Features   OMB Asks Agencies to Plan for 5% Reductions in FY17 Although Congress is just beginning the process of working to enact fiscal year (FY) 2016 appropriations for federal agencies and programs, agency officials… 

Features     LMI Institute Data Confidentiality & Access Release The Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness and the Labor Market Information Institute are proud to announce the release of a new study, entitled, ?Balancing Confidentiality… 

Features   APDU 2015 Annual Conference   September 1 – 2, 2015 DoubleTree by Hilton Crystal City     Agenda   Register   Reserve A Room   Be A Sponsor     What ACS Data Users Are Saying… 

Features   Census Bureau Retains ACS Questions After receiving 1,700 public comments that highlighted important uses of data from the ACS marital history and field of undergraduate degree questions, the Census Bureau is proposing to… 

Features   An Important Improvement in the Consumer Price Index The state-of-the-art processes implemented by BLS provide key new flexibilities and efficiencies in calculating and measuring price changes in the economy. It?s important to note… 

Features   American Community Survey (ACS) Data Products Survey The U.S. Census Bureau?s American Community Survey Office (ACSO) is conducting a survey to gather data user feedback on ACS data products. You are invited to… 

Features     Request for Input on Key ACS Issues and Data User Needs The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) and Sabre Systems created a brief survey to collect input from ACS Data Users Group members… 

Features     Announcing the Data.gov Help Desk Data.gov launches a new data driven customer service platform to request data and report problems or improvements with existing data.   News   C-SPAN Program Features BLS… 

Features   Warner, Hatch Introduce Bipartisan Geospatial Data Act Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have introduced the bipartisan Geospatial Data Reform Act to improve oversight and reduce duplication in the management… 

Features   Ian Kalin, center, talks about the Energy Department’s Green Button initiative at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2012. Kalin is now the first chief data officer in Commerce Department history. (Kevin Krejci/Flickr)   Commerce Department… 

Features   Two Important Events on Fed Stats On Thursday, March 12, two events that will be of interest to APDU members took place. Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson and Chief Financial Officer Joanne… 

Features   Chairman of House Funding Panel Shows Concern on ACS APDU Board Member Steve Pearson evaluates an exchange between new Chairman John Culberson of the House Funding Panel for Commerce, Justice, and Science and…