By Claire McKay Bowen and Aaron R. WilliamsImage by Jeremy SeemanBlog is cross posted with Data Rescue Project. Can you answer these questions? If you struggle to answer any of these, you are not alone.…
Quick Summary of the Report The federal statistical system has been struggling with budget constraints for several years. In the first six months of 2025 threats to the integrity of the system increased substantially, including…
The moment many of us in the public data community have feared has come to pass: the President has fired the head of a federal statistical agency because the data are politically inconvenient. Today President…
Join us for the first episode in our new conversation series, Taking Stock: Real-time Reflections on the Public Data and Evidence Ecosystem. In this series, we’ll be taking stock of the sweeping changes to the U.S. data…
On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, over 1,000 staff from the Department of Education were laid off. This includes almost all staff from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), which housed the National Center for Education…
APDU joined co-signing organizations to ask Congress to restore and protect federally-funded data on agency websites and portals. Over 230 organizations and 2,600 individuals signed onto the letter. On February 11, it was transmitted to Senate…
As many of you are aware, on January 31, 2025, the administration began removing crucial data from public, federal government websites, including the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System–information that is used to address critical issues…
Squeezed Out uses practices of critical cartography to better understand complex factors that have contributed to the current state of housing in Raleigh, the Triangle, and beyond. By integrating historic and contemporary data, this research…
Election Results Congratulations to all of our new and returning Board members. We wish you all happy holidays, and we look forward to working together in the new year.
Upcoming Webinars and Events New and Notable What we’re reading this month Advocacy and Comment Opportunities On November 18 we hosted a Town Hall for APDU members to discuss what challenges lie ahead for the…
Upcoming Webinars and Events Upcoming for members only: APDU leadership is organizing a Town Hall on challenges ahead for the federal statistical system. Details will be shared with members soon. If you are not yet an…
Upcoming Webinars and Events Save the date for these three upcoming webinars: New and Notable What we’re reading this month Advocacy and Comment Opportunities Visit us on LinkedIn for the most current calls for comment…