APDU Weekly – July 21, 2022

July 21, 2022

FEATURE

Registration Now Open: Power BI Basics Training

We are excited to invite you to participate in our Power BI Basics training. Following her April 2022 Webinar Microsoft Power BI®: Creating an Interactive Text and Data Visualization Tool for a 21st Century Workforce, instructor Cynthia Sundahl, MPA, MA will be offering a 4 session virtual training that takes attendees through the steps to create a report and share it on the web.

INSTRUCTOR: Cynthia Sundahl, MPA, MA, Analyst, California Employment Development Department

NEWS

Bill Attempts to Prevent Political Meddling in U.S. Head Count 

Documents Show the Secret Strategy Behind Trump’s Census Citizenship Question Push

Inflation Roared in June, Hitting 40-Year High of 9.1%, Well Above Forecasts 

New ADP National Employment Report to Launch Late Summer 2022

The Borg of the Gargoyles

The Least Diverse Cities and Most Common Statues in America. And More!

White House Wants Agencies to Increase, Improve Collection of LGBTQ Data

COVID-19 NEWS

A Fourth COVID Vaccine is Cleared for Use in the United States

COVID Rises Across U.S. Amid Muted Warnings and Murky Data

Millions of U.S. Workers Lack Paid Time off as COVID Infections Rise Again 

Watchdog: CDC Needs Automation to Fix Clunky COVID-19 Tracking for Airlines

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

USDA’s New Interactive Visualization Tool Aids Exploration of Global Agricultural Trends

DATA VISUALIZATION

Mapped: The Top U.S. Imports by State

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau

Data.census.gov Q&A Webinar 

July 27, 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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Census Bureau 

Data for Congressional and State Legislative Districts

August 25, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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EVENTS

National Association of Counties

2022 Annual Conference & Exposition

July 21 – 24, 2022

Adams County, CO

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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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National Center for Education Statistics

2022 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, “DATA for DEIA: Using Data to Improve Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility”

August 8 – 12, 2022

Virtual

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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.

More Information 

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

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Economic Analysis

• National, Industry, and State Annual Updates Coming Sept. 29-30

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Comparing the Number of Job Openings With Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization
• Consumer Prices up 9.1 Percent Over the Year Ended June 2022, Largest Increase in 40 Years
• Growth Trends for Selected Occupations Considered at Risk From Automation
• Real Average Hourly Earnings Down 3.6 Percent Over the 12 Months Ending June 2022

Census Bureau

• A State’s Median Age Does Not Tell the Whole Story
• Annual Survey of Manufactures Industrial Robotic Equipment: 2018 and 2019
• Census Bureau Appoints Eight New Members to National Advisory Committee
• Census Bureau Releases Schedule for Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Statistics and American Community Survey Estimates
• Data Collection Begins for New Business Trends and Outlook Survey
• Marriage Prevalence for Black Adults Varies by State
• Most Kids with Parent in Same-Sex Relationship Live with Female Couple
• Next 2020 Island Areas Censuses Data Product To Be Released in October

Energy Information Administration

• EIA Updated Geologic Maps of the Hydrocarbon-Rich Midland Basin Spraberry Formation
• Renewable Identification Number Prices for Ethanol and Biomass-Based Diesel Remain High
• Second-Quarter U.S. Gasoline Consumption Has Been Less Than During 2021
• U.S. Monthly Average Henry Hub Spot Price Nearly Doubled in 12 Months
• U.S. Natural Gas Supply and Demand Balance Shifts Amid Outage at Freeport LNG

National Center for Health Statistics

• Changes in Births by Month: United States, 2021
• QuickStats: Percentage of Uninsured Adults Aged 18−64 Years, by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Selected Asian Subgroups — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019−2020
• Trends and Characteristics in Gestational Diabetes: United States, 2016–2020
• Update to Provisional Drug Overdose Deaths from 12 Months Ending in February 2022

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• National Survey of College Graduates: 2017

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

• Passenger Origin-Destination Survey Report (August 15, 2022)

Census Bureau

• Annual Survey of School System Finances (August 14, 2022)
• Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research (August 29, 2022)
• Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (July 22, 2022)

Institute of Education Sciences

• 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Field Test—Institution Contacting and List Collection (August 15, 2022)
• 2024 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2024) Main Study Recruitment and Field Test (August 1, 2022)
• National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2022-2024 (August 8, 2022)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Land Leasing Survey in Oklahoma (August 10, 2022)
• Organic Survey (September 13, 2022)