Features   Job Board January 2016 Happy New Year! APDU is back with a new edition of the Job Board. Thanks for your warm support of the Job Board?s launch – if you have any… 

REMINDER: Submit your job postings for next week?s Job Board update! Please send postings to info@apdu.org.   Features   COSSA Analyzes the Omnibus On December 15, House and Senate negotiators unveiled their final fiscal year… 

Features   Voting Results Are In! Voting for the APDU Board concluded on December 15, and results are in: Kathy Pettit remains in her At-Large seat, Sarah Burgoyne replaces Ken Hodges as Secretary in a… 

Features   REMINDER: Board Voting Closes Tuesday Voting for open seats including At-Large, Secretary, and Treasurer closes on Tuesday, December 15. Make sure your voice is heard and vote today!   No Funding Increase for… 

  This update is an APDU member benefit distributed weekly. If you are interested in learning more about APDU membership, please contact Brendan Buff or Spencer Abrams. Features   Why Join APDU? Since 1977, the… 

Features   Commerce Selects First Ever Chief Data Scientist With the launch of the Commerce Data Service (CDS), the U.S. Department of Commerce is taking big steps toward building a data-driven government. Commerce recently announced… 

Features   Preparing for the 2020 Census: Will the Technology be Ready? The House Subcommittee on Government Operations and Subcommittee on Information Technology recently held a hearing on technology preparedness for the 2020 census. In… 

Features   Advocate for Important Data Programs Congress and the Administration have reached a budget deal for FY2016 (and FY2017) that will increase the overall spending limit for non-defense discretionary programs by $25 billion for… 

Features   Canada?s Long-Form Census Could Be Re-Instated? During the campaign, Canada?s Prime Minister-designate, Justin Trudeau, promised the return of the mandatory long-form census. Now researchers are pushing the incoming administration to restore the census… 

Features   Apply Now for ACS Data Products Redesign Group In partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) is soliciting applications for membership in a new American Community Survey (ACS) Data… 

Features     Census Project Briefing on 2020 Census Operational Plan Census Bureau Director John Thompson will brief Census Project stakeholders on the 2020 Census Preliminary Operational Plan, via a toll-free call on Wednesday, October… 

Features   Census Bureau Seeks Tribal Leaders Input for 2020 Census Recently, Census Bureau officials met with representatives from the Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes in Minnesota to discuss issues that affect American Indian and…