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APDU Weekly

February 11, 2021

FEATURES

In October 2020, the American Statistical Association released the 2020 Census Quality Indicators, a report written by a task force of census experts with a plan to shed light on the quality, accuracy, and coverage of the 2020 Census counts. The report proposed various measures of quality, accuracy, and coverage spanning the multiple decennial census components to be applied to the 2020 data as it became available. Check out the task force?s Census Quality Indicators February 2021 update.

NEWS

APDU Board Member Katherine Wallman Interview With Federal News Network: Want Better Policy? Give More Support to Federal Statistics Agencies

After the Relocation Gutted Its Workforces, USDA Research Agencies Struggle to Rebuild 

USDA Move to KC Creates Ongoing Challenges

Reps. Peters, Mcbath, Eshoo, Fitzpatrick Re-introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Data Sharing Efforts Crucial to Effective COVID-19 Response

ED Announces National Survey to Gather Critical Data on School Reopening

Contentious Trump-era ?Secret Science? Rule Struck Down

Calendar Timing Means Virus Deaths Won’t Be Seen in Census

New Federal Statistical Research Data Center to Open in St. Louis With Support of UM-St. Louis, Partners

Using Public Datasets for Improved Decision-making

Countering Police Bias With Data

Mark Forman: Agencies Should Start With Priority Goals, Evidence-based Policymaking to Find Funds for IT Modernization

China Is Launching a Public Data Platform to Name and Shame Polluters