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…
Features Blog Post: APDU President Warren Brown President Brown contributed a post to the APDU blog on the elimination of ACS 3-year data products. The State Data Center Steering Committee followed up with the…
By Warren A. Brown, President, APDU In the Census Bureau publication Budget Estimates, Fiscal Year 2016, As Presented to Congress, February 2015 the Bureau proposed “to terminate permanently the ‘3-Year Data’ Product” of the American…
Features Q&A With BEA Director Brian C. Moyer Brian C. Moyer became the director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) in September 2014. His top priorities include making sure that BEA remains innovative…
Features Census Bureau Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Summary The Census Bureau reports that their ?FY 2016 budget request of $1.5 billion supports the Department of Commerce?s Trade and Investment, Innovation, Environment, and Data goals.?…