allows users to view and query Census geographic areas and features such as roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, and other larger bodies of water. It currently displays boundaries, names, and codes for 2010 Census legal and statistical geographic areas, such as counties, cities, towns and townships, census tracts, and urban areas. In addition, TIGERweb contains population and housing unit counts from the 2010 Census for each of the geographic areas.
Disability Variables in the American Housing Survey
The American Housing Survey (AHS) added six questions about disability in the 2009 survey. The questions were taken from the American Community Survey (ACS), and the same questions have been used in other Federal surveys. This report compares the treatment of disability in the AHS with these and other Federal surveys. It notes that the AHS shows substantially lower incidence of persons and households with disabilities than the ACS. Part of the reason for this may be differences in the way AHS and ACS administer the surveys and the fact that ACS imputes missing values, while AHS does not.
The report corroborates how disability limits the income earning of any household, especially one-member households who represent one third of all households with disabilities. On the positive side, the report confirms that people with disabilities are more likely to live in assisted housing. It provides guidance as to which source of disability data a researcher should use, depending on his or her objective.
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):
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Household Component and the MEPS Medical Provider Component (August 13, 2012)
Census Bureau
Quarterly Services Survey (July 9, 2012)
Survey of Income and Program Participation 2013 Event History Calendar–Field Test (August 10, 2012)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (August 6, 2012)
National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Surveillance System (August 6, 2012)
Economic Research Service
Farm to School Census (August 6, 2012)
Employment and Training Administration
Weekly Initial and Continued Claim (August 13, 2012)
Energy Information Administration
Oil and Gas Reserves System (August 6, 2012)
Petroleum Supply Reporting System (August 10, 2012)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (July 30, 2012)
Food and Drug Administration
Emergency Shortages Data Collection System (July 5, 2012)
National Agriculture Statistics Service
Childhood Injury, and Adult Occupational Injury Surveys; Minority Farm Operator, Youth and Adult Injury Survey (July 9, 2012)
Notice of Opportunity To Submit Comment on the Public Release Time of Several Major USDA Statistical Reports (July 9, 2012)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The National Survey on the Use of Booster Seats (August 13, 2012)
National Science Foundation
2013 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (July 31, 2012)
2013 National Survey of College Graduates (July 31, 2012)
Office of Justice Programs
National Crime Victimization Survey (July 2, 2012)
Census of Problem-Solving Courts 2012 (July 2, 2012)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (July 12, 2012)
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June 14, 2012
Webinar: The 1940 Census in the Context of the Great Depression and New Deal
This webinar will discuss the 1940 census in the context of the Great Depression and Roosevelt’s New Deal. Examples of the census and an explanation of the questions that are new to the 1940 census will be provided.
Presenter: Constance Potter, Reference Archivist, National Archives and Records Administration
Conference: NCES 2012 Summer Forum and 25th Annual STATS-DC 2012 Data Conference
July 9-13, 2012
Mayflower Renaissance Hotel 1127 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC
The Summer Data Conference is an opportunity for professional networking, updates on federal and national activities affecting data collection and reporting, and information about the best new approaches in collecting, reporting, and using education statistics. The Summer Data Conference will include training and business meetings for state CCD and EDFacts data coordinators. In addition, NCES postsecondary education experts will provide sessions that increase your knowledge of postsecondary data environments and data systems such as IPEDS. There will also be a range of informative sessions targeted toward interests in Common Core of Data, Common Education Data Standards, data
