Hi Charles���

Re: why do journalists get early access to embargoed data, and not accredited local government planners?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cheers,

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Todd Graham

• Principal Forecaster, Metropolitan Council, St. Paul, MN
• Chairman, Census State Data Centers Steering Committee

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Todd Graham Principal Forecaster�� |�� Metropolitan Council���� |�� Regional Policy and Research todd.graham@metc.state.mn.us P. 651.602.1322�� |�� F. 651.602.1674 390 North Robert Street�� |�� St. Paul, MN 55101�� |�� metrocouncil.org/data ����������

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From: ctpp-news [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Charles Purvis
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2017 12:21 PM
To: ctpp-news@chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] New ACS Data on September 14, 2017

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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-documentation/f/16/t/299

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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.

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Here is a link to the full, 2016 ACS Data Release Schedule:

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/news/data-releases/2016/release-schedule.html

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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

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Chuck Purvis,

Hayward, California

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