Features Appropriations Bills Stalled Indefinitely The Senate was preparing to debate the fiscal year (FY) 2015 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill (the bill that funds the National Science Foundation, Census Bureau,…
Features Data Science and Statistics Is Data Science a disruptive anomaly to traditional statisticians? Or, are they one and the same thing with Data Science simply an extension of traditional statistics? There are a number…
Breaking News Amendment Filed Endangering 2020 Census APDU has just learned that Senator David Vitter (R-LA) has filed an amendment to the FY2015 Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill (H.R. 4660), being considered now in…
On an average day in 2013, employed adults living in households with no children under age 18 engaged in leisure activities for 4.5 hours, about an hour more than employed adults living with a child…
Features Thompson discusses continuing struggles of ACS Census Bureau Director John Thompson delivered the morning keynote on the final day of last week?s C2ER Annual Conference and discussed the implications of changing the American Community…
Features Agenda, hotel, vendor details released for APDU 2014 The 2014 APDU Annual Conference takes place in Arlington VA, September 16-17. A draft agenda of the two-meeting is now online, along with hotel…
Features APDU website gets a new face This week, a new, redesigned APDU.org launched. The new site features a sleeker, more modern layout, a mobile-friendly structure, and some new features. One such feature…
Features BEA releases new personal income statistics Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released comprehensive statistics on regional differences in incomes for 50 states and 381 metro areas. For the first time, Americans looking…
Features Announcing APDU member committees Based on feedback from the annual membership survey, APDU is rolling out a few committees for members to serve on as advisors to the Board and staff. If…
Features This week in data advocacy A number of bills and advocacy efforts related to public and open data have been in the news in the past week. Three years in the making,…
Features Public data making rounds in the media Government officials, advocates, and journalists are making the case for preserving public data. Read pieces from Forbes, The Hill, the Washington Post, and others on the APDU blog.…
Features Budget news for BEA and BLS; Commerce strategic plan The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has announced that it will restore a portion of statistical detail to its Local Area Personal Income (LAPI)…