[DDI-users] Survey on Local Data Use

[Laura Smith]

The Urban Markets Initiative (UMI), of the Metropolitan Policy Program
of the Brookings Institution, knows that you, like many other
professionals in government and development fields, may be concerned
with issues related to local data, including accessibility,
availability, and quality.  

 

In response to a growing awareness of the importance of local data, the
National Infrastructure for Community Statistics (NICS) initiative was
proposed as a nationwide web-based utility that facilitates access by
public and private decision-makers to detailed, current community-level
statistics from thousands of local, state, federal, and commercial data
sources.  In order to help build a stronger infrastructure, UMI has
developed a survey to support development and assess local data
opportunities that might be met by the NICS initiative.  

 

We recognize the importance of up-to-date survey and administrative data
sets for small areas in informing public debate, supporting better
public and private choices, and empowering communities to adapt to
accelerating socioeconomic change.  NICS is reaching out to the national
community of data users and disseminators for their help in improving
data quality and access for local governments, institutions, and
community organizations.  

 

With this in mind, UMI seeks to gauge current strengths and weaknesses
of data quality and availability for local governments, institutions,
and organizations like your own.  Given your expressed interest in local
data-related issues, we would like to extend an invitation for you to
complete our brief 15 minute survey designed to assist NICS in better
serving your data needs, and the needs of local data users nationwide.

 

Please visit the survey at
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB224J9R6QM4T
<http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB224J9R6QM4T> 

 

Thank you in advance for your contribution to the development of a
National Infrastructure for Community Statistics.

 

If you have any questions, please email Laura Smith at
lsmith at brookings.edu.

 

 

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