Features New Federal Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking President Obama has signed a bipartisan bill creating a 15-member commission to figure out how to coordinate and use federal data without risking personal information privacy. The…
Features USPTO Puts Data in the Hands of Innovators The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has been in the business of ?open data? since the very beginning of the agency?s history, when President…
Features SCOTUS Ruling: A Blow to Data-Driven Health-Care Policy The Supreme Court?s recent decision in Gobeille v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company delivered a blow against states? efforts to develop data-driven health-care policy. The Court…
Features How to Tell a Compelling Story with Data The way a message is communicated is almost as important as the message itself. Our world is moving towards a more data-oriented approach to decision…
Features National Health Interview Survey Questions May Be Cut The National Center for Health Statistics announced a plan to dramatically overhaul the NHIS and is requesting comments on these changes. This includes a short…
Features How Allegheny County?s is Using Integrated Data Allegheny County, which includes Pittsburgh, is recognized as a leader in using data to improve the results of its human services programs. In particular, the county?s…
Features President?s Budget Backs BEA Efforts Several initiatives contained in President Barack Obama?s recently unveiled budget for fiscal year 2017 would enable BEA to produce economic data that are even more valuable to decision…
Features Annual Business Meeting Recap APDU would like to thank all members who attended our Annual Business Meeting and State of the Association. Members were informed by APDU Board Members and the management team…
Features REMINDER: Annual Business Meeting on Feb 16 The 2016 Annual Business Meeting & State of the Association will be held on February 16, 2016 at 4:00 PM EST. This is a great opportunity…
Features Announcing the Commerce Data Usability Project The Commerce Data Usability Service is launching the Commerce Data Usability Project (CDUP), a community-driven public-private partnership to help data scientists, programmers and other users to access…
Features Announcing the 2016 APDU Business Meeting The 2016 Annual Business Meeting & State of the Association will be held on February 16, 2016 at 4:00 PM EST. This is a great opportunity for…
Features Census? CitySDK Named Innovation of the Year The U.S. Census Bureau’s City Software Development Kit (CitySDK) received the FedScoop 50 Award as the federal government’s Innovation of the Year for providing developers with…