Features Announcing the Commerce Data Usability Project The Commerce Data Usability Service is launching the Commerce Data Usability Project (CDUP), a community-driven public-private partnership to help data scientists, programmers and other users to access…
Features Announcing the 2016 APDU Business Meeting The 2016 Annual Business Meeting & State of the Association will be held on February 16, 2016 at 4:00 PM EST. This is a great opportunity for…
Features Census? CitySDK Named Innovation of the Year The U.S. Census Bureau’s City Software Development Kit (CitySDK) received the FedScoop 50 Award as the federal government’s Innovation of the Year for providing developers with…
Features Job Board January 2016 Happy New Year! APDU is back with a new edition of the Job Board. Thanks for your warm support of the Job Board?s launch – if you have any…
REMINDER: Submit your job postings for next week?s Job Board update! Please send postings to info@apdu.org. Features COSSA Analyzes the Omnibus On December 15, House and Senate negotiators unveiled their final fiscal year…
Features Voting Results Are In! Voting for the APDU Board concluded on December 15, and results are in: Kathy Pettit remains in her At-Large seat, Sarah Burgoyne replaces Ken Hodges as Secretary in a…
Features REMINDER: Board Voting Closes Tuesday Voting for open seats including At-Large, Secretary, and Treasurer closes on Tuesday, December 15. Make sure your voice is heard and vote today! No Funding Increase for…
This update is an APDU member benefit distributed weekly. If you are interested in learning more about APDU membership, please contact Brendan Buff or Spencer Abrams. Features Why Join APDU? Since 1977, the…
Features Commerce Selects First Ever Chief Data Scientist With the launch of the Commerce Data Service (CDS), the U.S. Department of Commerce is taking big steps toward building a data-driven government. Commerce recently announced…
Features Preparing for the 2020 Census: Will the Technology be Ready? The House Subcommittee on Government Operations and Subcommittee on Information Technology recently held a hearing on technology preparedness for the 2020 census. In…
Features Advocate for Important Data Programs Congress and the Administration have reached a budget deal for FY2016 (and FY2017) that will increase the overall spending limit for non-defense discretionary programs by $25 billion for…
Features Canada?s Long-Form Census Could Be Re-Instated? During the campaign, Canada?s Prime Minister-designate, Justin Trudeau, promised the return of the mandatory long-form census. Now researchers are pushing the incoming administration to restore the census…