APDU Weekly – January 19, 2023

NEWS

Air Travel Increased 4 Times the Rate of Inflation in 2022; Will 2023 Be Any Better?

As U.S. Unemployment Improved, It Worsened for Latinos and Black Women

Inflation Falls in December, Continuing Its Cooling Trend

Inflation Slowed Further in December for the Sixth Month in a Row

Over 5 Million New US Startups Show COVID-ERA Boom Has Legs

Recommendations Issued on Collecting Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Data

U.S. Census Bureau in 2022: A Year of Producing Data that Reflects an Accurate Portrait of America

USDA ERS Releases 2022 Rural America at a Glance Report

COVID-19 NEWS

COVID Was Construction’s Top Killer in 2020

The Quiet Cost of COVID: A Million People Missing Work Each Month

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI)

Subnational Population Data by Geographic Area

DATA VISUALIZATION

Mapped: Biggest Sources of Electricity by State and Province

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Center for Data Innovation

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

January 25, 2023

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET

Census Bureau 

Finding Your Way Through Census Bureau Geographies 

January 26, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET 

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

Diversity and STEM

New Data from NCSES

January 31, 2023

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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EVENTS

American Statistical Association 

American Statistical Association Conference on Statistical Practice

February 2 – 4, 2023 

San Francisco, CA 

Federal Chief Data Officers Council

2023 CDO Council Public Meeting

February 10, 2023

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET

New Orleans, LA

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DATA PUBLICATIONS

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Consumer Expenditures for Athletic Gear, Game Tables, and Exercise Equipment Doubled in 2021
• Consumer Expenditures in 2021
• Consumer Price Index: 2022 in Review
• Number of Involuntary Part-Time Workers in December 2022 Below Pre-pandemic Levels

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• 2023 Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress
• U.S. Cargo and Passenger Airlines Added 1,036 Jobs in November 2022; Employment Remains 4.8% Above Pre-Pandemic November 2019

Census Bureau

• Business Formation Statistics Monthly Data Release

Energy Information Administration

• Crude Oil Prices Forecast to Decline Beginning in the Second Half of 2023
• EIA Expects U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices to Decline in 2023 and 2024
• U.S. Commercial Buildings Consumed More Fuel for Space Heating Than Anything Else in 2018

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Corn and Soybean Production Down in 2022, USDA Reports Corn Stocks Down, Soybean Stocks Down From Year Earlier Winter Wheat Seedings up for 2023
• The 5 W’s of NASS Data Usage

National Center for Health Statistics

• Fetal Mortality in the United States: Final 2019–2020 and 2020–Provisional 2021
• Infant Mortality Among Non-Hispanic Asian Subgroups in the United States, 2018–2020
• QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 18 Years or Older Who Have Ever Had Hepatitis, by Age Group and Sex — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2021

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics 

• 2021 Graduate Enrollment in Science, Engineering, and Health Fields at All-Time High as Postdocs Continue to Decline
• Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2021

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

American Economic Association

• Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES) — Census Invites Comment on Draft OMB Request (By 1/20)

Brennan Center for Justice

• Momentum Gathers to Improve 2030 Census

Brookings 

• 6 Key Takeaways from the January CPI Report

Pew Research Center 

• Monthly Encounters with Migrants at U.S.-Mexico Border Remain Near Record Highs

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

• Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS) to the Current Population Survey (CPS) (February 21, 2023)
• Occupational Requirements Survey (February 17, 2023) 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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

Census Bureau

• Annual Integrated Economic Survey (January 20, 2023)
• Automated Export System Program (January 20, 2023)
• Housing Vacancy Survey (February 14, 2023)
• Monthly Retail Surveys (February 12, 2023)
• National Survey of Children’s Health Longitudinal Cohort (NSCH—LC) (January 20, 2023)
• National Survey of Children’s Health (February 6, 2023)
• Survey of Construction Questionnaire for the Building Permit Official (SOC-QBPO) (January 20, 2023)

Economic Research Service

• Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data (February 21, 2023)

Energy Information Administration

• Coal Markets Reporting System (March 14, 2023)
• Natural Gas Imports and Exports (March 14, 2023)

Institute for Education Sciences

• Evaluating the Impact of the Professional Learning Community: Emergent Literacy (PLC-EL) (January 23, 2023)
• Evaluation of the REL West Supporting Early Reading Comprehension through Teacher Study Groups Toolkit (March 13, 2023)
• National Evaluation of Career and Technical Education Under Perkins (March 6, 2023)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Agricultural Resource Management Phase 3 Economic Surveys (February 21, 2023)
• Agricultural Resources Management Survey and Chemical Use Surveys (February 21, 2023)
• Aquaculture Surveys (March 6, 2023)

National Center for Education Statistics

• NCES Data Security Requirements for Accessing Restricted Use Data (January 24, 2023)
• School Pulse Panel Preliminary Field Activities (February 2, 2023)

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics

• 2023 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (February 6, 2023)
• Survey of Earned Doctorates (February 7, 2023)