Appendix A
Workshop Agendas
FIRST MEETING OF THE PANEL ON IMPROVING
FEDERAL STATISTICS FOR POLICY AND
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH USING MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES
AND STATE-OF-THE-ART ESTIMATION METHODS
Friday, September 4, 2015
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, NAS Members’ Room
Washington, DC
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9:00–9:30 a.m |
Welcome and Introductions |
| Robert M. Groves, Chair | |
| Connie Citro, Director, Committee on National Statistics | |
| Stuart Buck, Laura and John Arnold Foundation | |
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9:30–10:30 a.m. |
Discussion of Statement of Task |
| Quick take on purpose and optimal orientation of the study from panel members (5 minutes each) | |
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10:30–10:45 a.m. |
Break |
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10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. |
Dialogue with Federal Statistical System Stakeholders |
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Brian Moyer, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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Bill Sabol, Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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Erica Groshen, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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John Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau |
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Adam Siemenski, Energy Information Administration |
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Joe Reilly, National Agricultural Statistics Service |
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Charlie Rothwell, National Center for Health Statistics |
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John Gawalt, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |
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Katherine Wallman, Office of Management and Budget |
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12:15–1:15 p.m. |
Working Lunch (available in room) |
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1:15 p.m. |
Adjournment of Public Session |
AGENDA FOR WORKSHOP ON THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE
AND MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES FOR FEDERAL STATISTICS
December 16, 2015
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, NAS Lecture Room
Washington, DC
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8:45 a.m. |
Welcome, Introductions, and Goals of the Workshop |
| Robert Groves, Chair | |
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9:00–10:15 a.m. |
Session I: Legal and Policy Issues of Using Alternative Data Sources |
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9:00 a.m. |
Legal and Policy Issues for Statistical Agencies Accessing and Providing Administrative Data: An Overview |
| Shelly Martinez, OMB | |
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9:20 a.m. |
Accessing Government Records: Authorities and Agreements |
| Amy O’Hara, U.S. Census Bureau | |
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9:40 a.m. |
Public Attitudes toward Possible Use of Administrative Records to Supplement the U.S. 2020 Census |
| Jennifer Hunter Childs, U.S. Census Bureau | |
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10:00 a.m. |
Question & Answer |
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10:15–10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
Session II: Evaluation of Errors in Alternative Sources |
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10:30 a.m. |
Management of Quality, Cost and Risk in BLS Work with Alternative Data Sources |
| John Eltinge, BLS | |
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10:50 a.m. |
Matching American Housing Survey to tax assessment data: some preliminary findings |
| Shawn Bucholtz, HUD | |
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11:05 a.m. |
Results from the 2012 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) Energy Usage Data Validation Study |
| Joelle Michaels, EIA | |
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11:20 a.m. |
Using Proprietary Household and Retail Scanner Data in Food Policy Research |
| Megan Sweitzer, ERS | |
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11:35 a.m. |
An Automated System for Transforming National Criminal History Records into Statistical Databases Howard Snyder, BJS |
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11:50 a.m. |
Question & Answer |
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12:00–1:00 p.m. |
Working Lunch (box lunches provided for all attendees) |
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1:00–3:15 p.m. |
Session III: Combining Multiple Data Sources |
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1:00 p.m. |
Using Commercial Data to Estimate Spending |
| Dennis Fixler, BEA | |
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1:30 p.m. |
Overview of Census Bureau Efforts to Combine Data to Improve Economic and Social Measurement |
| Ron Jarmin, Census | |
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2:00 p.m. |
On Combining Multiple Sources of Information to Enhance NASS Crop Estimates |
| Nathan Cruze, NASS |
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2:15 p.m. |
Integration of Administrative Record Data into Sample Surveys Conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics |
| Chris Chapman, NCES | |
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2:30 p.m. |
Using Public And Private Data Sets to Enhance the Research Value of FoodAPS |
| John Kirlin, ERS | |
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2:45 p.m. |
Measuring All Freight Movement in the United States |
| Rolf Schmitt, BTS | |
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3:00 p.m. |
Question & Answer |
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3:15–3:30 p.m. |
Break |
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3:30–5:00 p.m. |
Session IV: Examining Alternative Data Sources |
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3:30 p.m. |
Use of Electronic Health Records by the National Health Care Surveys |
| Clarice Brown, NCHS | |
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3:45 p.m. |
The 2015 Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) Pilot Program |
| Mike Planty, BJS | |
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4:00 p.m. |
A Feasibility Study of Linking SED to UMETRICS and ProQuest |
| Wan-Ying Chang, NCSES | |
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4:15 p.m. |
Objective Measures of Physical Activity: Considerations for Data Management, Processing, and Public Release |
| Tala Fakhouri, NCHS | |
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4:30 p.m. |
ERS Use of Food Assistance Administrative Records |
| Mark Prell, ERS | |
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4:45 p.m. |
Question & Answer |
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5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
WORKSHOP ON THE CURRENT PRACTICES OF PRIVATE
COMPANIES AND THEIR USE OF BIG DATA AND KEY ISSUES
AND CHALLENGES WITH PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
February 25, 2016
Paul Brest East, Munger Building 4
