Candidate for President: Mary Jo Hoeksema Since January 2004, Mary Jo Hoeksema has been the Director of Government Affairs for the Population Association of America and Association of Population Centers. In addition to representing PAA and…
APDU is opening registration for the 2020 Annual Conference, set to be held at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, VA on July 29-30, 2020. Trending issues in the world of data – issues of privacy, accuracy, and access – are profoundly changing how we think about the collection, production, sharing, and use of data. Register for the APDU Annual Conference today to learn how the coronavirus is impacting public data and evidence-based policymaking. Attendees will also hear about outcomes from the decennial census and the privacy and public health issues that are impacting it in 2020.
APDU is welcoming proposals on any topic related to the privacy, accuracy, and access of public data. Proposals can be for a single presentation or panel, whether based on a particular project, data practice, or formal paper. In keeping with the theme of the conference, our interest is in highlighting the breadth of public data to both producers and consumers of public data. Deadline: February 28, 2020.
The House has passed appropriations bills to the Senate for FY2020, and there are important developments for statistical agencies. The Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) each received modest to substantial increases in their budgets.
On November 18, APDU hosted a webinar on new measures taken by the Census Bureau to protect respondent privacy in the decennial census known as “differential privacy.” Below are follow-up answers to questions from the question and answer portion of the webinar.
Candidate for Treasurer: Mauricio Ortiz, Chief, Regional Income Division, US Bureau of Economic Analysis I have served as Treasurer of APDU for the last four years while I have continued to work for the U.S.…
Congratulations to this year’s winners! Register for the 2019 APDU Annual Conference today to learn from awardees about how they created these excellent visualizations.
Although many APDU Conference attendees show up to share information about their government agencies’ data products, private companies like PolicyMap have a compelling business reason to attend: it’s the easiest, most reliable way to learn about what’s in store for data, and data is our lifeblood.
The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) is pleased to announce the 2019 Data Viz Awards. We are once again soliciting creative and meaningful graphic designs that use publicly-available data (for example, data from the Census Bureau or Bureau of Labor Statistics) to convey a compelling point or story.
The 2019 APDU Annual Conference is welcoming APDU members and friends to join with our theme of “Wide World of Data” by submitting a proposal for a presentation or panel related to public data. The conference, to be held in Arlington, VA in July 2019, brings together data users and data producers for conversations and presentations on a wide variety of data and statistical topics.
Candidate for President: Kevin McAvey, Senior Manager, Manatt Health Bio: Kevin advises states, healthcare providers, and payers on how to leverage public and private data to inform their most pressing policy and program goals. Kevin…
Want to have a hand in shaping the direction of the 2019 APDU Annual Conference? APDU is looking for volunteers to help the Conference Committee put on a great conference. You can help to select topics from our Call for Proposals, help manage selected sessions, and/or contribute to the evaluation and management of the Data Viz Awards. The Annual Conference will be held on July 9-10, 2019 in Arlington, VA.