The Full House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on October 12 provided some reasons for optimism regarding the Trump Administration’s support of the Census Bureau. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testified before the committee and…
The Elections Committee is governed by the APDU By-Laws, Article 5. The Committee is preparing a slate of candidates for Secretary and an At-Large Board Member. Incumbent Secretary Sarah Burgoyne has decided to seek a…
APDU board member Elizabeth Nash discusses her conference session, “Innovative Approaches to Understanding Our Most Pressing Public Policy Issues: Lessons in Education and Opportunity”, in this blog post. The panel explored the use of public…
At the Washington Briefing at the 2017 APDU Annual Conference, Dale Oak of Oak Federal Solutions gave a great presentation on the most effective ways to educate Congress on the importance of federal data programs.
On Thursday, September 7, the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking released their mandatory report. The report includes over 20 recommendations to facilitate the sharing of data across agencies and the evaluation of federal programs. Click here…
One of APDU’s main goals is to help foster data literacy by bringing together producers of government/public data with users of the data via the APDU weekly newsletter; APDU’s Public Data University; and APDU’s annual…
The upcoming APDU Annual Conference will be one of the first opportunities to hear from the Commission’s Chair Katharine G. Abraham and Co-Chair Ron Haskins following the September release of the Commission’s report.
APDU Past President Warren Brown discusses the how the APDU Conference session “Public Concerns About Privacy in the Use of Administrative Records” will answer your questions about how administrative data can both reduce respondent burden…
Welcome to the monthly APDU Job Board. Members are invited to submit job postings at their organization; the Board also includes a collection of public data-related positions (research, projections, etc.) from a variety of Federal, nonprofit, and…
The 2017 APDU Data Viz Awards winners have been selected by the APDU nominating committee.
APDU has many different types of members, and there are excellent reasons for each type to attend the Annual Conference.
One of the ways that APDU supports the work of the federal data system is through joining with other organizations in offering formal support for the various agencies. APDU recently signed onto a letter of…