APDU Weekly – July 28, 2022

July 28, 2022

FEATURE

Share Your Work! 2022 Annual Conference Poster Session

APDU warmly invites you to submit a poster for the 2022 Annual Conference.

Our association is full of members concerned with the production, dissemination, and use of public data. They are pushing boundaries in public data deployment. Public data covers a wide range of topics and research methods, so we welcome a variety of poster topics. 

NEWS

5 Economic Forces Behind the Fed’s Next Rate-Hike Decision

Study: Millennials Didn’t Stray Far From Where They Grew Up

The Census Bureau Resets with a New Five-Year Strategic Plan

The U.S. Rate of C-Section Births Continues to Climb

Top Federal Reserve Officials Say They Misread Inflation and Now Plan to Correct the Course

What is a ‘Household’?

Workplace Violence Report Looks at 27 Years of Data

COVID-19 NEWS

Biden Administration Wants New Vaccines That Protect Against COVID-19 Infection from Multiple Variants

House Passes Bill for Research on Cognitive Effects of Coronavirus, 69 Republicans Vote ‘No’

Omicron BA.5 Makes up 82% Of COVID Variants in U.S., CDC Says

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

Census Bureau Releases New Data Tool, Data Tables and Research Paper on Young Adult Migration

DATA VISUALIZATION

A Lifetime’s Consumption of Fossil Fuels, Visualized

UPCOMING WEBINARS

National Center for Health Statistics

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measures in National Center for Health Statistics Data Systems

August 2, 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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Center for Data Innovation

How Can the United States Address the Data Divide?

August 30, 2022

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

More Information

Census Bureau

The American Community Survey: A Comprehensive Look

September 1, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau

Statistics in Schools and American Community Survey Data for Classrooms

September 7, 2022

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau

Data Access and Cross Tabulation Using MDAT

September 8, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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EVENTS

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

More Information 

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

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 

Cornell University ILR School

• Making Sense of Census Data

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 

• Balancing Data Privacy and Usability in the Federal Statistical System (paywall)

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Economic Analysis

• Direct Investment by Country and Industry, 2021

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Federal Deaths in Custody and During Arrest, 2020 – Statistical Tables
• Indicators of Workplace Violence, 2019

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• How Parents Used Their Time in 2021
• Median Weekly Earnings Increased 5.2 Percent for the Year Ended in the Second Quarter of 2022
• Producer Prices for Goods Up 17.9 Percent From June 2021 to June 2022
• U.S. Export Prices Up 18.2 Percent From June 2021 to June 2022
• U.S. Import Prices for Natural Gas Increase 165.5 Percent for the Year Ended June 2022

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• Air Travel Consumer Report: Consumer Complaints Down from April, Still More Than 200 Percent Above Pre-Pandemic Levels
• First Quarter 2022 Average Air Fare Increases 16.9% from First Quarter 2021

Census Bureau

• Children Continue to be More Involved in Some Extracurricular Activities
• Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.5 Monthly Data Release
• Teachers Are Among Most Educated, Yet Their Pay Lags
• There’s No Place Like (Close to) Home

Economic Research Service

• U.S. Agricultural Trade Showed Resiliency Through COVID-19 Pandemic

Energy Information Administration

• EIA Statement on the Hourly Electric Grid Monitor
• Energy Use Fell During 2020 in All U.S. States Except Alaska
• The United States Became the World’s Largest LNG Exporter in the First Half of 2022
• U.S. Refined Coal Production and Consumption Declines with the Expiration of a Tax Credit
• U.S. Uranium Concentrate Production in 2021 Remained Near All-Time Lows

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• United States Cattle Inventory Down 2%

National Center for Health Statistics

• National Hospital Care Survey Demonstration Projects: Characteristics and Mortality Outcomes of Opioid-involved Hospital Encounters with Co-occurring Disorders
• QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Drug Overdose Death Rates Among Workers Aged 16–64 Years in Usual Occupation Groups with the Highest Drug Overdose Death Rates — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2020
• Urban–Rural Differences in Drug Overdose Death Rates, 2020

MEDIA

Bloomberg

• U.S. Inflation to Stay Well Above Fed’s Target

Government Technology

• By the Numbers: The Government Technology Workforce

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Brookings

• June’s Jobs Report Show Warning Signs for Workers of Color

Pew Research Center

• Young Adults in U.S. Are Much More Likely Than 50 Years Ago to Be Living in a Multigenerational Household

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 Justice Statistics

• Reinstatement, With Change, of a Previously Approved Collection for Which Approval Has Expired: National Inmate Survey in Jails (NIS-4J) (August 19, 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 Census Bureau Field Tests and Evaluations (September 26, 2022)
• Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research (August 29, 2022)
• Household Pulse Survey (August 19, 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)
• International Computer and Information Literacy Study (ICILS 2023) Main Study Questionnaire Revision (August 22, 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)