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Association of Public Data Users (APDU) is a national network that links users, producers, and disseminators of government statistical data. Members share a vital concern about the collection, dissemination, preservation, and interpretation of public data.
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Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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The CPS 2025 November monthly data are now available on IPUMS CPS 🎉 CPS data collection and processing were among the many U.S. government programs and services interrupted by the October 1-November 12, 2025 U.S. government shutdown. Learn more: blog.popdata.org/2025-u-s-gov...
A Missing Piece: The 2025 U.S. Government Shutdown and the Current Population Survey – Use It for Good
blog.popdata.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The CPS 2025 November monthly data are now available on IPUMS CPS 🎉 CPS data collection and processing were among the many U.S. government programs and services interrupted by the October 1-November 12, 2025 U.S. government shutdown. Learn more: blog.popdata.org/2025-u-s-gov...
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On Dec. 5, Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh of Arizona introduced a bill calling for the #2030Census to ask whether a participant is a dual citizen of the U.S. and another country and, if so, which country
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
On Dec. 5, Republican Rep. Abe Hamadeh of Arizona introduced a bill calling for the #2030Census to ask whether a participant is a dual citizen of the U.S. and another country and, if so, which country
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Join us on January 8th
Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Join us on January 8th
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🚨 Request for Information 🚨
OSTP requests input on policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking discoveries, & ensure that scientific progress & tech innovation benefit all Americans.
Deadline is 12/26 ➡️ www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
OSTP requests input on policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking discoveries, & ensure that scientific progress & tech innovation benefit all Americans.
Deadline is 12/26 ➡️ www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Federal Register :: Request Access
Due to aggressive automated scraping of FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov, programmatic access to these sites is limited to access to our extensive developer APIs.
www.federalregister.gov
December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨 Request for Information 🚨
OSTP requests input on policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking discoveries, & ensure that scientific progress & tech innovation benefit all Americans.
Deadline is 12/26 ➡️ www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
OSTP requests input on policy updates that aim to accelerate the American scientific enterprise, enable groundbreaking discoveries, & ensure that scientific progress & tech innovation benefit all Americans.
Deadline is 12/26 ➡️ www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
ACS data users: It's time to show your support for the survey *and* for implementing the new race/ethnicity standards described in SPD-15.
Start drafting those comments!
For those new to the public comment process, we'll be sharing more info in coming weeks.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Start drafting those comments!
For those new to the public comment process, we'll be sharing more info in coming weeks.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; American Community Survey and Puerto Rico Community Survey
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information colle...
www.federalregister.gov
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
ACS data users: It's time to show your support for the survey *and* for implementing the new race/ethnicity standards described in SPD-15.
Start drafting those comments!
For those new to the public comment process, we'll be sharing more info in coming weeks.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Start drafting those comments!
For those new to the public comment process, we'll be sharing more info in coming weeks.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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On Thursday, the Republican-controlled Senate voted 53-43 along party lines to confirm Joyce Meyer’s nomination to be the next undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs to oversee the Census Bureau
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
December 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
On Thursday, the Republican-controlled Senate voted 53-43 along party lines to confirm Joyce Meyer’s nomination to be the next undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs to oversee the Census Bureau
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
You may have heard that the HIFLD Open data collection was terminated earlier this year.
But...
The @datarescueproject.org has archived all of the data layers from the defunct HIFLD Open GIS repository in DataLumos!
Read more about it here:
www.datarescueproject.org/hifld-data-s...
But...
The @datarescueproject.org has archived all of the data layers from the defunct HIFLD Open GIS repository in DataLumos!
Read more about it here:
www.datarescueproject.org/hifld-data-s...
Federal GIS Data Saved and Archived
The following post was written by Frank Donnelly, the Head of GIS and Data Services at the Brown University Library and one of our DRP rescuers!
The Data Rescue Project is pleased to announce that we...
www.datarescueproject.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
You may have heard that the HIFLD Open data collection was terminated earlier this year.
But...
The @datarescueproject.org has archived all of the data layers from the defunct HIFLD Open GIS repository in DataLumos!
Read more about it here:
www.datarescueproject.org/hifld-data-s...
But...
The @datarescueproject.org has archived all of the data layers from the defunct HIFLD Open GIS repository in DataLumos!
Read more about it here:
www.datarescueproject.org/hifld-data-s...
2025 was a challenging year for public data, but the deep engagement of the data user community has been a silver lining.
As we reflect on the past year at APDU, we think a few data points paint a clear picture of the work we’ve done.
And we look forward to continuing our work together in 2026.
