APDU Weekly – September 1, 2022

September 1, 2022

FEATURE

Conference Starts in 19 Days!

Regardless of your experience in the field – Get ahead at APDU Annual Conference

• Entry-level professionals will gain access to Federal agency staff, learn about new research techniques, and meet with other peers in field.
• Mid-career will learn about integrating DEI considerations into your data work.
• Senior leaders will hear from agency leadership and their thoughts on the direction of the Federal statistical system and network with experienced members concerned with public data.

NEWS

Breakthroughs for All: Delivering Equitable Access to America’s Research

Census Director Is a Chicano Who Photographed Bands at SXSW and Used Tortilla Dough to Fish

For the First Time, Government Asks Public for Input on Census Design

Inflation Slowed In July as Effects Linger, Agency Report

OMB Launches New Public Listening Sessions on Federal Race and Ethnicity Standards Revision

Remembering Dale Jorgenson

USDA Lowers Its 2022–2023 All-Milk Price Forecast

U.S. Job Growth Through March to Be Revised Higher – BLS

COVID-19 NEWS

The World Is Moving on From the Pandemic. Not These COVID Long-Haulers.

Up to 4 Million People May Be Out of Work Due to Long COVID, New Research Suggests

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

Coal Data Browser

Electricity Data Browser

OECD Child Well-being Dashboard

DATA VISUALIZATION

Mapped: The Wealthiest Billionaire in Each U.S. State in 2022

UPCOMING WEBINARS

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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Census Bureau

Release of 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates

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

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• Impact of COVID-19 on State and Federal Prisons, March 2020–February 2021
• Jails in Indian Country, 2021, and the Impact of COVID-19, July–December 2020

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• 55.3 Percent of 16- To 24-Year-Olds Employed in July 2022, up From 54.4 Percent in July 2021
• Employment in Idaho and Utah Over 6.0 Percent Higher Than Pre-recession Levels
• Employment up in 349 of the 355 Largest U.S. Counties From March 2021 to March 2022
• Fatal Work Injuries to Black or African American Workers Down in 2020
• From 2019 to 2021, 3.6 Million Workers Displaced From Jobs They Held for at Least 3 Years
• Peoria, IL, Has Largest County 1st Quarter 2022 Over-The-Year Wage Gain at 25.8%
• Total Factor Productivity Fell in 60 of 86 4-Digit NAICS Manufacturing Industries in 2020

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• North American Transborder Freight up 21.8% in June 2022 from June 2021

Census Bureau

• Census Bureau to Announce Findings for National 2021 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage Statistics
• The Opportunity Project: Census Innovation Expands its Focus to Puerto Rico

Economic Research Service

• China’s Import Potential for Beef, Corn, Pork, and Wheat
• COVID-19 Working Paper: Farm Sector Financial Ratios: Pre-COVID Forecasts and Pandemic Performance for 2020
• Food-Safety Practices and Rule Coverage Vary Among Post-Harvest Handlers of Fresh Produce, ERS Survey Finds
• Researchers Develop Method To Estimate Economic Impact of Foodborne Illness Outbreak Response
• The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker Program in 2020

Energy Information Administration

• 2020 Inflation-Adjusted U.S. Energy Expenditures Lowest Since 2002
• Crude Oil Production in Texas’s Eagle Ford Region Has Been Increasing Since February 2022
• Owners of Coal-Fired Generating Plants Seek Greater Fuel Flexibility
• U.S. Capacity to Convert Waste to Energy Declines After Remaining Steady Since 1994
• U.S. Natural Gas Price Saw Record Volatility in the First Quarter of 2022

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

• Shift to Working from Home Diminished Large Cities’ Productivity Premium

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• USDA Announces Details for the Upcoming Census of Agriculture

National Center for Education Statistics

• Women’s Equality Day: The Gender Wage Gap Continues

National Center for Health Statistics

• Births in the United States, 2021
• Estimates of Emergency Department Visits in the United States, 2016-2019
• Physical Activity Among Adults Aged 18 and Over: United States, 2020
• Q&A: Physical Activity in Adults Aged 18 Years and Over: United States, 2020
• QuickStats: Deaths Involving Exposure to Excessive Heat, by Sex — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 1999–2020

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• Digitalization, Cloud Computing, and Innovation in U.S. Businesses

Statistics of Income Division

• Estate Tax Returns, Filing Year 2020

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Brookings

• Auditing the Prescription Drug Consumer Price Index In a Changing Marketplace
• New Data Shows Long COVID Is Keeping as Many as 4 Million People Out of Work

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):

Census Bureau

• Generic Clearance for Census Bureau Field Tests and Evaluations (September 26, 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)
• School Pulse Panel 2022 Quarter 4 Revision (September 26, 2022)
• Study of the Impact of English Learner Reclassification Policies (October 17, 2022)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Organic Survey (September 13, 2022)