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01/26/12: OnTheMap Version 6 Released To view older announcements related to LED, click here. January 26, 2012: OnTheMap Version 6 Released The U.S. Census Bureau released OnTheMap Version 6 today. OnTheMap Version 5 has been concurrently withdrawn. Version 6 adds a number of exciting features to allow users to dig deeper into the data. A number of the most important changes and improvements are listed below:
* OnTheMap has a new URL: http://OnTheMap.ces.census.gov/. A note about 2010: Data for 2010 has not been released yet, but is awaiting some final approvals and should be available in a couple of weeks.
New OnTheMap documentation and help is available at OnTheMap Help and Documentation. OnTheMap is supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. OnTheMap Version 6 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehdmap.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. January 10, 2012: New Hampshire QWI Data on LED Website Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) for the state of New Hampshire have been posted on the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) website. They are available through the QWI Online and Industry Focus. New Hampshire becomes the 49th state to post its QWI data on the LED website. December 27, 2011: "Where Are the Workers? Data Sharing Expands Federal Geospatial Analytic Offering," Read the latest article from Robert Pitts and Matthew Graham, "Where Are the Workers? Data Sharing Expands Federal Geospatial Analytic Offering," in the latest GeoWorld. Click on the following link http://read.dmtmag.com/issue/48297/17. December 16, 2011: Website Maintenance - December 19, 5:00 AM EST On Monday, December 19, 2011 from 5:00 AM to 6:00 AM EST, the LEHD/LED web site will undergo scheduled maintenance. During this time OnTheMap, OnTheMap for Emergency Management, QWI Online, Industry Focus, Job Gains/Losses, and all LEHD web systems will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. December 2, 2011: Database Maintenance - December 4, 2011 6:00 AM EST At 6:00AM Sunday, December 4, 2011 the LEHD/LED database servers will undergo an 1-hour scheduled maintenance. During that time OnTheMap and OnTheMap for Emergency Management will NOT be able to display any data. All other LEHD/LED web systems will be fully operational. We apologize for any inconvenience. November 9, 2011: Call for Proposals for 2012 LED Partnership Workshop The 2012 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Annual Workshop will be held in Washington, D.C. on March 7-8, 2012. Call for Presentations [PDF; File Size: 314KB] and Call for Posters [PDF; File Size: 313KB] are hereby issued to seek presentations and posters about practical applications using LED partnership data in the workshop. Detailed information is located on the LEHD web site. Submission deadline for presentations is Wednesday, December 7, 2011. All presentation and poster proposals must be submitted via email to Dr. Kimberly M. Jones. Submitters will be notified of selection status via email by January 4, 2012. Once selected, presenters must confirm their ability to present NO LATER than January 18, 2012. The Census Bureau will provide two nights lodging and airfare (using Government contract carrier) for selected presenters. Other costs will be at the expense of the presenters. Poster authors must provide their own travel/lodging. Questions and comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. November 7, 2011: Server Maintenance - November 9, 2011 6:00 - 7:00 PM EST Starting on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 6:00 PM EST the LEHD/LED web servers will undergo scheduled one-hour maintenance. The maintenance window is scheduled to be completed by 7:30 PM EST. During this time OnTheMap, OnTheMap for Emergency Management, QWI Online, Industry Focus, Job Gains/Losses, and all LEHD web systems may be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. October 19, 2011: Website Maintenance - October 21, 2011 6:00PM On Friday, October 21, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 11:55 PM EDT, the LEHD/LED web site will undergo scheduled maintenance until no later than Monday, October 24, 2011 at 6:00 AM EDT. During this time OnTheMap, OnTheMap for Emergency Management, QWI Online, Industry Focus, Job Gains/Losses, and all LEHD web systems will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. September 16, 2011: Race, Ethnicity and Education (REE) Data Release US Census Bureau releases enhancement of QWI to include Race, Ethnicity and Education tabulationsStarting with the R2011Q2 release of QWI, new demographic classification variables in addition to the ones familiar to users from existing QWI tabulations (i.e., Age/gender, county/WIB/CBSA, NAICS industry Sectors, subsectors, and industry groups). These new variables are Race, Ethnicity, and Educational Attainment. These new tabulations are available through the QWI Online and Industry Focus web applications as well as through the down load facility at Cornell University's VirtualRDC. The categories for the new variables are described below. The Race and Ethnicity variables conform to OMB standards for publication of data on race and ethnicity Further information about OMB standards can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg_1997standards/ . Race
Ethnicity
Educational Attainment
Further information about the construction of these new variables will become available at http://lehd.did.census.gov/.
