APDU Weekly – January 20, 2022

January 20, 2022

FEATURES

Level up Your Data Science Programming:

Learn the Most Widely Used Open-source Statistical Analysis Language!

Beginner R Training: Data Science for Community, Workforce, and Economic Development Research

February 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM ET

6 Days Till Class Starts

APDU’s Introduction to R workshop will provide a complete crash course on the full data science workflow, from cleaning and wrangling to visualization. Two RStudio Certified Tidyverse instructors will cover the essentials of popular R packages, including ggplot2, tidyr, dplyr, tidymodels, and rmarkdown.

Call For Proposals Now Open

A Future For Good: How Public Data Helps Us Create Resiliency and Equity for All

APDU is welcoming proposals for the Data Symposium 2022, A Future For Good: How Public Data Helps Us Create Resiliency and Equity for All, (May 3 – 4, 2022). With economic, public health, and governance challenges arising from COVID-19 and political polarization, trustworthy public data is vital to open and honest policy debates. APDU is interested in proposals with specific state and local examples.

NEWS

Census Bureau Adjusts Initial Plans for 2022 Current Population Survey Public Use File Release

Department of Commerce Holds Its First Equity Town Hall

How Agencies Are Actually Using Data and Data Science to Evaluate Programs

ID Verification, Analytics Can Help Agencies Fight Fraud

Retail Sales Fall More Than Expected in December

The Role and Importance of Data Collection in Healthcare

Security Technology: Rising to the Cyber-Challenge

Trump Officials Interfered With the 2020 Census Beyond Cutting It Short, Email Shows

Trying to Account For the Decline in the Labour Share

White House Office of Science & Technology Policy Releases Scientific Integrity Task Force Report

COVID-19 NEWS

New Study Ties Lowest College Enrollment in 50 Years to Pandemic

DATA VISUALIZATION

America’s Entrepreneurial Boom Continued Apace in 2021

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau 

Geography Areas and Concepts for the American Community Survey

January 26, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau 

Basics of Finding Data Using data.census.gov

January 27, 2022

11:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET

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DATA PUBLICATIONS

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS

Columbia University

• How Much Are Community College Graduates Earning Two Years Later?

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Consumer Price Index: 2021 in Review
• Employment Peaks by County, 1975–2020
• Western Manufacturing Employment: Trends and Peaks Over 30 Years

Census Bureau

• Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 7 Weekly Data Release
• Those Who Married Once More Likely Than Others to Have Retirement Savings
• U.S. Retail Sales Top $5,570 Billion

Economic Research Service

• The Economic Impacts of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture
• Less Internet Access Available for Rural Residents in Counties With Persistent Poverty in the U.S. Deep South and Southwest
• Small Family Farms Produce Majority of Poultry and Eggs, and Hay

Energy Information Administration

• EIA Expects Annual U.S. Crude Oil Production to Surpass Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2023
• U.S. Crude Oil and Natural Gas Proved Reserves, Year-End 2020
• U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Wells by Production Rate

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Corn and Soybean Production up in 2021, USDA Reports, Corn and Soybean Stocks up From Year Earlier, Winter Wheat Seedings up for 2022
• USDA NASS Reschedules 2020 Local Foods Marketing Practices Data Release to April 28

National Center for Education Statistics

• College Affordability Views and College Enrollment
• Students Are More Likely to Attend College if They Believe Family Can Afford to Pay

National Center for Health Statistics

• Decline in Perinatal Mortality in the United States, 2017–2019

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• Federal R&D Funding, by Budget Function: Fiscal Years 2020–22
• The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2022

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Bipartisan Policy Center

• Answering FAQs on Housing Costs and Inflation
• The Future of Work and Implications for Child Care

Brookings Institution

• December’s Jobs Report Reveals a Growing Racial Employment Gap, Especially for Black Women
• Do Sectoral Training Programs Work? What the Evidence on Project Quest and Year up Really Shows
• Is ‘Long COVID’ Worsening the Labor Shortage?
• Why the Pandemic’s Record-Breaking Quit Rates Are a Boon to Workers

Pew Charitable Trusts

• Jail Admissions Have Fallen, but Average Length of Stay Is Up, Study Shows

Pew Research Center

• Some Gender Disparities Widened in the U.S. Workforce During the Pandemic

RAND

• COVID-19 and Workers’ Compensation
• The Role of Education Benefits in Supporting Veterans as They Transition to Civilian Life

Urban Institute

• Balancing at the Edge of the Cliff
• Connecting Home Visiting Families to Early Care and Education Services and Resources
• Defining “Rural” for the Study on Human Services Programs in Rural Contexts
• Findings From an Evaluation of the Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Forces to Combat Human Trafficking
• Following the Money on Fines and Fees
• Three Lessons for Measuring Rural Strengths
• Trends in Small-Group Market Insurance Coverage

FEDERAL RULEMAKING AND 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):

Energy Information Administration

• Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Testing, Evaluation, and Research (February 17, 2022)

National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA

• Aquaculture Surveys—Substantive Change (February 14, 2022)

Office of Management and Budget

• The Interagency Council on Statistical Policy’s Recommendation for a Standard Application Process (SAP) for Requesting Access to Certain Confidential Data Assets (March 15, 2022)