A call for papers has been initiated for the
International Conference on Transport Survey Quality and Innovation, to be held
in Kruger Park, South Africa in early August 2001. The announcement is
attached as a pdf file.
Peter Stopher
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Peter R.
Stopher, Ph.D.
Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. Professor
Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Louisiana State University
Baton
Rouge, LA 70803-6405
Phone: 225-388-8898
Fax:
225-388-8652
PlanTrans, LLP
3533 Granada Drive
Baton Rouge, LA 70810-1142
Phone: 225-767-7843
Fax:
225-767-7861
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 4:20
PM
Subject: [CTPP] Heads-up on PUMS
I am hearing that there are some discussions underway at
Census
concerning the 2000 PUMS. Below is an email that Elaine
Murakami (fhwa)
snagged concerning a meeting on the issue. Elaine is
trying to get to
the bottom of it but I thought it was important to get the
issue before
us. We will let you know more as we find out. If anyone
on the list can
shed any information on this or the direction of PUMs
please let us
know.
(don't forget to make sure to "reply all" if you
want to reply to
the
list.)
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Date:
05/09/2000 05:20 pm (Tuesday)
From: ruggles@hist.umn.edu
To:
hubsmtp.gwhub("ipums-users@ipums.umn.edu")
Subject: URGENT! Census
2000 PUMS
** High Priority **
Dear IPUMS users:
The Census
Bureau is considering significant reductions in the level of
subject and
geographic detail for the 2000 PUMS files in order to
enhance
confidentiality. As the Principal Investigator of the IPUMS
project
and chair of the ICPSR Census 2000 Committee, I have been asked
to attend a
meeting at the Bureau later this month to report how these
changes might
affect users. No final decisions have yet been taken, but
various
measures are under discussion. Although I do not have the
specifics
of any proposals, I have heard that they include such steps as
grouping
ages for persons 65 or older, providing only broad occupational
groupings,
reducing the available detail on race, ancestry, and income,
and reducing
geographic detail.
I would like to get your feedback on these issues
before I meet with the
Bureau so I can fairly represent the concerns of
IPUMS users. I would
therefore appreciate it if you could complete
the brief survey at
http://www.ipums.umn.edu/~ipums/survey.html.
I need the results as soon
as possible. The survey will remain open
until May 16th, but it will
help greatly if you could complete the survey
today or tomorrow. A high
response rate will strengthen the
credibility of the results. I
appreciate your help on this,
especially given the very short notice.
If you know of people who have
used the IPUMS but who are not registered
to use the data extraction
system, I would appreciate it if you would
forward this message to
them.
If you do not want to receive email from IPUMS and would like us
to
remove you from our list of registered users, please email
ipums@hist.umn.edu and ask to be removed,
and accept my apologies for
clogging your inbox.
Yours,
Steven
Ruggles
Minnesota Population Center
537 Heller, University of
Minnesota
271 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
FAX: (612)
624-7096
PHONE: (612) 624-5818