Association of Public Data Users
APDU conducted its 2004 annual conference
Politics in Public Data
Mon., October 18 - Wed., October 20, 2004
at the Radisson Old Town in Alexandria, Virginia
The annual APDU conference provides a forum for colleagues to discuss data and public policy issues, keep up with new technologies, and provide input into federal, state, and local data activities. In plenary and breakout sessions, APDU 2004 attendees will hear from noted speakers on a variety of critical strategic, technical and policy topics.
2004 Theme — “Politics in Public Data”
A range of factors – from budget constraints and clashing political and institutional priorities to confidentiality and homeland security concerns – continue to create challenges along the way to ensuring the quality, integrity and applicability of public data; to meeting the needs of users across sectors; and to sustaining the systems that generate and disseminate those data. The uncertainties and implications of election year outcomes add yet another dimension to these issues.