Background Information
Acronym: APDU
Address: P.O. Box 12538
City: Arlington
State: Virginia
Zip: 22219
E-mail: apdu@apdu.org
Web Address: http://www.apdu.org
General Inquiries About Organization
Name and Title: Teresa Hall Allen, Administrator
Telephone: (703) 807-2327
Fax: (703) 528-2857
E-mail: TeresaH@smdi.com
Forum Contact Person
Name and Title: Deborah Gona, Executive Director
Telephone: (703) 807-2327
Fax: (703) 528-2857
E-mail: dgona@prodigy.net
Mission Statement
APDU is committed to helping users identify public data that meet their needs
and apply those data in cost-effective and appropriate ways; to establish effective two-way
communication between data producers and users; and to bring the perspectives and concerns of
public data users to bear on important issues of government information and statistical policy.
Organizational Background/Description
For more than 25 years, APDU has been a national network linking the users, producers,
disseminators, and archivists of government statistical data. Our members--though diverse
and representing the varied perspectives of the academic, government, non-profit, and corporate
sectors--share a vital and ongoing concern about the collection, dissemination, preservation
and interperetation of public data.
Information Literacy Goals, Areas of Interest, Publications, Standards, etc.
Products:
APDU Annual Conference (held in the fall each year in the Washington DC area)
Publications:
- APDU Newsletter
- Of Significance...A Topical Journal (topics have included statistical literacy, data
confidentiality, preservation of data, the effects of changing data producrs, and defining
geography)
- APDU Membership Directory
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