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**STATE DATA CENTER/BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY DATA CENTER**

**MID-YEAR MEETING AGENDA**

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### Joint SDC/FSCPE MeetingSalon I-J-K Meeting RoomLevel Five

12:30 -- 1:30 p.m.

. ***Registration***

1:30 - 1:45 p.m. **Welcome and Introductions**

***Fernando Armstrong***

*Regional Director*

*Philadelphia Regional Office*

*Stanley J. Rolark*

*Chief, Customer Liaison Office*

######  U.S. Census Bureau

########  Robert Scardamalia

########  Chair, SDC Steering Committee

########  Jeff Hardcastle

########  Chair, FSCPE Steering Committee 

1:45 -- 2:30 p.m. **Demographic Programs Update**

TBD

*U S. Census Bureau*

This session will cover a broad range of Census Bureau demographic data,

Specifically, including the Current Population Survey and its
relationship to the

American Community Survey.

2:30 -- 2:45 p.m. ***Break***

2:45 -- 3:30 p.m. **Update on the American Community Survey**

*Tim Jones*

*American Community Survey Office*

######  U.S. Census Bureau

The American Community Survey is the planned replacement for the long
form in the 2010 census. Full implementation nationwide began in January
2005 and will sample 3 million addresses a year. This allows the Census
Bureau to conduct a short-form only census in 2010 and to produce
socio-economic data annually rather than once every decade.

3:30 -- 3:45 p.m. ***Break***

3:45 -- 4:30 p.m*.* **2010 Census Planning**

*Ed Gore*

*Decennial Management Division*

########  U.S. Census Bureau

The Census Bureau is looking at a new way of taking the Census in 2010.
This

presentation will describe planning, development, and testing activities
that are

underway or planned, including partnerships with state and local groups
that might include some of the people present at this meeting.

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4:30- 5:00 p.m. **Population Estimates**

*Signe Wetrogen,*

> *Assistant Division Chief for Population*

########  Estimates and Projections Area, Population Division 

########  U.S. Census Bureau

This session will include:

-   The role of the American Community Survey in population estimates

-   How and why annually released data from the ACS and the Estimates

> Division are different from each other

-   The methodology used to produce the estimates and potential changes
    to the methodology

5:00 p.m. ***Adjourn***

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### SDC/BIDC Meeting---Salon I-J-K Meeting RoomLevel Five 

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## 8:00 -- 8:45 a.m. **Registration and Light Refreshments**

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## 8:45 -- 9:00 a.m. **Opening Remarks**

##  *Stanley J. Rolark*

##  *Chief, Customer Liaison Office*

##  *U.S. Census Bureau* 

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9:00 -- 10:00 a.m. **Geographic Programs Update**

*Linda Franz*

*Geography Division*

########  U.S. Census Bureau

##  The Geography Division will aid the 2010 Census by: 

-   Developing systems that employ new technologies,

-   Enhancing geographic partnerships, and

-   Integrating quality assurance measures into the geographic and
    Master Address File systems and databases.

> This presentation will discuss:

-   The Boundary and Annexation Survey,

-   The Local Update of Census Addresses Program,

-   The Statistical and Administrative Areas Delineation Programs, and

-   The update and improvement of the Topologically Integrated
    Geographic Encoding and Referencing system (TIGER) database.

10:00 -- 10:15 a.m. ***Break***

10:15 -- 10:45 a.m. **SDC Presentation- Related to Geography**

SDC Presenter TBD

This session will include presentation from SDC partners about local GIS

capabilities using census data

10:45 -- 11:00 a.m. **General Update on Census Products and Programs**

*Franklin J. Ambrose*

*Governmental Programs Coordinator*

*U.S. Census Bureau*

This session will provide:

-   Information about the Census Bureau's plans to release data
    products.

-   A discussion of the major data collection efforts the Census Bureau
    will undertake in 2005.

11:00 a.m. -- 12:00 p.m. **State Data Center Business Meeting**

*Robert Scardamalia*

########  Chair, SDC Steering Committee

*Renée Jefferson-Copeland*

########  Program Administrator, Governmental Programs

*U.S. Census Bureau*

-   In depth review of the new Memorandum of Agreement that each SDC
    lead must sign in January 2006 to continue their participation in
    the SDC program.

-   Discussion about SDC/BIDC resources available on the SDC/BIDC
    Clearinghouse site.

-   Steering Committee report regarding the next September national
    meeting:

    -   Meeting format

    -   General topics

    -   Logistics

    -   Etc.

    -   Q&A

12:00 -- 1:00 p.m. ***Lunch on your own***

1:00 -- 1:45 p.m. **Small Area Economic Data and Its Uses (Panel
Discussion)**

*Paul Zeisset*

*U.S. Census Bureau*

*Jennifer Marks*

*U.S. Census Bureau*

*SDC Representative(s) (TBD)*

The Census Bureau presenters will include information about how small

area data can be delivered from:

-   2003 County Business Patterns

-   Nonemployer Statistics

-   2002 Economic Census products

-   Longitudinal Employment Dynamics

State Data Center presenters will present uses of economic data for

small areas and local needs. Possible topics could include:

-   The local uses of Census Bureau building permit data

-   BEA data

-   Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages from the Bureau of Labor
    Statistics (QCEW, formerly ES-202) and Local Area Unemployment
    Statistics (LAUS program from BEA)

1:45 -- 2:00 p.m. ***Break***

2:00 -- 3:00 p.m. **Small Area Economic Data and Its Uses (Panel
Discussion)---cont.**

3:00 -- 4:00 p.m. **Using Wed-Based Tools to Create Products for Small
Areas**

######  Cam McIntosh

*Seattle Regional Office*

*U.S. Census Bureau*

*Barbara Ronningen*

*Minnesota State Data Center*

-   Demonstration of useful but possibly little known and underused
    features of the American FactFinder, such as:

    -   Creating Custom Tables

    -   Selecting geographic areas by clicking on a reference map

    -   Creating Thematic Maps

    -   Save a Query

> Demonstration of the University of Minnesota's new tool for finding
> historic census data online <http://www.nhgis.org/>
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> 4:00 p.m. ***Adjourn***