SDC Program By-Laws

Here is a link to the updated by-laws, http://sdcclearinghouse.wordpress.com/steering-committee/steering-committee-bylaws/

Census Bureau Calendar

Did you know that you can add the Census Bureau release schedule to your Outlook Calendar?

Go to:  http://www.census.gov/newsroom/

And select Under “NEWS” …. “Release Schedule”

 Under the Month/Year in the center of the top of the page … there is “Subscribe: iCal / RSS  …. I had initially thought that this was it … and that it would add it to my outlook calendar and update automatically … BUT it does NOT work like that …

So instead you can go to “Export” in the gray bar at the top of the page ….  Select your date range, the type of items you would like to export, and the format.  I selected “iCalendar Interchange Format (.ics)” and then told it to OPEN.

A new calendar is added to your outlook calendar section.

 The downside –  This DOES NOT update automatically, so monthly or periodically you may want to delete the calendar and re-import (Export Calendar Events) to get a refreshed version of the releases, etc.

GSS Initiative – Draft Address Data Content Guidelines

Geographic Support System (GSS) Initiative Announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau – Geography Divsion.

Draft address data content guidelines are now available as part of the U.S. Census Bureau – Geography Division’s GSS Initiative.

As a part of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Geographic Support System Initiative (GSS-I), the Census Bureau is committed to accepting address and structure point data from our partners beginning in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013. These documents outline the address data elements and metadata that the Census Bureau identifies as optimal components in address and structure datasets.   Learn more

Optimal Address Data Submission Guidelines (Draft) - PDF

Census Address to FGDC Address Standard Crosswalk (Draft)  - PDF

Questions?
Contact us at geo.gss.initiative@census.gov

2012 Census of Governments Informational Binder

The Governments Division provided the SDC lead agencies with an informational binder on the 2012 Census of Governments.  The original binder was distributed in December 2011. 

An updated PDF is now available.

Contacting CLMSO

In order to receive the quickest response to your questions/issues/concerns, please use the following when contacting CLMSO …
phone: 301-763-1305
email: clmso.dub.office.group.list@census.gov