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Since 1977, the Association of Public Data Users has been advocating for public data and educating our dedicated membership about its value. We have a weekly newsletter, the popular Public Data University, continually growing Annual…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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 the fiscal year that started October 1st.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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 21, from 1-2 p.m. Eastern Time. Please RSVP to thecensusproject@gmail.com as soon as possible if you would like to…
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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…
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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…
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Features Census Releases Updated Workforce Data Tools The U.S. Census Bureau released Version 1.2 of the LED Extraction Tool and QWI Explorer. This update makes the following functionality available: LED Extraction Tool: The Beta…