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The
Urban Markets Initiative (UMI), of the Metropolitan Policy Program of the
Brookings Institution, knows that you, like many other professionals in
government and development fields, may be concerned with issues related to
local data, including accessibility, availability, and quality. In
response to a growing awareness of the importance of local data, the National
Infrastructure for Community Statistics (NICS) initiative was proposed as a
nationwide web-based utility that facilitates access by public and private
decision-makers to detailed, current community-level statistics from thousands
of local, state, federal, and commercial data sources. In order to help
build a stronger infrastructure, UMI has developed a survey to support
development and assess local data opportunities that might be met by the NICS
initiative. We
recognize the importance of up-to-date survey and administrative data sets for
small areas in informing public debate, supporting better public and private
choices, and empowering communities to adapt to accelerating socioeconomic
change. NICS is reaching out to the national community of data users and
disseminators for their help in improving data quality and access for local
governments, institutions, and community organizations. With
this in mind, UMI seeks to gauge current strengths and weaknesses of data
quality and availability for local governments, institutions, and organizations
like your own. Given your expressed interest in local data-related
issues, we would like to extend an invitation for you to complete our brief 15
minute survey designed to assist NICS in better serving your data needs, and
the needs of local data users nationwide. Please
visit the survey at http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB224J9R6QM4T Thank
you in advance for your contribution to the development of a National
Infrastructure for Community Statistics. If
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