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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…
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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…
APDU Election Candidate Statements
The APDU election is underway and two candidates are up for election for Secretary and At-Large positions on the Board of Directors: Sarah Burgoyne of Claritas and Ron Nakao of Stanford University. See below their…
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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…
Telling Your Story Through Data Visualization
Translating and analyzing big data using charts, graphics, and images is becoming more and more necessary for decision-making. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce some basic concepts to help guide the selection of…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
Trump Administration Indicates Support of 2020 Census
The Full House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on October 12 provided some reasons for optimism regarding the Trump Administration’s support of the Census Bureau. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testified before the committee and…
APDU Elections Committee Asks for Nominations
The Elections Committee is governed by the APDU By-Laws, Article 5. The Committee is preparing a slate of candidates for Secretary and an At-Large Board Member. Incumbent Secretary Sarah Burgoyne has decided to seek a…
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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…
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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…