APDU Weekly – March 31, 2022

March 31, 2022

FEATURE

2022 APDU/CIC Virtual Symposium: Agenda Available

APDU and CIC have released the draft agenda for the Symposium, featuring a focus on equity and resiliency. This year, participants can hear from experts connected with two leading organizations on the effective use of data for transformational change. The Association for Public Data Users (APDU) and Community Indicators Consortium (CIC) are combining dates for a virtual symposium.

Both CIC and APDU members share a vital concern with the responsible and rigorous collection, creation, distribution, preservation, and analysis of data. Take a look at the updated agenda and register today!

NEWS

Census Project: Save The Data That Empowers America

The Economic Impacts of a Census Miscount

Panel Closes in on Federal Data Use Recommendations

Newly Released U.S. Census Records Reveal a Time Capsule of Life in 1950 (March 28)

Health Worker Shortage Forces States to Scramble

A Quarter-Million Qualified Women of Color Are Currently Missing From the Tech Space. Here’s One Solution to the Problem

COVID-19 NEWS

How 10 Largest US Metros Changed in COVID’s 1st Full Year

COVID Pandemic Fueled 2021 Population Drop In 73% Of U.S. Counties

How States Used Their Pandemic Response to Address Health Inequities

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

New RIMS II Multipliers Are Available

DATA VISUALIZATION

DoorDash is Dominating the U.S. Food Delivery Market

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau

Application Programming Interface (API)

April 7, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

More Information

National Science Foundation

Resources for State-Level Science and Engineering Decision-Making

April 21, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

More Information

Census Bureau

Exploring Census Data: Services Sector

April 28, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

More Information

Census Bureau

Top 3 Tools Tour

April 28, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

More Information

Census Bureau

Virtual 1950 Census Records Event

April 1, 2022

Online

More Information

Population Association of America

2022 Annual Meeting

April 6 – 9, 2022

Atlanta, GA & Online

More Information

Association of Public Data Users

Data Symposium 2022, A Future For Good: How Public Data Helps Us Create Resiliency and Equity for All

May 3 – 4, 2022

Virtual Conference

More Information

DATA PUBLICATIONS

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Economic Analysis

• U.S. International Investment Position, Year 2021
• U.S. Current-Account Deficit Widens in 2021
• Personal Income by State, 2021 (Preliminary)

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Pretrial Release and Misconduct in Federal District Courts, Fiscal Years 2011–2018

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• 3 States Had More Than 100-Percent Increase in Job Openings From January 2021 to January 2022
• Labor Market Experience, Education, Partner Status, and Health for those Born 1980-1984 Summary
• Establishment Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Health Care and Social Assistance
• U.S. Export Prices up 16.6 Percent From February 2021 to February 2022
• U.S. Nonfuel Import Prices up 7.2 Percent for the Year Ended in February 2022
• Total Factor Productivity Increases 3.2% In Private Nonfarm Business in 2021
• Final Demand Producer Prices up 10.0 Percent Over Year Ended February 2022
• Diffusion Indexes of State and Metropolitan Area Employment Changes
• The Decline in Employment Dynamism Over the Last Three Decades

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• North American Transborder Freight Value Nears $114 Billion in January 2022; Up 20.6% from January 2021 and 17.1% from Pre-pandemic January 2020

Census Bureau

• U.S. Census Bureau Resources, Data Tools Help Mom and Pop Businesses, Highlight Their Business Impact
• National Archives Will Soon Release 1950 Census, Offering a Look at a Defining Time in Modern U.S. History
• Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 8 Weekly Data Release
• Over Two-Thirds of the Nation’s Counties Had Natural Decrease in 2021
• Domestic Migration Plays Larger Role in Population Growth of Many Counties in Recent Years
• Tuberculosis Deaths in U.S. from 1999-2020

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• Driven by Stimulus Funding, Federal R&D Obligations Increased 18% in 2020; Largest Year-to-Year Change since 1963

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Brookings

• The Supplemental Expenditure Poverty Measure: A New Method for Measuring Poverty

Pew Research

• Financial Issues Top the List of Reasons U.S. Adults Live in Multigenerational Homes

FEDERAL RULEMAKING AND CALLS FOR COMMENT

APDU maintains a list of open calls for comment on proposed federal data collections. We periodically alert APDU members to newly added calls for comment. 

Over the last several weeks, calls for comment on the following proposed data collections were published in the Federal Register (with due date):

Bureau of Labor Statistics –

• Consumer Price Index Housing Survey (April 15, 2022)
• National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (May 2, 2022)

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (April 4, 2022)

Census Bureau

• 2022 Economic Census (April 1, 2022)
• 2020 Post-Census Group Quarters Review (April 21, 2022)
• Business Trends and Outlook Survey (April 26, 2022)
• National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (May 13, 2022)
• Certification of Identity (Form BC-300) (May 17, 2022)

Institute of Educational Science

• Evaluation of the Implementation of the Statewide Family Engagement Centers (April 15, 2022)
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 through 2024-25 (April 26, 2022)
• EDFacts Data Collection School Years 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25 (With 2021-22 Continuation) (April 28, 2022)
• 2024 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024) Main Study Recruitment and Field Test (May 10, 2022)