APDU Weekly – December 22, 2022

December 22, 2022

FEATURE

2023 ACS Data Users Conference Call for Abstracts Now Extended!

The ACS Data Users Group is seeking short abstracts (350 words or less) for the March 16-18 ACS Data Users Conference. Interested presenters may submit abstracts on any topic relating to ACS data, with the following being of priority to the committee:

• Accuracy of ACS data
• Developing estimates and projections using ACS Data
• Using the ACS to measure trends over time
• ACS data for rural and tribal communities
• Innovations in visualizing/mapping ACS data
• Using the ACS to measure the impact of the coronavirus pandemic
• ACS methods and survey design
• Using the ACS for housing analyses
• Using the ACS to study community health issues
• Aggregating ACS data to create effective user-defined areas
• Advancing equity and inclusion with ACS data
• Utility of the ACS for businesses, government agencies, media, and non-profits
• Combining ACS with other survey or administrative data
• Using the ACS for emergency response
• Policy applications based on ACS data

The deadline has been extended to January 6th. Click the link below for more details.

We are taking off for the Holidays but will be back in the New Year starting January 5, 2023. 

Until then from everyone here at APDU wishes you a wonderful Holiday season and a very happy new year! We look forward to seeing you in ’23.

NEWS

Census Bureau Tables Controversial Privacy Tool for Survey 

Household Energy Costs Expected to Rise This Winter 

Listen as Director Alexis R. Piquero, PhD, Provides 2022 End-of-Year Remarks 

The Lame-Duck Senate Has a New Bill to Protect the Census After Trump’s Interference 

These US Towns Got a Lot More Expensive in the Past Decade 

US Rent Inflation Is Slowing Fast in New Index Built by Fed Team 

US Statistics Agency Says ‘No Evidence’ of Hack on CPI Report 

Watchdog: Data Officer Council Has Made Progress on Policy Efforts, But Work Remains 

COVID-19 NEWS

Long COVID Patients Can Face a Battle Trying to Claim Benefits Through Their Workplace Disability Insurance 

More COVID-19 Cases but Fewer Working Treatments Against Shifting Virus 

The CDC Finally Put a Number on How Many Lives Long COVID Has Claimed: ‘It’s Probably an Undercount’ 

White House Preps Fresh Push to Urge COVID Preparedness Ahead of Holidays, Including Free Tests for All Households 

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

2021-22 Common Core of Data (CCD) Universe Files, Provisional Version 1a 

State Energy Data System (SEDS): 2021 

DATA VISUALIZATION

Visualizing Currencies’ Decline Against the U.S. Dollar 

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau  

Using the Census Survey Explorer to Get Started

January 12, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET 

More Information

Center for Data Innovation

How Can Better Federal Data on Higher Education Outcomes Reduce Student Debt?

January 25, 2023

12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

More Information

Census Bureau 

Finding Your Way Through Census Bureau Geographies 

January 26, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET 

More Information

EVENTS

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis 

2023 Regional Economic Conditions Conference 

January 13, 2023 

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET 

Virtual 

More Information

American Statistical Association 

American Statistical Association Conference on Statistical Practice

February 2 – 4, 2023 

San Francisco, CA 

More Information

DATA PUBLICATIONS

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

• Real Personal Consumption Expenditures by State and Real Personal Income by State and Metropolitan Area, 2021 

Bureau of Justice Statistics 

• Jail Inmates in 2021 – Statistical Tables 
• Prisoners in 2021 – Statistical Tables 
• Survey of State Criminal History Information Systems, 2020 

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• 69.8 Percent of People Who Worked In 2021 Worked Full Time, Year Round 
• Consumer Price Index up 7.1 Percent Over the Year Ended November 2022 
• Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: What’s an Analyst to Do? 
• Producer Prices for Final Demand Rose 7.4 Percent Over the Year Ended November 2022 
• Real Average Hourly Earnings Down 1.9 Percent From November 2021 to November 2022 
• Total of 5,190 Fatal Work Injuries in 2021, up 8.9 Percent From 2020 

Census Bureau

• 2021 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey
• 2021 Annual Survey of Manufactures Now Available 
• 2021 Annual Wholesale Trade Survey 
• Census Bureau Releases Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts 
• Disclosure Avoidance Protections for the American Community Survey 
• LGBT Adults Report Anxiety, Depression at All Ages 
• School Enrollment Rises Slightly in 2021 
• Snapshot of Service Industries: 2021
• Update on Confidentiality Protections for 2023 Current Population Survey Public-Use File 
• U.S. Retail Sales Top $6,523 Billion 

