APDU Bi-Weekly – August 31, 2023

August 31, 2023

FEATURE

2023 APDU Annual Conference Recap: A Reflection

It has been a little over a month since the 2023 APDU Annual Conference, which featured the universe of public data in many forms. As this recap blog series concludes, let us reflect on the diverse panelists and attendees that were present on those two days.

NEWS

Alexis R. Piquero Returns to the University of Miami; Kevin M. Scott to Lead BJS

America Added 306,000 Fewer Jobs Last Year Than We Thought. But the Labor Market is Still Hot 

Continued Wage Increases Could Lead to More Interest Rate Hikes

Fresh Look at Data Shaves Just a Hair Off U.S. Job Growth

Gridded Census Data is Coming, Says Bureau Geographer

How Federal CDOs Can Unlock the Power of Artificial Intelligence

Nursing Home Costs Increase by Largest Amount in More Than 25 Years

Submit Your Nominations for Our New 2030 Census Advisory Committee

The Average American Won’t Work for Less Than $78,645, Data Finds

U.S. Job Growth Wasn’t Quite as Strong as It Appeared Last Year After Government Revision

COVID-19 NEWS

COVID-19 Has Changed and So Has Our Immunity. Here’s How to Think About Risk From the Virus Now

Death Counts Remain High in Some States Even as COVID Fatalities Wane

Health Risks Can Persist at Least 2 Years After COVID-19, New Data Suggest

Long COVID-19 Recovery Remains Rare. Doctors Are Struggling to Understand Why

Understanding the Link Between Long COVID-19 and Mental Health Conditions

U.S. COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise for Fourth Straight Week

With Coronavirus on the Upswing in U.S., New Vaccine Coming Sooner Than Expected

NEW AND UPDATED DATA SOURCES

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DATA VISUALIZATION

The 50 Most Valuable Companies in the World in 2023

APDU WEBINARS

APDU

Data Storytelling Award Winner: A Closer Look at Confederate Memorialization in the US

September 26, 2023

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET

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UPCOMING WEBINARS

Census Bureau 

2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Pre-Release Webinar

September 7, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

Economic Research Service 

Webinar: International Food Security Assessment, 2023-2033

September 7, 2023

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET

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Census Bureau

Exploring Census Data: Employment

September 14, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

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EVENTS

Manufacturing Momentum Summit: Building the Future Defense Workforce

September 12 – 14, 2023

Arlington, VA

Beyond ’23: KYSTATS Data Summit

City Summit

September 28, 2023

Louisville, KY

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American Statistical Association

2023 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference

October 25 – 27, 2023

Bellevue, WA

National League of Cities

City Summit

November 16 – 18, 2023

Atlanta, GA

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DATA PUBLICATIONS

GOVERNMENT

Bureau of Economic Analysis

• Activities of U.S. Affiliates of Foreign Multinational Enterprises, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers, 2022
• Come Fly with BLS
• Consumer Prices up 3.2 Percent From July 2022 to July 2023
• Employment up More Than 3.0 Percent in Nevada, Texas, and Florida, July 2022–July 2023
• Fatal Injuries to Agricultural Workers in 2021 Were the Second Lowest in a Decade
• Fire and Ice: What Do We Know about Jobs Involving Exposure to Outdoor Elements?
• Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, Marital Status, and Health for those Born 1957-1964
• Producer Prices for Final Demand Increased 0.8 Percent Over the Year Ended July 2023
• Removing Workers’ Compensation Costs From the National Compensation Survey
• U.S. Export Prices Decreased 7.9 Percent Over the Year Ended July 2023
• U.S. Import Prices Down 4.4 Percent From July 2022 to July 2023

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• North American Transborder Freight down 4.6% in June 2023 from June 2022

Census Bureau

• Business Trends and Outlook Survey Data Release
• Census Bureau Announces Release Date for 2020 Census Data Product on Race and Ethnicity
• Census Bureau Releases 2020 Nonemployer Statistics
• Census Bureau Releases 2022 Census of Governments: Organization Data
• Census Bureau to Announce National 2022 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage Statistics
• Census Bureau to Establish 2030 Census Advisory Committee
• CPS Table Packages Now Available
• Household Pulse Survey Phase 3.10
• TradeSource: Expand Globally With Assistance From Federal Agency Resources
• Who Manages Vital Natural Resources in Our Daily Lives?

Economic Research Service

• U.S. Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs Continued To Respond to Economic and Public Health Conditions in Fiscal Year 2022

Energy Information Administration

• Commercial Energy Use Increased in Eight States in 2021 Over Pre-pandemic Levels
• Difference in Natural Gas Prices Between Texas and Henry Hub Narrowed in First Half 2023
• Food Service Buildings Are Highly Energy Intensive
• Prices and Higher Well Productivity Drive up U.S. Crude Oil Production Forecast
• Solar Panel Shipment Set a Record High in 2022 as Capacity Continued to Grow
• Summer Midwest Distillate Inventories Rise Amid High Production and Transit Constraints
• U.S. Uranium Production up in 2022 After Reaching Record Lows in 2021

National Center for Education Statistics

• MGLS:2017 Restricted Access Use Data Files (RUF)

National Center for Health Statistics

• Births in the United States, 2022
• Drug Overdose Mortality by Usual Occupation and Industry: 46 U.S. States and New York City, 2020
• Emergency Department Visit Rates by Selected Characteristics: United States, 2021
• QuickStats: Percentage of Children and Adolescents Aged ≤17 Years Who Had Ever Received a Diagnosis of Concussion or Brain Injury, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2022
• QuickStats: Unintentional Drowning Death Rates of Children and Adolescents Aged 0–17 Years, by Sex and Age Group — United States, 2020–2021

NONPROFITS & FOUNDATIONS

Pew Research Center

• 11 Facts About Hispanics Origin Groups in the U.S. 
• Facts on Latinos in the U.S.

Science Advances

• Impacts of Census Differential Privacy for Small-Area Disease Mapping to Monitor Health Inequities

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

• Direct Investment Surveys: BE-15, Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (October 10, 2023)
• Services Surveys: BE-140, Benchmark Survey of Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance Companies With Foreign Persons (September 18, 2023)

Bureau of Justice Statistics

• 2023 Law Enforcement Administrative and Management Statistics (LEMAS) Supplement Survey-Post-Academy Training and Officer Wellness (PATOW) (September 11, 2023)
• National Crime Victimization Survey (September 11, 2023)

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• Consumer Price Index Commodities and Services Survey (September 25, 2023)

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

• SafeMTS—Near-Miss Reporting and Analysis Program for the Maritime Transportation System (October 10, 2023)

Census Bureau

• Business Trends and Outlook Survey (September 6, 2023)
• High-Frequency Surveys Program/Household Pulse Survey (October 16, 2023)
• Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey (September 18, 2023)
• Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions (October 2, 2023)

National Agricultural Statistics Service

• Honey and Honey Bee Surveys (October 2, 2023)

National Center for Education Statistics

• High School and Beyond 2022 (HS&B:22) First Follow-up Field Test Data Collection (September 22, 2023)

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB

• Statistical Policy Directive No. 3: Compilation, Release, and Evaluation of Principal Federal Economic Indicators-Proposal To Change Timing of Public Comments by Employees of the Executive Branch (October 24, 2023)