Hi Charles—
Re: why do journalists get early access to embargoed data, and not accredited local government planners?
The answer, from Census’s Public Info Office, is that 100s of state or regional governments do have the access. Embargoed data access is possible for trustworthy organizations that have a need AND a program/ business relationship with the Census Bureau.
Specifically: State or regional governments, etc, can get embargoed data access if they are coordinating or affiliate members of the Census State Data Centers (SDC) network. This comes with some obligations, sure. But if you’re already working as a socioec/ census data analyst in your organization, there’s a lot of upside.
Anyone interested in this can call/ write to you SDC state lead. Look up your state here: https://www.census.gov/about/partners/sdc/member-network.html
The state lead is the name at the top of your state’s list.
Cheers,
Todd Graham
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From: ctpp-news [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Charles Purvis
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2017 12:21 PM
To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] New ACS Data on September 14, 2017
The US Census Bureau will release the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) data this coming Thursday, September 14, 2017. This will include tables for the 1-year (2016) estimates.
The 5-year (2012-2016) data will be released on December 7, 2017.
Accredited journalists will get a jump on the data analysis: the data is available, but “embargoed” (can’t be released) on September 12th, and the “embargo is lifted” on September 14th. Watch for census-related stories in the media this Thursday and Friday!
Here is a link to a Census Bureau memorandum discussing the newly (9/7/17) release of ACS documentation. This is helpful. You can analyze the documentation before the data is made available.
https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/acs-data-products--resources/acs-documenta…
I used to be jealous: why do journalists get “early access” to embargoed data, and not accredited local government planners? Now, I figure that there is plenty of work for both journalists and local analysts, so it’s not too big a deal these days.
Here is a link to the full, 2016 ACS Data Release Schedule:
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/data-releases/2016/release…
Another Census Bureau page of interest is the September 7, 2017 “webinar” discussing the 1-year 2016 ACS data release:
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/events/acs-1-year-2016.html
Chuck Purvis,
Hayward, California
Chuck: hi; I often get the data from reporters early so they can ask questions about what's funny and what matters. Of course, with the same no premature release constraints . I have caught hell from AASHTO PR types for not clueing them in. My defense is that would happen just once and I'd be embargoed forever. Alan
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> On Sep 10, 2017, at 1:23 PM, Charles Purvis <clpurvis(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The US Census Bureau will release the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS) data this coming Thursday, September 14, 2017. This will include tables for the 1-year (2016) estimates.
>
> The 5-year (2012-2016) data will be released on December 7, 2017.
>
> Accredited journalists will get a jump on the data analysis: the data is available, but “embargoed” (can’t be released) on September 12th, and the “embargo is lifted” on September 14th. Watch for census-related stories in the media this Thursday and Friday!
>
> Here is a link to a Census Bureau memorandum discussing the newly (9/7/17) release of ACS documentation. This is helpful. You can analyze the documentation before the data is made available.
> https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/acs-data-products--resources/acs-documenta…
>
> I used to be jealous: why do journalists get “early access” to embargoed data, and not accredited local government planners? Now, I figure that there is plenty of work for both journalists and local analysts, so it’s not too big a deal these days.
>
> Here is a link to the full, 2016 ACS Data Release Schedule:
> https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/data-releases/2016/release…
>
> Another Census Bureau page of interest is the September 7, 2017 “webinar” discussing the 1-year 2016 ACS data release:
> https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/events/acs-1-year-2016.html
>
>
> Chuck Purvis,
> Hayward, California
>
> clpurvis(a)gmail.com
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The US Census Bureau will release the 2016 American Community Survey (ACS)
data this coming Thursday, September 14, 2017. This will include tables for
the 1-year (2016) estimates.
The 5-year (2012-2016) data will be released on December 7, 2017.
Accredited journalists will get a jump on the data analysis: the data is
available, but “embargoed” (can’t be released) on September 12th, and the
“embargo is lifted” on September 14th. Watch for census-related stories in
the media this Thursday and Friday!
Here is a link to a Census Bureau memorandum discussing the newly (9/7/17)
release of ACS documentation. This is helpful. You can analyze the
documentation before the data is made available.
https://acsdatacommunity.prb.org/acs-data-products--resources/acs-documenta…
I used to be jealous: why do journalists get “early access” to embargoed
data, and not accredited local government planners? Now, I figure that
there is plenty of work for both journalists and local analysts, so it’s
not too big a deal these days.
Here is a link to the full, 2016 ACS Data Release Schedule:
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/data-releases/2016/release…
Another Census Bureau page of interest is the September 7, 2017 “webinar”
discussing the 1-year 2016 ACS data release:
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/events/acs-1-year-2016.html
Chuck Purvis,
Hayward, California
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Hi All,
If you are, or know someone who is, interested in serving on the CTPP Oversight Board, please direct them my way. The Board oversees all activities of the CTPP program; budget, data, training, research and outreach. In order to maintain appropriate representation, the board consists of eight MPO members, geographically and size diverse; and eight state members, 2 from each AASHTO region.
We currently have an opening for a 200,000 to 500,000 person MPO (or RPO, etc.) in the west (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming). Please reply directly to me, off list, pweinberger(a)aashto.org
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We will be in Denver at DRCOG on Tuesday and Wednesday June 27 - 28 to teach the CTPP 1.5 day short course. Registration is available by sending me an email. If you would like to reserve a slot, email pweinberger(a)aashto.org<mailto:pweinberger(a)aashto.org>
Who is CTPP Training aimed at?
CTPP Training is chiefly aimed at data users at MPOs and
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This training is designed for anyone who is required to work on
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CTPP training sessions are typically one and half days of
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Subjects Covered
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Each class is customized for the locality and participants will
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