Note: Because educational attainment is dynamic for younger populations, the universe for QWI tabulations using educational attainment only provides for workers age 30 or older. Questions or comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. September 14, 2011: New OnTheMap e-Learning Module Available The OnTheMap e-learning tool has been updated for the current version at http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/datatools/elearning/OnTheMap/player.html. This tutorial demonstrates how to use OnTheMap to answer complex questions on the commuting patterns and demographic characteristics of a workforce. The current version contains eight years of employment and segmented age, earnings and industry data for local and regional areas in 48 partner states. OnTheMap can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehdmap.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. September 13, 2011: LED Webinar "Kansas City, MO Earnings Tax -- Who Pays?" The US Census Bureau and Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Steering Committee are pleased to invite you to attend the next webinar in our monthly webinar series. In this webinar, "Kansas City, MO Earnings Tax . Who Pays?" participants will learn about how LED data was used by local civic leadership as the cornerstone of a campaign strategy to educate voters on the share of tax paid by non-residents and resulted in a vote to retain the tax. Our presenter will be Jerry Lonergan from The Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, who will be following up on the presentation on this same topic that he gave at the 2011 LED Workshop in March. This webinar is recommended for users at all experience levels. Read more and register at http://earningstax.eventbrite.com We hope you can make it! Cheers, US Census Bureau and the LED Partnership Steering Committe September 7, 2011: OnTheMap Version 5.2.4 Released The U.S. Census Bureau released Version 5.2.4 of OnTheMap today. This maintenance release corrects a previously unknown bug with the mileage calculations in the Simple/Ring Buffer tool. A full list of corrected bugs can be found in the Resolved Bugs section of the OnTheMap help pages. OnTheMap is supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. OnTheMap Version 5 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehdmap.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. August 25, 2011: Increasing Access to Federal Data Webinar Webinar Announcement
Title: Increasing Access to Federal Data: Ways to Navigate and Understand Available Data To Register: International Economic Development Council August 3, 2011: OnTheMap for Emergency Management Version 2.0.1 Released The Census Bureau released Version 2.0.1 of OnTheMap for Emergency Management today. This maintenance release provides better consistency in the daily display of floods. Flood areas now display for 24 hours after being updated. Note also that this release updates OnTheMap to Version 5.2.3. OnTheMap is supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. OnTheMap for Emergency Management Version 2.0.1 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap for Emergency Management under Quick Links, or directly at http://onthemap.ces.census.gov/em.html. Comments should be sent to CES.OnTheMap.Feedback@census.gov June 3, 2011: OnTheMap for Emergency Management Version 2.0 Released The Census Bureau released OnTheMap for Emergency Management Version 2.0 today, the beginning of the 2011 hurricane season. Version 2.0 adds floods and wildfires to hurricanes which was released last year. OnTheMap for Emergency Management is a public data tool that provides unique detail on the workforce, for U.S. areas affected by hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, in real time. The web-based tool provides an intuitive interface for viewing the location and extent of current and forecasted emergency events on a map, and allows users to easily retrieve detailed reports containing labor market characteristics for these areas. The reports provide the number and location of jobs, industry type, worker age and earnings. Worker race, ethnicity, and educational attainment levels are under a beta release at this time. To provide users with the latest information available, OnTheMap for Emergency Management automatically incorporates real time data updates from the National Weather Service, Departments of Interior and Agriculture, and other agencies for hurricanes, floods, and wildfires.
