APDU Weekly – September 15, 2022

September 15, 2022

FEATURE

Last Chance to Register!

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 

This year, APDU is partnering with the Community Indicators Consortium (CIC) and the Projections Managing Partnership (PMP) on content throughout the week. Your registration for the APDU Annual Conference will also provide access to the CIC and PMP conferences in the days following the September 20 event. Registration does not include the PMP Summit on Friday, September 23rd, that day is by invitation only. 

Join APDU, CIC, and the LMI Institute September 20 – 23 to hear from experts and data leaders about current innovations and ideas in the public data, community indicators, and projections data space. To learn more about each event, explore the detailed agendas. 

NEWS

Census: Inequality Last Year Grew, but Child Poverty Dropped

Health Insurance Coverage Varies Broadly by Race, Income in the U.S.

Inflation Turns Higher Again in August, Although Posting a Slight Dip Annually

Key U.S. Poverty Measure Hit Record Low in 2021 Largely Due to Federal Aid

Meet Mary Wakefield, the Nurse Administrator Tasked with Revamping the CDC

National Secure Data Service Comes Into Focus Through Semiconductor Bill

State and Local Jobs May Take Until 2026 to Recoup Pandemic Losses

The Federal Government Knows When People Are Born, but Not Always When They Die

U.S. Household Spending Jumped More than Twice as Fast as Incomes Last Year

Women Are Reentering the Workforce, but Black Women Face Continued Hurdles

COVID-19 NEWS

Getting Sick From COVID Knocked 500,000 Workers Out of the Labor Force, a New Study Says. It Shows Why Labor Shortages Are Still Going Strong

New Research Initiative Will Focus On Root Causes of Long COVID

Now We Know How Many People COVID Is Keeping Out of the Workforce – and How Much It’s Costing Employers. Long COVID Is Only the Tip of the Iceberg 

Pandemic Aid Cut U.S. Poverty to New Low in 2021, Census Bureau Report 

The Pandemic’s Surprising Effects on the Workforce

Study Finds ‘Substantial’ Costs on Workers With Severe COVID-19 Illnesses

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

BEA Updating 2017-22 Statistics With Latest Data

Charting New Stories with SF Fed Data Explorer

County Employment and Wages (QCEW) Database Now Fully Updated Through 1st Quarter 2022

New Release: COVID-19 Data from Selected Hospitals (thru May 2022) 

DATA VISUALIZATION

Mapped: Countries With the Highest Flood Risk

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau 

Your Tribal Nation by the Numbers: Accessing American Indian and Alaska Native Statistics

September 27, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau 

Using the American Community Survey Summary File

September 28, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

More Information 

Census Bureau

Exploring Census Data: Professional, Personal, and Other Services Sectors

September 29, 2022

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET

More Information 

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

More Information

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

More Information

American Statistical Association

2022 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference

October 6 – 8, 2022

St. Louis, MO

More Information

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

More Information 

American Public Health Association

APHA 2022 – Annual Meeting & Expo

November 6 – 9, 2022

Boston, MA

More Information 

Bureau of Justice Statistics

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

November 15, 2022

Atlanta, GA

More Information

DATA PUBLICATIONS

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS 

Carnegie Mellon University

• Carnegie-Mellon Researchers Published Report on Statistical Uncertainty in Census Bureau Data

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• 5.6 Percent of People Not in Labor Force Wanted a Job in August 2022
• A Profile of the Working Poor, 2020
• Consumer Spending on Public Transportation Rebounded in 2021 After Large Decline in 2020
• Consumer Unit Expenditures in 2021 Were $66,928; a 9.1% Increase from 2020
• Employment is Projected to Increase by 8.3 Million Jobs from 2021 to 2031
• Employment up in 42 of 51 Large Metro Areas for the Year Ended July 2022
• Lights, Camera, Action! Georgia Leads in Job Growth for Motion Picture and Video Industries
• Payroll Employment up by 315,000 in August 2022

Census Bureau

• 2021 Income Inequality Increased for First Time Since 2011
• Census Bureau to Embargo 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates
• Child Poverty Fell to Record Low 5.2% in 2021
• Full-Time, Year-Round Workers More Likely to be Uninsured in 2021
• Government Assistance Lifts 45.4 Million Out of Poverty in 2021
• Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2021
• Income in the United States: 2021
• Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2021
• Poverty in the United States: 2021
• Uninsured Rate of U.S. Children Fell to 5.0% in 2021

Economic Research Service

• Household Food Security in the United States in 2021
• Statistical Supplement to Household Food Security in the United States in 2021

Energy Information Administration

• Carbon Intensity of U.S. Power Generation Continues to Fall but Varies Widely by State
• Distillate Stocks in U.S. New England and Central Atlantic States Fall to Low Levels 
• EIA Expects High Prices for Natural Gas This Winter as Global Consumption Remains High and Inventories Low
• In the First Half of 2022, 24% Of U.S. Electricity Generation Came from Renewable Sources
• OPEC Oil Export Revenues Forecast to Increase in 2022 but Decline in 2023

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• USDA Forecasts U.S. Corn, Soybean, and Cotton Production Down From 2021

National Center for Education Statistics

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

National Center for Health Statistics

• Identifying Co-occurring Disorders Among Patients with an Opioid- involved Hospital Encounter Using National Hospital Care Survey Data

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Suicide Rates, by Urbanization Level and Sex — National Vital Statistics System, 2020

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Brookings

• A ‘New Great Migration’ Is Bringing Black Americans Back to the South

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 Labor Statistics

• Multiple Worksite Report and the Report of Federal Employment and Wages (October 6, 2022)

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• National Census of Ferry Operators (NCFO) (October 31, 2022)

Census Bureau

• American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey (November 14, 2022)
• Generic Clearance for Census Bureau Field Tests and Evaluations (September 26, 2022)
• Inflation Measures for Adjusting Historical Income (October 31, 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

• IES Research Training Program Surveys (November 7, 2022)
• 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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• Standard Application Process (SAP) Portal (October 31, 2022)

Office of Science and Technology Policy

• Equitable Data Engagement and Accountability (October 3, 2022)