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  "year": 1992,
  "month": "September",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "Real help for data junkies",
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  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "",
  "summary": "The Association of Public Data Users provides journalists and data professionals with a newsletter and conferences to stay informed about developments in public data, including policy updates, new data releases, and technical information.",
  "keywords": [
    "data",
    "journalism",
    "newsletter"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Government & Politics"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "CD-ROM"
  ],
  "full_text": "Keeping up with the wide range of developments in the field of public data can be pretty tough for reporters on the beat.\n\nBut the Association of Public Data Users can help with that.\n\nA sort of data-junkie support group, the association provides a forum for interaction between data users, sources and producers through its newsletter and conferences.\n\nupdates readers on the latest round in the user fee debate: U.S. Courts might be given authority to fund facility costs through fees on the use of the judicial system.\n\nThe eight- to ten-page newsletter is packed full of information that would be pretty dry to anyone except a data addict.\n\nSharing the front page was an article about a proposal by the Office of Management and Budget to amend federal policies relating to information dissemination, records management and cooperation between state and local governments.\n\nThe front page stories of the May 1992 issue of the APDU Newsletter were esoteric but informative.\n\n\"The Mother of All User Fees\"\n\nInside pages are filled with short descriptions of new government and private data releases available through a variety of mediums. Some of this stuff is really far out, yet fascinating.\n\nThe Calendar section lists instructional seminars around the country.\n\nUseful tidbits of information, including legislative updates and technical information, are sprinkled throughout the newsletter. For example, the Census Bureau has announced an error in STF3A data, and it looks like CD-ROMs are falling far short of their expected 20-year lifespan.\n\nIt costs $300 to join the Association of Public Data Users. Besides a newsletter, members get a telephone contact list for government data agencies and can share the cost of a database with other members. For information write to APDU, Princeton University Computing Center, 87 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, N.J. 08544.",
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