Feature   White House Nominates New BLS Commissioner The White House nominated William Beach of George Mason University?s Mercatus Center to be Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for a term of four years.… 

Feature   Trump Administration Indicates Support of 2020 Census The Full House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on October 12, 2017 provided some reasons for optimism regarding the Trump Administration’s support of the… 

Feature   2020 Census Needs Major Cash Infusion Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross plans to ask Congress for a major increase in funding to salvage the 2020 Census, a program beset by cost overruns, poor preparation… 

Feature   Podcast: Primer on the CEP Recommendations Some of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking?s (CEP) key recommendations focus on making the most of the data the government already collects by giving qualified researchers greater… 

Feature   APDU Board Member Blog Post on APDU2017 APDU board member Elizabeth Nash discusses her conference session, ?Innovative Approaches to Understanding Our Most Pressing Public Policy Issues: Lessons in Education and Opportunity?, in this… 

Due to the 2017 APDU Annual Conference next Thursday, the APDU Weekly will return on Thursday, September 21, 2017.   Feature   LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER!     Blog Post: Enhancing Data Literacy at #APDU2017… 

Feature     Keynote Speeches on Census, Journalism, Federal System Several keynote speeches and plenary sessions at the conference promise to inform conference attendees of key updates and changes to federal data: At the final… 

Feature   APDU Past President on Admin Data + Privacy APDU Past President Warren Brown writes the how the APDU Conference session “Public Concerns About Privacy in the Use of Administrative Records” will answer your… 

Feature   Announcing: 2017 APDU Data Viz Awards Winners The 2017 APDU Data Viz Awards winners have been selected by the APDU nominating committee. The Association of Public Data Users is pleased to announce an… 

Feature   Board Member Provides FY18 Appropriations Update Last week, Congress adjourned for its traditional August recess, leaving unfinished business, and an unclear path forward, on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 appropriations bills?bills essential to… 

Feature   Why Should You Attend the APDU Annual Conference? The 2017 APDU Annual Conference, to be held on September 13-14, 2017 in Arlington, VA, has something for everyone.   Our breakout sessions on data… 

Feature     The Washington Briefing at the APDU Conference The APDU Annual Conference is designed to inform attendees about the goings-on at the federal statistical agencies, innovations in data analysis and presentation, and how…