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BEA to restore LAPI program

by Greg Roth
2014-03-27

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has announced that it will restore a portion of statistical detail to its Local Area Personal Income (LAPI) program.

Peg Young discusses county level data at BTS

by Greg Roth
2014-03-25

Peg Young from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) discusses county-level data.

APDU calling on Congress to restore and modernize BLS budget

by Greg Roth
2014-03-20

APDU is calling on the House and Senate to increase the total BLS budget request to $631.4 million.

Ian Mead Discusses Cuts to BEA Data

by Greg Roth
2014-03-13

Yesterday on the Introduction to Data Sets webinar with the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Ian Mead (Chief, Regional Product Division) gave an overview of BEA’s data products and answered questions from APDU members.

APDU Joins 100+ Orgs in Defense of ACS

by Greg Roth
2014-03-11

Good news from the Hill: the move to re-introduce an unpopular bill in committee that would affect the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey has failed.

Late last week, word leaked that House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) would present the bill for markup on Wednesday, March 12. Organized by The Census Project, APDU joined over 100 other organizations in a letter to the committee leadership urging the Census Bureau’s authorizing committee not to bring up the Poe bill, which would make ACS response voluntary, for a vote this week.

A Public Data Look at the President’s FY2015 Budget

by Greg Roth
2014-03-05

On Tuesday, the President released his FY2015 budget, which includes funds allocated to the federal statistical agencies. Here’s a sampling of reactions and break downs of the President’s proposal.

APDU Signs on to Letter Concerning Missouri Legislation

by Greg Roth
2014-02-06

The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) joined the Marketing Research Association (MRA) and the American Statistical Association (ASA) to express concern proposed legislation in the Missouri House of Representatives. A proposed bill by Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-158), H.B. 1485, could increase the cost of Missouri state government agencies’ research efforts and jeopardize the representativeness and reliability of that research.