APDU Board Member: Do Your Part to Build Trust in Public Data
APDU Board Member and former Chief Statistician of the United States issues a call to action to the data user community. Click through to learn more!
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Register Now: Meet and Greet: NCES Commissioner
APDU Meet and Greet: NCES Commissioner and Networking Event Peggy G. Carr Commissioner National Center for Education Statistics October 21, 2021 3:30 – 5:00 PM ET 1550 Wilson Blvd. 2nd floor Arlington, VA Virtual Attendance Available AGENDA 3:30 – 3:45 pm: NCES Commissioner Peggy G. Carr 3:45 – 4:00 pm: Q&A 4:00 – 5:00 […]
Continue ReadingMeet Your Lead Instructor, APDU Data Viz Training
Data Visualization Fundamentals in Tableau Virtual Training Live Instruction: October 19, 22, 26, 29 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET Meet Your Lead Instructor, Bill Rebello Bill Rebello Tableau Desktop Trainer & Consultant I have fully dedicated myself to Tableau Desktop Training for the past three years and have taught hundreds of students how […]
Continue ReadingAPDU Conference Panel Notes: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Data
Arturo Vargas, CEO of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund and Terry Ao Minnis, Senior Director of Census and Voting Programs for Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC), discussed diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in public data at the APDU (Virtual) Annual Conference on Tuesday, July 27. Moderated by Hansi Lo Wang, National Correspondent for NPR, the panelists explored changes to census data collection practices, the relationship between the quality of data and equity, and how NALEO and AAJC can use upcoming Census data to achieve their organization’s goals.
Continue ReadingFederal Agency Leaders Provide Insights at the APDU Annual Conference
The 2021 APDU Annual Conference closed with a panel of federal statistical agency leaders including Dr. Ron Jarmin, Acting Director and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Census Bureau; Dr. William Beach, Commissioner at U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Dr. Mary Bohman, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis; and Dr. Mark Schneider, Director of the Institute of Education Sciences. The panel gathered virtually on July 29, 2021, to discuss the challenges of providing trustworthy, accurate, and timely federal statistical data to the public within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and pandemic recovery.
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Data Visualization Fundamentals in Tableau
Virtual Training Live Instruction Dates: October 19, 22, 26, 29 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET Agenda PDF Registration Form (Online registration at bottom of page) This virtual, 12-hour course introduces economic development researchers and public data users to the fundamental concepts of data visualization using Tableau Desktop. Over the course of four sessions, you […]
Continue Reading2021 APDU Data Viz Award Winners
APDU is pleased to announce the winners of this years Data Viz Awards. APDU gives annual awards to creative and meaningful graphic designs that use publicly available data (for example, data from the Census Bureau or Bureau of Labor Statistics) to convey a compelling point or story.
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Why Attend the Conference? Learn About New Datasets
Why attend APDU’s annual conference? You can learn more about publicly available datasets like the two described in this article.
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What I wish I knew when I started: What is the federal statistical system?
APDU Board Member Beth Jarosz provides a great overview of the Federal Statistical System in this blog post. She discusses how the agencies are interrelated and how many ways there are for data users to keep up on—and sometimes influence—the changes in the data systems we rely on.
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APDU President’s Letter Inviting Members to the Annual Conference
Dear colleagues, The 2021 Association of Public Data Users Annual Conference, “Public Data: Making Sense of the New Normal,” is only a few weeks away! Hopefully, you are making plans to attend, July 26-29. While we wish we could be together in person, we are confident that you will find this year’s virtual conference to […]
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