APDU 2006 Annual Conference

“Navigating Rivers of Data”

Thursday, October 5

8:00 am Continental breakfast and registration

8:30 am Welcome and Introductions

9:00 am View from the Hill
Speakers:
TerriAnn Lowenthal, The Census Project
John Cuadares, Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives
Mark Stephenson, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives

Session Organizers:
Ralph Rector, Heritage Foundation Center for Data Analysis
Andrew Reamer, Brookings Institutions

10:30 am Break

11:00 am OMB Federal Information Collection Reviews: What are they? How can data users benefit?
Speakers:
Brian Harris-Kojetin, Office of Management and Budget
Andrew Reamer, The Brookings Institution
Naomi Goldstein, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services

Session Organizer:
Ralph Rector, The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis

12:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm Income, Income Everywhere, but Which Figures to Use?
Speakers:
David Lenze, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Charles Day, Internal Revenue Service
David Johnson, Census Bureau
Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Session Organizer:
Leonard Gaines, Empire State Development

3:00 pm Break

3:15 pm Reports from APDU representatives to Decennial Census Advisory Committee and COPAFS

3:45 pm How Data Users Can Make A Difference
Speakers:
Heidi Hartmann, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Heather Boushey, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Jennifer Madans, National Center for Health Statistics

Session Organizer:
Andrew Reamer, The Brookings Institution

5:30 pm Reception

 

Friday, October 6

8:00 am Continental breakfast

8:30 am Announcements, preview of APDU issues

9:00 am New Innovative Data Sources: Local Employment Dynamics, off-shoring data, and Gross Metropolitan Product
Speakers:
Jeremy Wu, U.S. Census Bureau
Sharon Panek, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bill Zeile, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Session Organizers:
Leonard Gaines, Empire State Development
Patricia Becker, APB Associates

10:30 Break

10:45 am Integrating Horizons: Emerging Methods for Collecting Data
Speakers:
Dawn Haines, Social Security Administration
Mike Davern, University of Minnesota
Mario Callegaro, University of Nebraska

Session Organizer:
Ralph Rector, The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis

12:00 pm Business meeting

12:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm American Community Survey: What do we know and how will we use it
Speakers:
Lisa Blumerman, U.S. Census Bureau
Doug Hillmer, U.S. Census Bureau

Connie Citro, National Academy of Sciences
Graham Kalton, (presentation delivered by Connie Citro) WESTAT

Session Organizer:
Lisa Neidert, University of Michigan

3:15 pm Break

3:45 pm Census 2010: Plans and controversies
Speakers:
Teresa Angueira, U.S. Census Bureau
Jim Dinwiddie, U.S. Census Bureau
Frank Vitrano, U.S. Census Bureau

Session Organizer:
Andrew Reamer, The Brookings Institution