Version 2.0 includes the following new features and enhancements:
Version 2.0 also includes updated help documentation including a getting started guide, system requirements, and frequently asked questions. Data for the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire are not available at this time. OnTheMap for Emergency Management is supported by the state Labor Market Information agencies under the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) partnership with the Census Bureau. OnTheMap for Emergency Management Version 2.0 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap for Emergency Management under Quick Links, or directly at http://onthemap.ces.census.gov/em.html. Comments should be sent to CES.OnTheMap.Feedback@census.gov May 17, 2011: LED Monthly Webinar Series Starts May 18 The US Census Bureau and Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Steering Committee are pleased to invite you to attend the next webinar in our monthly webinar series - Data Cubing with the Quarterly Workforce Indicators, on Wednesday, May 18 from 1:30-2:30 pm. Presenter James Salomon was awarded the LED Partnership Award for Innovation for this product at the 2011 LED Partnership Workshop. In this webinar, James will demonstrate the Washington State LED Data Cube. This tool allows for easy manipulation of LED data. James will introduce the tool, provide a live demonstration, and explain why a tool like this is useful, what can be done with it, and its advantages and limitations. Technical notes on creating a data cube will be available following the webinar. Read more and register at http://datacubing.eventbrite.com/ Can't make this webinar? Webinars will now be held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 1:30-2:30 pm. Save the date, and look for a list of future topics soon! May 16, 2011: OnTheMap Version 5.2.1 Released The U.S. Census Bureau released Version 5.2.1 of OnTheMap today. This maintenance release adds a Feedback tool, which allows users to send comments/questions/bugs directly to the OnTheMap team. The Feedback tool can be accessed via the "Feedback" button just above the map in the OnTheMap application. This release also corrects a number of bugs. A full list of corrected bugs can be found in the Resolved Bugs section of the OnTheMap help pages. OnTheMap is supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. OnTheMap Version 5 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehdmap.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. April 22, 2011: OnTheMap Version 5.2 Coming On May 5, the U.S. Census Bureau will release Version 5.2 of OnTheMap. This updates OnTheMap application code to correct a number of bugs/issues as well as adding some minor functionality. A list of key changes will be provided with the release of Version 5.2. OnTheMap is also supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. OnTheMap Version 5 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehd.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.OnTheMap.Feedback@census.gov. April 21, 2011: OnTheMap Maintenance - April 29, 2011 On Friday, April 29, 2011 starting at 7:00AM EDT, the LEHD web systems will undergo scheduled maintenance. During this time LED OnTheMap, LED OnTheMap Emergency Management, QWI Online, Industry Focus, and Job Gains/Losses, will be unavailable. The LEHD web site will be unavailable as well. The maintenance is expected to last no more than 6 hours. We apologize for any inconvenience. March 17, 2011: Server Maintenance - March 19, 2011 12:01AM - 08:00 EDT On Saturday, March 19, 2011 from 12:01AM to 08:00AM EDT, the LEHD/LED web servers will undergo scheduled maintenance. During this time OnTheMap, QWI Online, Industry Focus, Job Gains/Losses, and all LEHD web systems will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. March 16, 2011: OnTheMap Version 5 Downloadable Data Released The U.S. Census Bureau released the LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics today. These files contain all the job data currently available in the OnTheMap Version 5 and supersede data released for Version 4 of OnTheMap. Data files are state-based and organized into three types: Origin-Destination (OD), Residence Area Characteristics (RAC), and Workplace Area Characteristics (WAC), all at census block geographic detail. Data is available for most states for the years 2002-2009. A detailed description of the data file structure can be found at http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/onthemap/OnTheMapDataTechDoc5.0.pdf. [PDF; File Size: 42KB] The data files can be accessed at http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/onthemap or via the LEHD website at http://onthemap.ces.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.OnTheMap.Feedback@census.gov March 11, 2011: ESA Deputy Under Secretary Potok Keynotes at LED Workshop U.S. Commerce Department Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Nancy Potok addressed over 200 participants at the Census Bureau's twelfth annual Local Employment Dynamics (LED) partnership workshop on March 9. For more details please visit http://www.esa.doc.gov/esa-deputy-under-secretary-potok-delivers-keynote-address-census-bureau%E2%80%99s-led-partnership-workshop. A photo of Deputy Under Secretary Potok as the workshop also appears in rotation at http://www.esa.doc.gov. March 7, 2011: OnTheMap Version 5.1.1 Released The U.S. Census Bureau released Version 5.1.1 of OnTheMap today. This maintenance release corrects a number of bugs. A full list of corrected bugs can be found in the Resolved Bugs section of the OnTheMap help pages. OnTheMap is supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. OnTheMap Version 5 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehdmap.