Data Storytelling Awards: Mapping Neighborhood Change

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APDU is pleased to continue sharing the work of finalists for this year’s Data Storytelling Awards. This webinar will focus on an excellent piece from the New York City Department of City Planning’s Population Division, titled “Stability & Change in NYC Neighborhoods, 2010 to 2020.” This in-depth profile uses ArcGIS StoryMaps and data from the […]

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

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The Association of Public Data Users (APDU) is pleased to share this year’s APDU Data Storytelling Award-winning presentation on Challenging Neutrality: A Closer Look at Confederate Memorialization in the US. By leveraging data visualization and a wide variety of data sources (including SPLS’s Whose Heritage dataset, demographic data, and archival information), Professors Sara Queen and […]

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Assessing the Health of the Federal Statistical System

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Objective, timely, and relevant government statistics are arguably more important now than ever in the era of disinformation. Yet a growing number of challenges—from disinvestment to political interference—threaten to undermine the public data on which civil discourse relies. With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the American Statistical Association and George Mason University are […]

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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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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 ourselves to the […]

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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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