APDU Weekly – July 7, 2022

July 7, 2022

FEATURE

Registration Now Open: 2022 Annual Conference

Attend the 2022 APDU Annual Conference to learn more about the future of public data – attendees will hear from leaders such as Census Bureau Director Rob Santos. Join us for a networking lunch and happy hour at the end of the day to reconnect with peers.

• Reconnect with other public data users
• Influence the future of equity in public data
• Celebrate (or critique) the state of public data

NEWS

Behavioral Issues, Absenteeism at Schools Increase, Federal Data Shows

Celebrating Our Day of Independence as a Wonderfully More Diverse People

Inflation’s Impact on Data Centers

Introducing a New Weekly Column: “The Department of Data”

Job Openings Drop Slightly to 11.3 Million but Remain Elevated

Moving Closer to a Federal Data Privacy Act: House Subcommittee Advances American Data Privacy and Protection Act to Full Committee

Number of Open Jobs In U.S. Fell In May — Here’s What It Means For The Labor Shortage

U.S. Continues to Get Older and More Diverse, New Estimates Show

COVID-19 NEWS

COVID Was a Leading Cause of Death for 2020, 2021 

Maternal Deaths in U.S. Saw Substantial Increase at Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic 

How Common Is Long COVID? More Common Than You’d Think

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

Fresh Genetics Data, Available Fast 

My Community Explorer Tool Update 

New Update to Science & Engineering State Indicators

The Redesigned data.census.gov is Here

DATA VISUALIZATION

What Does It Take to be Wealthy in America?

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau

Your Community by the Numbers: Data for Community Development

July 12, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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National Association for Business Economics

Preview of the 2022 Economic Census and Overview of Changes to NAICS and NAPCS

July 13, 2022

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

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National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

Get to Know the Science and Engineering Indicators

July 14, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau

Introduction to American Community Survey Group Quarters Data

July 20, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau

OnTheMap for Emergency Management for Response and Recovery During a Natural Disaster

July 28, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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EVENTS

National Association of County and City Health Officials

NACCHO360

July 19 – 21, 2022 

Atlanta, GA and Virtual

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Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2022 AAEA Annual Meeting

July 31 – August 2, 2022

Anaheim, CA

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National Bureau of Economic Research

24th Annual SSA Research Consortium

August 4 – 5, 2022

Virtual

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American Statistical Association

Joint Statistical Meetings: Statistics: A Foundation for Innovation

August 6 – 11, 2022

Washington, DC

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ICPSR

2022 ICPSR Summer Program: Stats and Methods Courses

May through August

Virtual and/or In-Person in Ann Arbor, MI

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Association of Public Data Users

Association of Public Data Users (APDU) Annual Conference

September 20, 2022

Arlington, VA

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Economic Research Service

International Food Acquisition Research and Methods (iFARM) Workshop

October 20 – 21, 2022

College Park, MD

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Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology

2022 FCSM Research & Policy Conference

October 25 – 27, 2022

Washington, D.C.

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National Association of Health Data Organization (NAHDO)

37th Annual Conference – Putting Healthcare Data to Work

October 25 – 27, 2022

Virtual

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American Public Health Association

APHA 2022 – Annual Meeting & Expo

November 6 – 9, 2022

Boston, MA

More Information 

DATA PUBLICATIONS

BUSINESSES

PolicyMap

• Understand Grade-Schoolers’ Internet and Computer Access in an Era of Remote Education Using New ACS Data

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Employed Women More Likely Than Employed Men to Work at Home on Days They Worked In 2021
• May Jobless Rates Down Over the Year in 385 of 389 Metro Areas; Payroll Jobs up in 122
• Productivity Increases in 24 of 30 Selected Service-Providing Industries in 2021

Census Bureau

• Annual Survey of Manufactures: 2020
• Census Bureau Releases 2019 Nonemployer Statistics
• Nation Continues to Age as It Becomes More Diverse
• New Census Estimates Show Why Some Cities Lost Population in 2021
• Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes Tool Shows What You Might Earn Depending on the College You Attend
• Six States Added to Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

Economic Research Service

• Adult Obesity Prevalence Increased During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Self-Employed Workers Are Less Likely To Have Health Insurance Than Those Employed by Private Firms, Governments
• State SNAP Policies Unlikely to Close Participation Gap Between Seniors and Non-Seniors, Study Shows

Energy Information Administration

• Developers Plan to Add 6 Gigawatts of U.S. Offshore Wind Capacity Through 2029
• Fossil Fuel Sources Accounted For 79% Of U.S. Consumption of Primary Energy in 2021
• U.S. Refinery Capacity Decreased During 2021 for Second Consecutive Year

Federal Reserve Bank of New York 

• Corporate Bond Market Distress Index (CMDI)
• How Equitable Has the COVID Labor Market Recovery Been?

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Corn Planted Acreage Down 4% From 2021, Soybean Acreage up 1% From Last Year
• NASS to Collect Updated Information on Planted Acreage
• United States Hog Inventory Down 1%

National Center for Education Statistics

• Qualifications of Public School Mathematics and Computer Science Teachers in 2017‒18

National Center for Health Statistics

• QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Motor Vehicle Traffic Injury, by Race and Hispanic Origin — United States, 2019 and 2020
• PODCAST: Sleep Difficulties & Patterns Among Americans

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Governing

• Cities Require More Data to Improve Micromobility Projects

Urban Institute

• Children’s Uninsurance Fell between 2019 and 2021, but Progress Could Stall When Pandemic Protections Expire

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 Economic Analysis

• BE-13, Survey of New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (August 28, 2022)
• Direct Investment Surveys: BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (August 30, 2022)
• Direct Investment Surveys: BE-577, Quarterly Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad-Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate (August 15, 2022)
• Renewal of and Changes to BE-120 Benchmark Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and Intellectual Property With Foreign Persons, and Clarifying When BE-140 and BE-180 Benchmark Surveys Are Conducted (August 15, 2022)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (August 9, 2022)
• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (August 30, 2022)

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• Oil and Gas Industry Safety Data (ISD) Program (July 18, 2022)
• Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report (August 15, 2022)

Census Bureau

• 2023 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (July 9, 2022) 
• Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research (August 29, 2022)
• Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records (July 21, 2022)
• Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (July 22, 2022)

Institute of Education Sciences

• 2024 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024) Main Study Recruitment and Field Test (August 1, 2022)
• Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade Field Test Data Collection, National Sampling, and National Recruitment (July 7, 2022)
• National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2022-2024 (August 8, 2022)