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. February 15, 2011: OnTheMap Version 5.1 and 2009 Data Released The Census Bureau released Version 5.1 of the OnTheMap application today. This update includes several new features as well as a number of bug fixes Along with Version 5.1, data for 2009 are being released. This year of data adds several new variables with more demographic information about workers: Race, Ethnicity, and Educational Attainment. These new variables are only available for the Area Profile and Area Comparison analyses in the 2009 data. Further information about these new variables can be found in the Note about Race, Ethnicity, and Educational Attainment [PDF; File Size: 75KB]. Included with Version 5.1 is the ability to load and save analyses via a small settings file that can be stored on users' computers or shared with others. Also available in the new OnTheMap is the Text-Only Tool, which provides a comparable experience to the standard OnTheMap but in a much lighter weight user interface. This is useful for experienced users who want to access analysis reports as quickly as possible as well as for those users not able to take full advantage of the mapping interface. A full list of corrected bugs can be found in the Resolved Bugs section of the OnTheMap help pages. OnTheMap is supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. OnTheMap Version 5 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehdmap.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. February 2, 2011: OnTheMap Version 5.1 Coming On February 15, the U.S. Census Bureau will release Version 5.1 of OnTheMap. This release adds data for 2009 (including new variables for Race, Ethnicity, and Educational Attainment), a Text-Only Tool, and the ability to Save and Load settings (.otm) files. Version 5.1 also updates OnTheMap application code to correct a number of bugs/issues. A list of key changes will be provided with the release of Version 5.1. OnTheMap is also supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. OnTheMap Version 5 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehd.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. January 13, 2011: Google Public Data Explorer Released The U.S. Census Bureau debut the LED Google Public Data Explorer today. LED Google Public Data Explorer is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's 2010 Open Government Plan to improve better understanding and use of Census Bureau data. This is another joint effort between the U.S. Census Bureau and the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) state partners in exploring use of innovative data visualization methods for the LED data. LED Google Public Data Explorer uses line charts, bar charts, and motion charts to visually present publicly available data for 7 pilot states: Arizona, California, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington. Links to individuals will become active when Google has completed posting for the state. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. January 11, 2011: OnTheMap Version 5.0.1 Released
The U.S. Census Bureau released Version 5.0.1 of OnTheMap today. This maintenance release corrects a number of bugs. A full list of corrected bugs can be found in the Resolved Bugs section of the OnTheMap help pages. OnTheMap is supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. OnTheMap Version 5 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehdmap.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. December 13, 2010: OnTheMap Version 5 Released
The U.S. Census Bureau released OnTheMap Version 5 today. OnTheMap Version 4 has been concurrently withdrawn. Version 5 includes a number of important new features and enhancements including: the addition of data for Connecticut, new analysis types (including Area Comparison, Destination, Distance/Direction, and Inflow/Outflow), a redesigned user interface with a dashboard layout, and more. Version 5 also includes updated documentation on what's new [PDF; File Size: 96KB], sample analyses, system requirements, FAQs, and other information. OnTheMap is supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau as well as the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. December 13, 2010: New Hampshire Joins LED to Complete National Partnership
New Hampshire has joined the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership as the last eligible partner to complete a historic national partnership including all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. LED is a voluntary federal-state partnership that integrates data on employees and data on employers with multiple other data sources to produce new and improved labor market information about the dynamics of the local economy and society, while strictly protecting the confidentiality of individuals and firms that provide the data. New Hampshire Agreement [PDF; File Size: 3MB]
