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APDU'98 Annual Meeting
APDU'98: 23rd Annual Conference of the
Association of Public Data Users, will be
held October 26-28, 1998. The location is
the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Historic
District Alexandria, 625 First Street,
Alexandria, VA 22314. This year's theme is
"Looking into the Crystal Ball: What is the
Future of Public Data?"
APDU was founded in 1976 to serve the users,
producers and disseminators of government
statistical data by assisting users in the
identification and application of public
data; establishing communication linkages
between data producers and users; and
bringing the perspectives and concerns of
public data users to bear on issues of
government information and statistical
policy. APDU consists of representatives from
many academic, governmental, commercial and
private sectors.
A preliminary program, accommodations, and
registration information is available via the
APDU homepage (http://www.apdu.org). Some
conference highlights include keynote speaker
Katherine Wallman, Chief, Statistical Policy
Office of OMB; Monday luncheon speaker Larry
Brandt, Director of the Digital Government
Initiative at NSF; Tom Hofeller, Staff
Director, Subcommittee on the Census as
Tuesday luncheon speaker; and presentations
on the future of data preservation, the
National Spatial Data Infrastructure, plans
for Census 2000, and the impact of welfare
reform legislation on states.
This year's conference co-chairs are Lisa
Neidert of the University of Michigan and Ted
Hull of the National Archives and Records
Administration. We look forward to seeing
you at APDU'98!
Ted Hull
Center for Electronic Records
National Archives and Records Administration
301-713-6645, ext. 253
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