In case you are interested:
HUD Call for Papers
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy
Development and Research publishes Cityscape
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=72024747&msgid=942971&act=ATR
8&c=364653&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huduser.org%2Fportal%2Fperiodica
ls%2Fcityscape.html> , a scholarly journal, three times a year. Data
Shop, a department of Cityscape, presents short articles or notes on the
uses of data in housing and urban research. This feature introduces
readers to new and overlooked data sources and to improved techniques in
using well-known data. The emphasis is on sources and methods that
analysts can use in their own work. Data Shop invites all interested
users of such data to submit abstracts for papers by July 22, 2011 for
consideration for the March 2012 issue. For more information and/or to
submit an abstract, contact:
Dav Vandenbroucke <mailto:david.a.vandenbroucke@hud.gov>
Senior Economist
U.S. Dept. HUD
202-402-5890
I just received this form some of Census Bureau sources. I have not read
it yet but you can bet that I will be bugging the MPO and state DOTs to
make sure that they hook up with their State Data Centers and get involved
in the process.
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The Census Bureau published final criteria for Public Use Microdata Areas
(PUMAs) on July 5, 2011. The notice, "Final Public Use Microdata Area
(PUMA) Criteria and Guidelines for the 2010 Census and the American
Community Survey," is available on the Census Bureau's website at:
http://www.census.gov/geo/puma/puma2010.html.
Questions and requests for further information should be addressed to the
Geographic Standards and Criteria Branch, Geography Division, Census Bureau
via e-mail at <geo.puma(a)census.gov> or telephone at 301-763-3056.
--
Ed Christopher
FHWA Resource Center Planning Team
4749 Lincoln Mall Drive, Suite 600
Matteson, IL 60443
708-283-3534 (V)
708-574-8131 (C)