As we reflect on the past year at APDU, we think a few data points paint a clear picture of the work we’ve done.
And we look forward to continuing our work together in 2026.
December 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
2025 was a challenging year for public data, but the deep engagement of the data user community has been a silver lining.
As we reflect on the past year at APDU, we think a few data points paint a clear picture of the work we’ve done.
And we look forward to continuing our work together in 2026.
As we reflect on the past year at APDU, we think a few data points paint a clear picture of the work we’ve done.
And we look forward to continuing our work together in 2026.
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NEW: The Census Bureau still plans for its American Community Survey to start using newly required checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African” & “Hispanic or Latino” under a question about race and/or ethnicity in 2027, according to the Federal Register
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
December 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NEW: The Census Bureau still plans for its American Community Survey to start using newly required checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African” & “Hispanic or Latino” under a question about race and/or ethnicity in 2027, according to the Federal Register
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
Very helpful dive into the status of SOGI data
"Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)"
www.kff.org/lgbtq/trump-...
HT @kffhealthnews.org @kff.org
"Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)"
www.kff.org/lgbtq/trump-...
HT @kffhealthnews.org @kff.org
Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) | KFF
This brief describes Trump Administration efforts to scale back or modify data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity variables in federal surveys. It specifically focuses on changes in ...
www.kff.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Very helpful dive into the status of SOGI data
"Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)"
www.kff.org/lgbtq/trump-...
HT @kffhealthnews.org @kff.org
"Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)"
www.kff.org/lgbtq/trump-...
HT @kffhealthnews.org @kff.org
Why CDC health data are still reliable
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/why-cdc-he...
HT @yourlocalepidemiologist.skystack.xyz
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/why-cdc-he...
HT @yourlocalepidemiologist.skystack.xyz
Why CDC health data are still reliable
...even amid challenges to communications and integrity
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Why CDC health data are still reliable
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/why-cdc-he...
HT @yourlocalepidemiologist.skystack.xyz
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/why-cdc-he...
HT @yourlocalepidemiologist.skystack.xyz
“The statistical system is still functioning, but the threats are very serious...There are staffing reductions, contracted services that have been reduced. We’re seeing that showing up in the cancellation of data products, the reduction in data collection on things like consumer prices.”
Scores of government statisticians are gone, leaving data at risk, report says
A new report reveals that the U.S. government's statistical system is struggling due to staff layoffs, reduced funding, and political interference.
www.newsday.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“The statistical system is still functioning, but the threats are very serious...There are staffing reductions, contracted services that have been reduced. We’re seeing that showing up in the cancellation of data products, the reduction in data collection on things like consumer prices.”
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❗❗❗ New report from @asa-scipol.bsky.social finds that the federal statistical agencies are "in crisis" according to a release webinar today.
Read now: www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
Read now: www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
The Nation's Data at Risk - 2025 Report
The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, the “Big Tent for Statistics.
www.amstat.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
❗❗❗ New report from @asa-scipol.bsky.social finds that the federal statistical agencies are "in crisis" according to a release webinar today.
Read now: www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
Read now: www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
🚨 Important finding from new ASA report:
🔽 "The percentage agreeing or strongly agreeing that people can trust federal statistical agencies to keep information about them confidential decreased from 31% in June to 25% in September."
www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
🔽 "The percentage agreeing or strongly agreeing that people can trust federal statistical agencies to keep information about them confidential decreased from 31% in June to 25% in September."
www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
The Nation's Data at Risk - 2025 Report
The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, the “Big Tent for Statistics.
www.amstat.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🚨 Important finding from new ASA report:
🔽 "The percentage agreeing or strongly agreeing that people can trust federal statistical agencies to keep information about them confidential decreased from 31% in June to 25% in September."
www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
🔽 "The percentage agreeing or strongly agreeing that people can trust federal statistical agencies to keep information about them confidential decreased from 31% in June to 25% in September."
www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
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NEW: An @amstatnews.bsky.social report finds signs that public trust in the accuracy of federal statistics and statistical agencies’ ability to protect privacy and confidentiality declined between June and September
www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
The Nation's Data at Risk - 2025 Report
The American Statistical Association is the world’s largest community of statisticians, the “Big Tent for Statistics.
www.amstat.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: An @amstatnews.bsky.social report finds signs that public trust in the accuracy of federal statistics and statistical agencies’ ability to protect privacy and confidentiality declined between June and September
www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
www.amstat.org/policy-and-a...
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Hot off the presses this morning! Check out the @amstatnews.bsky.social report on the nation's data! Can't wait to read more.
