APDU Weekly – August 25, 2022

August 25, 2022

FEATURE

APDU Annual Conference Spotlight: IGNITE Lightning Rounds

The popular IGINITE rounds are back again at this year’s APDU Annual Conference. These will be quick-hitting 5-minute presentations on various topics of data interest.

NEWS

A New U.S. Data Privacy Bill Aims to Give You More Control Over Information Collected About You – And Make Businesses Change How They Handle Data

Almost Half of U.S. States See Jobless Rate Drop to or Below 3%

APDU Board Member: July Jobs Report 2022 – Are we Headed Back to Routine?

New Director Hopes to Give the Census Bureau a Human Face

‘Starting to Turn’: Cooling Labor Market Shifts Power Back to Bosses

The Remote Work Revolution is Already Reshaping America

COVID-19 NEWS

After Criticism Over COVID, the CDC Chief Plans to Make the Agency More Nimble

Health, Economic Disparities Continue to Affect Coronavirus Hot Spots

Information About COVID-19 In Jails is Lacking Nationwide

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

Building Permits Survey

State Energy Portal: Updated Analyses and Quick Facts

DATA VISUALIZATION

Comparing U.S. Federal Spending with Revenue

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau

2010 Census Demonstration Data Product

August 31, 2022

3:00 – 4:00 PM ET

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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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APDU EVENTS

Association of Public Data Users

Association of Public Data Users (APDU) Annual Conference

September 20, 2022

Online or In-person

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APDU Online Training Class

Power BI Basics

September 27, 29 and October 4, 6, 2022

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET

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APDU Online Training Class

Data Visualization with Tableau

November 2 – 4, 2022

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM ET

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EVENTS

Community Indicators Consortium

The Future of: Communities – CIC Impact Summit

September 20 – 21, 2022

Online or In-person

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American Planning Association

2022 APA Policy and Advocacy Conference

September 28 – 29, 2022

Online

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American Statistical Association

2022 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference

October 6 – 8, 2022

St. Louis, MO

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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

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Bureau of Justice Statistics

Analyzing Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey Workshop (American Society of Criminology Conference)

November 15, 2022

Atlanta, GA

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DATA PUBLICATIONS

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 

Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies

• The State of the Nation’s Housing 2022

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Economic Analysis

• Activities of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Multinational Enterprises, 2020

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Men Spent 5.6 Hours per Day in Leisure and Sports Activities, Women 4.9 Hours, in 2021
• Prices for Import Semiconductors up Over the Past 12 Months
• Producer Prices up 9.8 Percent From July 2021 to July 2022
• U.S. Terms of Trade with China up 6.7 Percent From July 2021 to July 2022

Census Bureau

• Census Bureau’s 2022 Back-to-School Guide for Teachers
• Census Bureau Invites Public Input on Designing 2030 Census
• Census Bureau Releases First in a Series of 2020 Census Quality Reports
• Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.5 Monthly Data Release

Economic Research Service

• Food Expenditure Series
• Time-Series Methods for Forecasting and Modeling Uncertainty in the Food Price Outlook

Energy Information Administration

• Construction Cost Data for Electric Generators Installed in 2020
• Daily U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Hit a Record in Mid-July
• EIA Expects Production of Global Liquid Fuels to Outpace Consumption in 2022
• Most U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production Capacity at the Start of 2022 Was in the Midwest
• OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet
• U.S. Natural Gas Exports to Mexico Are Increasing at the West Texas Border

Federal Reserve Bank of New York 

• Rate of Transitions to a Different Employer Slows over the Past Year

National Center for Education Statistics

• NCES Releases the Back-to-School Fast Fact for 2022-23 School Year
• New Report Releases Data on Postsecondary Tuition, Fees and Degrees
• Postsecondary Institutions and Cost of Attendance in 2021-22; Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2020-21, and 12-Month Enrollment: 2020-21
• What Do NCES Data Tell Us About America’s Kindergartners?

National Center for Health Statistics

• QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥65 Years Who Drank Four or More Alcoholic Drinks Per Week, by Sex and Age — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020
• U.S. State Life Tables, 2020

Statistics of Income Division

• Late-May Filing Season Statistics by AGI, Tax Year 2021

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Kaiser Family Foundation

• COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by Race/Ethnicity: Current Data and Changes Over Time

Pew Research Center

• Many Americans Say They Have Shifted Their Priorities Around Health and Social Activities During COVID-19

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)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (August 30, 2022)

Census Bureau

• Generic Clearance for Census Bureau Field Tests and Evaluations (September 26, 2022)
• Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research (August 29, 2022)
• National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (September 17, 2022)
• Soliciting Input or Suggestions on 2030 Census Preliminary Research (November 15, 2022)
• Survey of Income and Program Participation (September 21, 2022)

 Institute of Education Sciences

• National Public Education Financial Survey (NPEFS) 2022-2024 (September 21, 2022)
• National Teacher and Principal Survey of 2023-2024 (NTPS 2023-24) Preliminary Field Activities (October 3, 2022)
• Study of the Impact of English Learner Reclassification Policies (October 17, 2022)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Organic Survey (September 13, 2022)