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
| Robert Groves, Chair | |
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8:45–10:00 a.m. |
Data Collection and Assembly |
| Moderator: Ophir Frieder, Georgetown University | |
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Modernizing Statistical Data Collection |
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| Joe Reisinger, Premise | |
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10:00–10:15 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15–11:30 a.m. |
Data Sharing and Access |
| Moderator: Robert Groves, Georgetown University | |
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Climate Change Data: Management and Distributed Resources |
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| Dean Williams, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | |
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Corporate Data Access and Sharing |
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| Stephen J. Eglash, Stanford Data Science Initiative | |
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11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. |
Preserving Privacy |
| Moderator: Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center | |
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The Practice of (Privacy-Preserving?) Data Sharing |
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| Aleksandra Korolova, University of Southern California | |
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12:30–1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30–2:45 p.m. |
Transaction Data: Analysis and Access |
| Moderator: Roberto Rigobon, MIT Sloan School of Management |
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An Overview of MasterCard’s SpendingPulse |
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| Kamalesh Rao, MasterCard Advisors | |
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The J.P. Morgan Chase Institute: Challenges, Opportunities and Next Steps in Using Proprietary Transaction Level Data for Economic Research |
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| Rachel Pacheco, J.P. Morgan Chase Institute | |
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2:45–4:00 p.m. |
Social Media Data |
| Moderator: Frauke Kreuter, University of Maryland | |
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Data @ LinkedIn |
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| Ya Xu and Kevin Morsony, LinkedIn | |
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4:00–5:00 p.m. |
Combining Survey Data with Organic Data |
| Moderator: Michael Chernew, Harvard Medical School | |
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Google Tools for Data |
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| Hal Varian, Google | |
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5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
WORKSHOP ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS’ USE
OF ALTERNATIVE AND MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES
June 1, 2016
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Keck Center, 500 Fifth Street, NW, Room 100
Washington, DC
|
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome, Introductions, and Goals of the Workshop |
| Robert Groves, Chair; Georgetown University | |
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8:35 a.m. |
Session I: Creating and Building Data Systems |
| Moderator: Jim Lynch, University of Maryland | |
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Federalism Run Amok: Building a Data Infrastructure for K-12 Education in the States |
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| Jack Buckley, The College Board | |
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Implementation of NCS-X/NIBRS in Police Jurisdictions |
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| Howard Snyder, Bureau of Justice Statistics |
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Census Bureau Experiences in Obtaining State UI and SNAP Data |
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| Ron Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau | |
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10:20 a.m. |
Break |
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10:35 a.m. |
Session II: Using Alternative Data Sources |
| Moderator: Ophir Frieder, Georgetown University | |
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Sensing Cities |
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| Steve Koonin, NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress | |
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11:15 a.m. |
Session III: Integrating State Data Systems |
| Moderator: H.V. Jagadish, University of Michigan | |
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Building State Infrastructure to Effectively Manage, Link, and Use Data |
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| Rachel Zinn, Workforce Data Quality Campaign | |
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11:55 a.m. |
Working Lunch (lunch provided for all attendees) |
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12:50 p.m. |
Session IV: Integrating Local and National Data Systems |
| Moderator: Colm O’Muircheartaigh, NORC/University of Chicago | |
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Linking City, County, State, and Federal Datasets |
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| Robert Goerge, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago | |
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Encouraging National, Public, and Private |
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| Data Sharing through the Regional Integrated | |
| Transportation Information System | |
| Michael Pack, University of Maryland | |
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2:05 p.m. |
Session V: Governance of Integrated Data Systems |
| Moderator: Frauke Kreuter, University of Maryland | |
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Common Governance Models for Integrated Data Systems |
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| Whitney LeBoeuf, University of Pennsylvania | |
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2:45 p.m. |
Break |
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3:00 p.m. |
Session VI: Privacy |
| Moderator: Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center | |
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Privacy Issues with Sensor Data Collections |
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| Michael Froomkin, University of Miami | |
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Information Sharing and Analytics with Privacy by Design |
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| Jeff Jonas, IBM | |
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4:15 p.m. |
Session VII: Issues with Federal Statistical Agency Gaining Access to Datasets |
| Moderator: Cynthia Dwork, Microsoft Research | |
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Discussions with Private Firms about Sharing Data with Federal Statistical Agencies |
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| Steve Eglash, Stanford University | |
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5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