The Nation's Data at Risk - 2025 Report
America’s federal statistical system is in imminent danger. Without immediate actions, the system may not deliver on its missions due to a combination of declining survey response rates, gaps in…
www.amstat.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hot off the presses this morning! Check out the @amstatnews.bsky.social report on the nation's data! Can't wait to read more.
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Time diary data have boundless potential for research hinging on understanding human behavior, but the data are complex!
New pub w/@sarahflood.bsky.social, @juliariveradrew.bsky.social & Liana Sayer "Increasing the Usability of the American Time Use Survey: IPUMS ATUS"
www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10...
New pub w/@sarahflood.bsky.social, @juliariveradrew.bsky.social & Liana Sayer "Increasing the Usability of the American Time Use Survey: IPUMS ATUS"
www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10...
www.mdpi.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Time diary data have boundless potential for research hinging on understanding human behavior, but the data are complex!
New pub w/@sarahflood.bsky.social, @juliariveradrew.bsky.social & Liana Sayer "Increasing the Usability of the American Time Use Survey: IPUMS ATUS"
www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10...
New pub w/@sarahflood.bsky.social, @juliariveradrew.bsky.social & Liana Sayer "Increasing the Usability of the American Time Use Survey: IPUMS ATUS"
www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/10...
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via @FedRegister Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Survey of Children's Health | demography
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Survey of Children's Health
The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the proposed revision of the National Survey of Children's Health, prior to the submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
www.federalregister.gov
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
via @FedRegister Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Survey of Children's Health | demography
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My latest @npr.org story: A Trump administration official has signaled a potential rollback of the racial and ethnic categories approved for the #2030Census and other future federal government forms
Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to census racial categories
Trump officials are reviewing changes to racial and ethnic categories that the Biden administration approved for the 2030 census and other federal government forms, a White House agency official says.
www.npr.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
My latest @npr.org story: A Trump administration official has signaled a potential rollback of the racial and ethnic categories approved for the #2030Census and other future federal government forms
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We have a new guest post from @clairemkbowen.bsky.social & Aaron R. Williams. We love being able to share these to a broad community!
www.datarescueproject.org/two-ideas-da...
www.datarescueproject.org/two-ideas-da...
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We have a new guest post from @clairemkbowen.bsky.social & Aaron R. Williams. We love being able to share these to a broad community!
www.datarescueproject.org/two-ideas-da...
www.datarescueproject.org/two-ideas-da...
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📌 Take Action on the Data Sharing Notice of the Week: Master Files of SSN Holders and Applications
🔍 The Take Action! newsletter features proposals for federal collections that are seeking public input.
✍️ Check out opportunities to tell the government what you think. dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
🔍 The Take Action! newsletter features proposals for federal collections that are seeking public input.
✍️ Check out opportunities to tell the government what you think. dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
📌 Take Action on the Data Sharing Notice of the Week: Master Files of SSN Holders and Applications
🔍 The Take Action! newsletter features proposals for federal collections that are seeking public input.
✍️ Check out opportunities to tell the government what you think. dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
🔍 The Take Action! newsletter features proposals for federal collections that are seeking public input.
✍️ Check out opportunities to tell the government what you think. dataindex.us/newsletter/a...
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The @asa-scipol.bsky.social will release "The Nation's Data at Risk: 2025 Report" tomorrow, Dec 10 at 7AM EST. The report will be available at the project website (link in comments). ASA will also host a webinar on the report tomorrow at 10AM EST.
amstat.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
amstat.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Nation's Data at Risk: 2025 Report. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the ASA "Federal Statistics Health" project team for their release of "The Nation's Data at Risk: 2025 Report"! The report updates the team's assessment of the health of the federal statistical a...
amstat.zoom.us
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The @asa-scipol.bsky.social will release "The Nation's Data at Risk: 2025 Report" tomorrow, Dec 10 at 7AM EST. The report will be available at the project website (link in comments). ASA will also host a webinar on the report tomorrow at 10AM EST.
amstat.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
amstat.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Where Do Official Statistics Come From?
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Where Do Official Statistics Come From? – Association of Public Data Users
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December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Where Do Official Statistics Come From?
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My latest @npr.org story: A Trump administration official has signaled a potential rollback of the racial and ethnic categories approved for the #2030Census and other future federal government forms
Trump official signals potential rollback of changes to census racial categories
Trump officials are reviewing changes to racial and ethnic categories that the Biden administration approved for the 2030 census and other federal government forms, a White House agency official says.
www.npr.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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