I thought I would share my notes from this conference.  FCSM is held every 2 years, and focuses on the many different surveys conducted by federal agencies.

I have rarely attended, but this time, I gave a presentation about the Transportation Secure Data Center

http://www.nrel.gov/vehiclesandfuels/secure_transportation_data.html , of which FHWA is the major sponsor.   My attached notes do not cover my (and Evan Burton’s) presentation.

It is always interesting to see what people are trying, given that we have so many of the same problems:  cell-phone only households, incentives, non-response, quality of response, disclosure avoidance, etc.    So, even if this post is not specifically about CTPP, there are some tidbits related to ACS and census research at new university centers.    

Elaine Murakami

FHWA Office of Planning

206-220-4460 (in Seattle)