APDU Town Hall: ACS Data Users Conference Debrief

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The 2023 ACS Data Users Conference is coming on May 16-18 in hybrid form, beginning with plenaries in Washington, DC and ending with two days of virtual breakout sessions. The conference will cover both policy matters and interesting new research. Register today for this APDU Town Hall to process what you learned with peers and […]

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Census Bureau Seeks Input on Plans to Re-Envision its Data Enterprise

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Download Slide Deck The U.S. Census Bureau is seeking input to evolving a data enterprise to support relevant, timely, and equitable statistical products. Data science innovations are creating an incredible opportunity to break free from the limitations of survey production and design and integrate survey data with public and third-party data sources. Instead of limiting […]

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Using Data to Explore the Impact of Green Space on Communities

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The Massive Data Institute at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy recently hosted a Green Space Data Challenge, which provided participants with an opportunity to create or improve indicators involving green space to better understand and measure community impact. Each project was evaluated by expert judges from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development […]

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Unlocking the Power of Public Datasets: An Exploration Into the Congressional District Health Dashboard

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The Congressional District Health Dashboard (the Dashboard) is a new, free website that gives policymakers and advocates a one-stop resource of unbiased, nonpartisan data at the congressional-district level to inform the development of policies that give everyone the opportunity for good health and wellbeing. Developed by NYU Grossman School of Medicine, in partnership with the […]

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APDU Town Hall: Future of Public Data (and APDU)

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February 28, 2023 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET Recent years have seen many important developments affecting public data’s availability and quality, such as the recent Federal Register Notice from the Office of Management and Budget announcing proposed changes to Race and Ethnicity Statistical Standards. Further, private and administrative data are supplementing or competing with […]

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Microsoft Power BI®: Creating an Interactive Text and Data Visualization Tool for a 21st Century Workforce

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2:00PM  – 3:00 PM ET Demand for interactive data visualizations and tools in the Labor Market Information space is growing. The increasing role of text elements as variables to display in these designs create challenges for designers depending on the platform used. Whether you query data internally or present information to customers, having user and […]

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Advocate on Data Concerns to the Census Bureau

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Researchers have many questions about the data coming out of the Census Bureau. With pandemic-induced data collection challenges, data privacy measures, and other logistical and technological issues, there are many issues to pay attention to. There are also many opportunities to provide feedback to the Census Bureau, including limited-time comment opportunities such as the 2020 […]

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APDU Lunch and Learn: 2020 Population – What Do We Know Now?

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Wondering what’s going on with 2020 data from the Census Bureau? We are too! If you’ve been hearing about delays and disruptions with census products like the summary file, American Community Survey, and demographic profiles, join us for this lunch and learn. Dave van Riper from the Minnesota Population Center lays it all out, showing […]

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2021 APDU Data Viz Award Presentations

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Are you’re a fan of attractive and useful data visualization? Attend this presentation of 2021 Data Viz Award winners to learn how some great visualizations were made. 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. Register today!

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