New ICPSR webinar on data access plans

Guidelines for OSTP Data Access Plans - Providing Public Access to Federally Funded Research

Join us for a Webinar on December 9 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/805855322 In February 2013, the Executive Office of the President's Office of Science and Technology Policy published a memo entitled "Increasing Access to the Results of Federally Funded Scientific Research," which directs funding agencies with an annual R&D budget over $100 million to develop a public access plan for disseminating the results of their research. ICPSR strongly supports this memorandum and feels it will "promote re-use of scientific data, maximize the return on investments in data collection, and prevent the loss of thousands of potentially valuable datasets."  ICPSR currently partners with several federal agencies to help them fulfill the mandate to provide open access to results of federally funded research. These agencies leverage ICPSR's capacity to curate, preserve, and disseminate data efficiently.  To help these and other federal agencies develop their public access plans, ICPSR is providing guidance on how to meet the requirements laid out in the memo.  This webinar will cover the data portion of the memo, explain the 13 elements for a public access plan, and discuss resources and options to successfully address the elements. A review of public access projects at ICPSR already meeting requirements will also be undertaken.  This webinar will be presented by:  -Jared Lyle, Director of Curation Services, ICPSR  -Amy Pienta, Director, National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program; Director of Acquisitions, ICPSR  This webinar is free and open to the public. Please forward this invitation to all who may be interested. Title: Guidelines for OSTP Data Access Plans - Providing Public Access to Federally Funded Research Date: Monday, December 9, 2013 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

New webinar from ICPSR on student research

2014 Student Research Opportunities at ICPSR

Join us for a Webinar on December 2 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/847198818 With the deadlines for 2014 rapidly approaching, this live webinar will provide detail about ICPSR's award-winning summer internship program for undergraduates (funded in part by the NSF), and our four research paper competitions ($1000 first prize each): -RCMD Research Paper Competition -IFSS Research Paper Competition -The ICPSR Research Paper Competition -The NAHDAP Research Paper Competition Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about what makes a good application and to ask past scholarship recipients and interns about their experiences. This session will be facilitated by Abay Israel, Program Manager. The webinar is free and open to the public. Please share with all those interested. Title: 2014 Student Research Opportunities at ICPSR Date: Monday, December 2, 2013 Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

Hot off the presses: Get your 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) 3-year estimates

From the Governor's Census Liaison

The US Census Bureau released the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS) 3-year estimates for areas with populations over 20,000.  This release includes detailed socioeconomic characteristics of the population such as income, poverty, educational attainment, disability status, occupation, industry, tenure, housing costs, etc..  These 3-year estimates represent data collected from 2010-2012.  Since there is a previous 3-year estimate with data collected from 2007-2009, comparative profiles are now available for ACS 3-year estimates.  The new ACS data is available through the US Census Bureau’s American FactFinder tool.