APDU co-chairs new Friends of BLS group
APDU is co-chairing a new effort to educate decision-makers on the work done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Friends of BLS.
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.
Public data making the rounds in the media
As the appropriations process gears up on Capitol Hill, government officials, advocates, and journalists are making the case for preserving public data.
BEA to restore LAPI program
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
Peg Young from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) discusses county-level data.
APDU calling on Congress to restore and modernize BLS budget
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
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
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
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
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.
Sequestration-Related Budget Cuts; Regional, State, and Local Impacts
APDU has compiled a brief summary of sequestration-related budget cuts by government agency. These items were chosen specifically for their potential impact on regional/state, and local programs. Please take a moment to read through this list and let us know if you or your organization has been impacted in any way by sequestration.
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