November 4, 2010: Call for Proposals for 2011 LED Partnership Workshop The 2011 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Annual Workshop will be held in the Washington, D.C. area on March 9-10, 2011. A Call for Proposals is hereby issued to seek presentations and posters about practical applications using LED data in the workshop. Detailed information is located at the What's New section at http://lehd.did.census.gov. Submission deadline for presentations is Thursday, December 2, 2010; poster proposals are due Thursday, December 16, 2010. Proposals should be sent by email to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov . Selected presenters will be featured in targeted break out sessions during prime time of the 2011 workshop. A poster session will allow authors and workshop participants the opportunity to discuss LED applications. The Census Bureau will provide paid travel and two nights lodging for the selected presenters to attend the workshop; poster authors must provide their own travel/lodging. Questions and comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. October 27, 2010: Massachusetts joins LED Partnership Massachusetts has joined the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership as one of 52 partners including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. LED is a voluntary federal-state partnership that integrates data on employees and data on employers with multiple other data sources to produce new and improved labor market information about the dynamics of the local economy and society, while strictly protecting the confidentiality of individuals and firms that provide the data. September 3, 2010: LED Debuts Many Eyes Data Visualization
The Local Employment Dynamics (LED) partnership today debuts the IBM's Many Eyes The LED Many Eyes service is listed on the LED website under Quick Links. Comments and suggestions should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. Note: The current release of Many Eyes is stable in Internet Explorer only. August 16, 2010: OnTheMap Wins DOC Gold Medal The Secretary of Commerce has selected the OnTheMap team to receive a group Gold Medal Award for Scientific/Engineering Achievement. This award is the highest form of honorary recognition the Department of Commerce (DOC) bestows on distinguished contributions. The Secretary will present the awards in a ceremony to be held on October 19 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. Since OnTheMap was first released in 2006, its data approach was reported in the 2008 Economic Report of the President, and the application was featured as a major statistical innovation of the United States by the United Nations Statistical Commission in 2009. The latest recognition from the Department of Commerce is a great honor and provides more impetus for the team to continue to innovate. The OnTheMap team shares this honor with the state partners for the opportunities created by the Local Employment Dynamics partnership, and pledges to more successes in the joint effort to create more timely and quality information for the local work force and economy. Members of the OnTheMap team are Colleen Flannery, Matthew Graham, Patrick "Heath" Hayward, Walter Kydd, Jeremy Wu, and Chaoling Zheng. Numerous individuals contributed to OnTheMap, which can be accessed under Quick Links at http://lehd.did.census.gov. Comments and suggestions should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. August 5, 2010: Data Visualization Plan Posted Data visualization tools have emerged as important new ways to present statistical information to make it more understandable for data users. In 2006 the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) partnership pioneered a data visualization effort with the first release of its web-based OnTheMap tool. Today, unlocking public access to government data is considered a critical component of the President's Open Government Initiative. Improving LED Data Visualization is one of 12 projects undertaken by the U.S. Census Bureau to increase government transparency by publishing high-value information. This project is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's 2010 Open Government Plan. The Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership is calling for Beta Testers to assist in the testing and evaluation of OnTheMap Version 5. The Beta testing period will start at the beginning of September and will close at the end of October. LED posted its data visualization plan today on its website at http://lehd.did.census.gov under Quick Links. Comments and suggestions should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. August 3, 2010: Call for OnTheMap Beta Testers The Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership is calling for Beta Testers to assist in the testing and evaluation of OnTheMap Version 5. The Beta testing period will start at the beginning of September and will close at the end of October. Volunteers will be asked to test the Beta version of the application frequently and report back to the OnTheMap Development Team at the Census Bureau on bugs, problems, successes, and suggestions for all parts of the application and graphical user interface. The Beta release of OnTheMap Version 5 will make available some new functionality. No guarantees are made as to the accuracy of the data in the Beta release or to the availability of the Beta application. During the Beta testing period Version 4 remains the official version of OnTheMap until the release of Version 5.0, expected in mid-December. Anyone (both new and experienced with OnTheMap) who would like to take part in the Beta testing should contact Victoria Johnson at victoria.c.johnson@census.gov. Testers will receive further instructions closer to the beginning of the testing period. July 12, 2010: OnTheMap for Emergency Management: Hurricanes Released
The Census Bureau launched OnTheMap for Emergency Management: Hurricanes today (News Release 10-106).
The web-based tool, located at http://lehdmap4.did.census.gov/themap4/em/index.html, provides real-time workforce information when a hurricane strikes land in the United States.
June 4, 2010: Connecticut QWI Data on LED Website
Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) for the state of Connecticut have been posted on the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) website located at
http://lehd.did.census.gov.
They are available through the QWI Online and Industry Focus and will be available through Job Gains/Losses.
