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Features APDU calling on Congress to restore, modernize BLS budget APDU has learned that the Senate and House are developing appropriations proposals that must ready in the next few weeks. To that end,…
Ian Mead Discusses Cuts to BEA Data
Yesterday on the Introduction to Data Sets webinar with the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Ian Mead (Chief, Regional Product Division) gave an overview of BEA’s data products and answered questions from APDU members.
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Features APDU Joins 100+ Organizations in Defense of ACS Good news from the Hill: the move to re-introduce an unpopular bill that would affect the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey has failed. Earlier…
APDU Joins 100+ Orgs in Defense of ACS
Good news from the Hill: the move to re-introduce an unpopular bill in committee that would affect the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey has failed.
Late last week, word leaked that House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) would present the bill for markup on Wednesday, March 12. Organized by The Census Project, APDU joined over 100 other organizations in a letter to the committee leadership urging the Census Bureau’s authorizing committee not to bring up the Poe bill, which would make ACS response voluntary, for a vote this week.
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Feature President Obama Announces his 2015 Budget On Tuesday, the President released his 2015 budget, which includes funds allocated to the federal statistical agencies. Earlier in the week, APDU joined a number of other organizations…
A Public Data Look at the President’s FY2015 Budget
On Tuesday, the President released his FY2015 budget, which includes funds allocated to the federal statistical agencies. Here’s a sampling of reactions and break downs of the President’s proposal.
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Feature 2014 Budget Calls for Cuts to Bureau of Labor Statistics On Friday, January 17, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 providing $592.2 million in funding to the…
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Feature White House Issues Memo on Administrative Data To encourage the greater use of administrative data for statistical purposes, this Memorandum provides agencies with guidance for addressing the legal, policy, and operational issues…
APDU Signs on to Letter Concerning Missouri Legislation
The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) joined the Marketing Research Association (MRA) and the American Statistical Association (ASA) to express concern proposed legislation in the Missouri House of Representatives. A proposed bill by Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-158), H.B. 1485, could increase the cost of Missouri state government agencies’ research efforts and jeopardize the representativeness and reliability of that research.
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Feature APDU Expresses Concerns over MO Telephone Legislation This week, APDU joined the Marketing Research Association (MRA) and the American Statistical Association (ASA) to express concern proposed legislation in the Missouri House of…
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Feature APDU Begins Public Data University Webinar Series Last week, APDU began its year-long Public Data University webinar series, which will examine datasets from the major statistical agencies. The inaugural session featured a…
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Feature Today is Data Innovation Day Data Innovation day is a day long celebration of the benefits generated by the current revolution in data. At events around the world, participants showcased the latest innovations…