Economic Research Service 

• State Policies for Farm Animal Welfare in Production Practices of U.S. Livestock and Poultry Industries: An Overview 

Energy Information Administration

• Crude Oil Prices Rise Above $100 per Barrel After Russia’s Further Invasion Into Ukraine
• Europe Is a Key Destination for Russia’s Energy Exports
• In the First Half of 2022, 24% Of U.S. Electricity Generation Came From Renewable Sources
• Tanker Rates for Refined Petroleum Products Reach Multiyear Highs During 2022 
• The Year in Review 
• Three Countries Provided Almost 70% Of Liquefied Natural Gas Received in Europe in 2021

National Center for Education Statistics

• Enrollment and Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2021; and Financial Statistics and Academic Libraries, Fiscal Year 2021 (Provisional Data)
• National Public High School Graduation Rate at 86.5 percent in School Year 2019–20 for U.S. Students 

National Center for Health Statistics

• CDC Extends Tool to Monitor Severe Obesity Among Children and Adolescents 
• Evaluation of Alternative Body Mass Index (BMI) Metrics to Monitor Weight Status in Children and Adolescents With Extremely High BMI Using CDC BMI-for-age Growth Charts 
• More Than 3,500 Americans Have Died from Long COVID-Related Illness in the First 30 Months of the Pandemic 
• QuickStats: Birth Rates for Females Aged 15–19 Years, by State — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2021 

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics 

• Microbusinesses Performed $5.6 Billion of R&D in the United States in 2020
• Universities Report Largest Growth in Federally Funded R&D Expenditures since FY 2011
• University Science and Engineering Research Space Increased More Than 30 Million Square Feet in the Past Decade

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Pew Research Center 

• 10 Facts About U.S. Renters During the Pandemic

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 Justice Statistics

• 2022 Census of Law Enforcement Training Academies (CLETA) (January 17, 2023)
• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (January 16, 2023)
• Extension of a Currently Approved Collection: National Prisoner Statistics Program (December 23, 2022)
• Revision of a Currently Approved Collection: National Inmate Survey in Jails (NIS-4J) (December 28, 2022)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Consumer Expenditure Surveys: Quarterly Interview and Diary (December 23, 2022)
• Occupational Requirements Survey (February 17, 2023) 
• Report on Occupational Employment and Wages (January 9, 2023)

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (January 17, 2023)

Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis

• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (January 9, 2023)

Census Bureau

• Automated Export System Program (January 20, 2023) 
• Housing Vacancy Survey (February 14, 2023) 
• Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey (January 19, 2023)
• National Survey of Children’s Health Longitudinal Cohort (NSCH—LC) (January 20, 2023)
• National Survey of Children’s Health (February 6, 2023)
• Resumption of the Population Estimates Challenge Program and Proposed Changes to the Program (December 22, 2022)
• Survey of State Government Research and Development (December 30, 2022)

Energy Information Administration

• Electric Power & Renewable Electricity Surveys (December 21, 2022)

Institute for Education Sciences

• 2023-24 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:24) Field Test—Student Data Collection and Student Records (January 6, 2023)
• Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2023-24 (ECLS-K:2024) Kindergarten and First-Grade National Data Collection and Transfer School Recruitment (January 3, 2023)
• Evaluating the Impact of the Professional Learning Community: Emergent Literacy (PLC-EL) (January 23, 2023)
• Evaluation of Transition Supports for Youth With Disabilities (January 9, 2023)
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2024 (January 17, 2023)
• National Evaluation of Title III Implementation (December 27, 2022)
• School Pulse Panel 2023-24 Preliminary Field Activities (December 27, 2022)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Cotton Ginning Survey (January 9, 2023)
• NASS Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (January 9, 2023)
• Objective Yield Surveys (January 3, 2023)

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• 2023 National Survey of College Graduates (January 13, 2023) 
• 2023 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (February 6, 2023)
• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (December 30, 2022)
• NCES Data Security Requirements for Accessing Restricted Use Data (January 24, 2023)
• Survey of Earned Doctorates (February 7, 2023)