Welcome to the monthly APDU Job Board. Members are invited to submit job postings at their organization; the Board also includes a collection of public data-related positions (research, projections, etc.) from a variety of Federal, nonprofit, and…
Feature Coordinating America?s Geospatial Data A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have introduced the Geospatial Data Act to coordinate the federal government?s efforts to collect and manage geospatial data. Many federal agencies collect geospatial…
Feature Census: Budget Would Deal 2020 Count Critical Blow Representatives of a coalition of census stakeholders expressed concern the Trump administration?s proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget for the Census Bureau ?woefully underfunds preparations for…
Feature Announcing the 2017 APDU Annual Conference! Packed with more content than ever before, join us for a conference that promises to grapple with the key issues of the day: the federal budget?s…
Feature U.S. Census Director Resigns Over Funding of 2020 Count The director of the U.S. Census Bureau is resigning, leaving the agency leaderless at a time when it faces a crisis over funding for…
Feature Analysis of the Omnibus Appropriations Bill On May 1, Congress announced that a bipartisan deal had been brokered to fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2017. The omnibus…
Feature Trump Mulls Changing Official Unemployment Rate President Trump is considering a move that would increase the official unemployment rate by a full point, and it’s an idea that many liberals would be OK…
Feature Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove Mr. Ballmer has made public a database and a report that he and a small army of economists, professors and other professionals have been assembling…
Feature APDU Conference: Deadline in Two Days! The 2017 APDU Annual Conference will be held on September 13-14, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia at the Residence Inn Arlington/Pentagon City. APDU is welcoming members to…
Feature APDU Conference: Call for Proposals The 2017 APDU Annual Conference will be held on September 13-14, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia at the Residence Inn Arlington/Pentagon City. APDU is welcoming members to join…
Feature 2020 Census Subjects Submitted to Congress The U.S. Census Bureau delivered its planned subjects for the 2020 Census to Congress, which include gender, age, race, ethnicity, relationship and homeownership status. By law, the…
Two former commissioners of the Bureau of Labor Statistics representing both political parties wrote to the leaders of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) opposing the repeal of the OSHA injury recordkeeping rule. This rule requires the collection of injury records of employers dating back five years. Please inform your networks about this important rule and tell them to contact the HELP committee to inform them about the value of this data.