C2ER & LMI Institute announce 2014 award winners
C2ER has awarded their 2014 Applied Community Research Awards.
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C2ER has awarded their 2014 Applied Community Research Awards.
Continue ReadingJohn Thompson, Census Bureau Director discussed the American Community Survey at the 54th Annual Conference of the Council for Community and Economic Research’s (C2ER).
Continue ReadingSarah Jane Maxted from the U.S. Cluster Mapping Project discusses an upcoming training class, Cluster Mapping for Economic Development.
Continue ReadingView photos of C2ER’s 54th Annual Conference, in Pittsburgh PA.
Continue ReadingA round-up of this week’s legislative news in economic, workforce, and education-related data.
Continue ReadingFriends of BLS releases first member list
APDU, in partnership with a number of other organizations, has launched the Friends of BLS group to support the mission of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and educate the public and decision-makers on the agency’s work. The group has 30+ entities signed on as supporters.
States have been giving film incentives for over 20 years. Louisiana was a pioneer in this area, introducing a motion picture incentive in 1992, subsequently expanded in 2002.
Continue ReadingC2ER met with Justin Gibbons and Stephen Steigleder, staffers for the Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Subcommittee on April 25 to discuss BLS budget issues.
Continue ReadingThe Census was all over the news yesterday, as reactions stacked up in response to changes health insurance coverage questions raised concerns that quality of data could be degraded, especially with regard to the Affordable Care Act.
Continue ReadingWhile many state economic development programs aim to provide incentives to businesses from any industry, a large proportion of state programs target their incentives at specific industries.
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