Features   Opinion: Is There Room for Science and Evidence in Budget? Policymaking informed by evidence can improve outcomes, make public policies more effective and efficient, and help restore flagging trust in our government institutions.… 

Features   New APDU Webinar on Data Documentation The Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) is an international standard for describing survey and other social science data. Documenting research data with DDI facilitates interpretation and understanding ?… 

Features   Why Asking About Citizenship Makes Census Less Accurate Distrust of the government’s intentions toward noncitizens may be hard to overcome, research suggests, and political developments have increased levels of distrust.     Question… 

Features   2018 APDU Annual Conference Begin thinking about your session for the APDU Conference Call for Proposals today. DEADLINE: January 31, 2018     Chief Statistician Request for Information OMB?s Office of Information and Regulatory… 

Features   New APDU Webinar on Census Mapping Tools With the 2020 Census fast approaching, both the Census Bureau and outside stakeholders are working to ensure that the Census is fair and accurate. In turn,… 

Feature   APDU Conference Call for Proposals The 2018 APDU Annual Conference (to be held on July 17-18, 2018 in Arlington, VA) invites APDU members and friends to submit proposals for presentations and panels related… 

Feature   Endangered Data Week: February 26 – March 2, 2018 Endangered Data Week is a new, collaborative effort, coordinated across campuses, nonprofits, libraries, citizen science initiatives, and cultural heritage institutions, to shed light on public… 

Feature   Last Chance to Register for Webinar, Business Meeting A webinar on Data Linkage & Uses of Administrative Records at the U.S. Census Bureau will be held next Wednesday, December 13.  In addition, APDU?s Annual Business… 

Feature   Register Today for APDU Annual Business Meeting APDU?s Annual Business Meeting will be held on December 12. This webinar, free to all APDU members, is a great opportunity to recap 2017, look forward to… 

Feature   Announcing APDU Conference, Data Viz Training, Webinar, Biz Mtg APDU is pleased to announce a new webinar on the Census Bureau?s Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications (CARRA) on December 13, our Annual… 

Feature   CEP Bill Moves Through House In early September 2017, when the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking (CEP) released its final report, The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and… 

Feature   Stop Making Charts When a Table Is Better Charts are cool. But they are not always necessary, or even helpful. Dan Kopf makes a case for the humble, effective table.   The Scottish…