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2004 Annual Data User Conference was a tremendous success.
We would like to thank all those who attended, exhibited and
presented at this year's conference. We are in the planning
stages for the 2005 Annual Data User Conference. The PaSDC
welcomes any suggestions in regards to next year's agenda.
For information on the 2005 Annual Data User Conference, please:
Visit our Web site
at: PaSDC.hbg.psu.edu
Call us at: 717.948.6336
Email us at: PaSDC@psu.edu
You may download any of the presenations
from this year's conference by clicking on the desire presenation.
Once again, thanks for a great conference
and we hope to see you in 2005!!
DPW Systems and Overview - Sandra Moore, PA Department of
Public Welfare
The 2002 Economic Census - Paul Zeisset, U.S. Census Bureau
Demographic Mapping of the Southern Alleghenies Region -
John Dubnansky and Janel Novak, Southern AllegheniesPlanning
and Development Commisison
Accessing Health Statistics Using EpiQMS - Jerry Orris, PA
Department of Health
Using LandView6 - Renee Jefferson Copeland, U.S. Census Bureau
Understanding Census Terminology and Geography - Pennsylvania
State Data Center
Census 2010 and Other Census Programs - Mike Hall, U.S. Census
Bureau
How One Local Non-profit Uses Data - Elaine Burns, Community
Action Commission
The Local Employment Dynamics Program - Eliza Arentz, PA
Department of Labor and Industry
How the Media Uses Data - Paul Overberg, USA Today
Agriculture Counts in Pennsylvania - Marc Tosiano, PA Department
of Agriculture
PeopleStat: Using Data to Improve the Delivery of Human
Services - Jeff Bechtel, PA Department of Public Welfare
Using American FactFinder - Janis Ennis, U.S. Census Bureau
The American Community Survey - Nick Spanos, U.S. Census
Bureau
Crime Statistics, Online Access All the Time - William M.
Williams, PA State Police
Data and Grant Writing - Denise Schlegel, D.S. Schelgel and
Associates
Online
Registration
2004 Annual Data User Conference brochure
Our
Keynote
Speaker:
How the Media Uses Data
Paul Overberg, Database Editor, USA Today
Journalists
have found that they must analyze and understand government
data to cover
many complex social issues such as diversity, segregation,
poverty, sprawl and
migration. Paul Overberg, USA TODAY’s
Database Editor, will explain how the nation’s
largest-circulation
newspaper accomplishes this using, for example, tiny graphics,
large
stories
and/or detailed maps. As USA TODAY’s primary demographic
analyst, Paul will
explain how USA TODAY
uses data from a variety of government sources to spot trends
and interpret
them. He will also discuss how journalists have become key data
intermediaries in helping citizens understand their
society.
Other
Topics: American
Community Survey
Economic Census
Accessing
Crime Statistics
Agriculture
Statistics
Local
Employment Dynamics
Accessing
Health Statistics using EpiQMS
Training
Sessions On: American FactFinder
20/20
Software -
the data engine for accessing economic Census data
Landview
6
- a database system which allows users to retrieve Census
2000
demographic and housing data, EPA Envirofacts data and
U.S. Geological Survey -
Geographic Names Information System
(USGS - GNIS) information
Census
Terminology and Geography
Join the PaSDC
for their 2004 Annual Data User Conference to be held September
16, 2004 at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey.
The day will include
multiple breakout sessions with a variety of topics.
Registration with
a continental breakfast will begin at 8:00 a.m. and the first
session will commence at 8:45 a.m..
Exhibitors will
have informative displays for viewing during registration
and all session breaks.
Check back
for updates!
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