5 Mar
2003
5 Mar
'03
9:55 a.m.
Welcome to the world of data embargo! The press are usually issued the
information early so they have time to research and write their stories.
Unfortunately, those of us who are supposedly "in the know" haven't gotten
the embargoed information. As such, they call us for information and we
end-up getting it from the press! I've been in this position for the last
15 years, so I've "been there, done that".
Any Bureau folks like to clarify?
Michael D. Golembiewski
Transportation Modeler
BERKS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
BERKS COUNTY SERVICES CENTER
633 COURT STREET FL 14
READING PA 19601-4309
ph: 610-478-6300
fax: 610-478-6316
5 Mar
5 Mar
11 a.m.
New subject: new data release?
I'd like to know why this embargo idea makes any sense. I also wind up
trying to answer questions from the media prior to having any information,
and then spend the next few weeks answering questions from various
organizations in order to clarify articles or statements in articles that
are not statistically correct or accurate. Would it make too much sense to
release the data to the official "data centers" first, so that we can have a
chance to look at the data prior to the media spin?
Tom Reinauer, Transportation Director
Southern Maine RPC & KACTS MPO
21 Bradeen St. Suite 304
Springvale, ME 04083
207-324-2952
treinauer(a)server.eddmaine.org
www.smrpc.org
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From: <MGolembiewski(a)mail.countyofberks.com>
To: <ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: [CTPP] new data release?
Welcome to the world of data embargo! The press are usually issued the
information early so they have time to research and write their stories.
Unfortunately, those of us who are supposedly "in the know" haven't gotten
the embargoed information. As such, they call us for information and we
end-up getting it from the press! I've been in this position for the last
15 years, so I've "been there, done that".
Any Bureau folks like to clarify?
Michael D. Golembiewski
Transportation Modeler
BERKS COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
BERKS COUNTY SERVICES CENTER
633 COURT STREET FL 14
READING PA 19601-4309
ph: 610-478-6300
fax: 610-478-6316
1:25 p.m.
New subject: new data release?
The embargoed data are available to the SDCs and BIDCs at the same time as
to the press (or maybe one day earlier, at one point it was supposed to
work that way). The logic IS to give the public sector data analysts a
chance to look at data and be prepared when it hits the media. I've
noticed that many of the comments/questions here are coming from regional
planning groups; I would have thought they would be part of their State
Data Center Network?
(FWIW, we in Illinois SDC did have this opportunity but I had no time and
tramnsportation isn't reallty my thing:-)
Jim Bash
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Tom Reinauer wrote:
I'd like to know why this embargo idea makes any
sense. I also wind up
trying to answer questions from the media prior to having any information,
and then spend the next few weeks answering questions from various
organizations in order to clarify articles or statements in articles that
are not statistically correct or accurate. Would it make too much sense to
release the data to the official "data centers" first, so that we can have a
chance to look at the data prior to the media spin?
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