May 27, 2010: OnTheMap Version 4.1 Released The Census Bureau released Version 4.1 of OnTheMap today. This release adds the Railroad layer to OnTheMap (available through the Base Map tab) and updates the Roads layers (Interstates, Major Highways, and Local Roads) using TIGER 2008 shapefiles. Version 4.1 also updates OnTheMap application code to correct a number of bugs/issues. A list of key changes is as follows:
Detail list of changes for Version 4.1
May 13, 2010: OnTheMap Version 4.1 Coming On May 27, the U.S. Census Bureau will release Version 4.1 of OnTheMap. This release adds the Railroad layer to OnTheMap (available through the Base Map tab) and updates the Roads layers (Interstates, Major Highways, and Local Roads) to TIGER 2008 shapefiles. Version 4.1 also updates OnTheMap application code to correct a number of bugs/issues. A list of key changes will be provided with the release of Version 4.1. OnTheMap is also supported by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor and the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau. OnTheMap Version 4 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehd.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. April 21, 2010: New OnTheMap e-Learning Module Available The OnTheMap e-learning tool has been updated for the current version at http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/datatools/elearning/OnTheMap/player.html. In 24 minutes, this tutorial demonstrates how to do basic analyses using OnTheMap with seven years of employment and segmented age, earnings and industry data for local and regional areas in 47 partner states. OnTheMap allows users to define custom areas for detailed analyses; illustrate flows of workers across state borders; produce and export reports and maps; view time-series animation over the seven available years of data; and perform Area Profile and Shed Analyses for work and home areas in both local and regional geographies. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. March 22, 2010: 2010 LED Partnership Workshop Successfully Concluded The 2010 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Workshop was held from March 10-12 in Arlington, VA. More than 170 persons registered and representatives from about 40 states attended the open event. Census Bureau Deputy Director Thomas Mesenbourg, Jr. and LED Steering Committee State Co-Chair Greg Weeks of Washington state opened with welcoming remarks in the morning of March 11. Ed Montgomery, White House Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers provided keynote address in the morning plenary session, with discussion by Randall W. Eberts, President, W.E. Upjohn Institute. Mark Doms, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Commerce, delivered keynote address in the afternoon session. Eric Moore of the state of Oregon and Dr. Tim Smith of the state of Missouri were honored posthumously by the LED Partnership Award for Innovation. Invited speakers, state partners, and data users shared their experience, results, and plans on using LED data for Education, Emergency Management, Workforce Planning, Transportation Planning, and Economic Indicators. LED staff members described recent and upcoming enhancements and operations. Invited posters were also on display to showcase use of LED data and results. LED state partners held business meetings, discussed promotion of LED, and conducted a strategic planning session. The 2011 LED Partnership Workshop has been scheduled for March 9-11, 2011. Please mark your calendar. All received presentations and posters for the 2010 workshop are posted at http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/workshops.html#2010. For more information about LED, please visit http://lehd.did.census.gov/. Questions and comments should be directed to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. February 26, 2010: OnTheMap Data Available for HTTP Download The Census Bureau has made the raw OnTheMap data files available for HTTP download today at this location: http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/onthemap/. Previously the OnTheMap data files could be accessed through the OnTheMap Application or downloaded via FTP from the Cornell VirtualRDC. See the Download the OnTheMap Data section of OnTheMap's Help Pages for more information. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. February 2, 2010: OnTheMap Version 4.0.2 Released The Census Bureau released Version 4.0.2 of OnTheMap today. This maintenance release corrects several bugs, including fixing a problem with large Paired Area Analyses. See Resolved Bugs for more information. OnTheMap is also supported by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor and the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau. OnTheMap Version 4 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehd.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. January 8, 2010: Invitation to 2010 LED Partnership Workshop We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2010 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Workshop.
This year's workshop will be held from March 10-12 at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel, located at 801 North Glebe Road in Arlington, VA. The hotel is just 2 blocks from the Ballston Metro stop.
Complete details and a tentative summary agenda are available on our conference registration site: http://led2010workshop.eventbrite.com.
You asked, and we listened! This year we're implementing several changes based on your feedback about last year's workshop. We heard that you wanted to get more hands-on, practical information that you can use when working with LED data. So we have added early-bird sessions for people wanting to learn more about using LED for education planning and disaster recovery, as well as breakout sessions highlighting LED uses in transportation planning, economic indicators, and community planning. And we will kick off the main day of the workshop with a panel on Measuring the Economic Recovery using LED and other data sources. This year's workshop will include several presentations submitted by data users in response to our call for presentations. Posters will also be exhibited. We are accepting poster submissions until January 19 if you wish to highlight your innovative use of LED data. Printed posters must be received by the Census Bureau by February 26. Poster proposals can be submitted by emailing CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. If you have any questions about the workshop, please call Tammy Coxen at (734) 769-2900, or email tcoxen@skilledwork.org. December 17, 2009: OnTheMap Version 4.0.1 Released The Census Bureau released Version 4.0.1 of OnTheMap today. This maintenance release corrects two bugs: One with the "Link to Me" tool and another with the "PDF (Map and Report)" option and the "Print Map" button in Internet Explorer. See Resolved Bugs for more information. OnTheMap is also supported by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor and the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau. OnTheMap Version 4 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehd.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. December 14, 2009: OnTheMap Version 4 Released The U.S. Census Bureau released OnTheMap Version 4 today. OnTheMap Version 3 has been concurrently withdrawn. Version 4 includes a number of important new features and enhancements [PDF; File Size: 112KB] including: the addition of Ohio, two more years of data (2007 and 2008), improved user interface, import/export of shapefiles and KML/KMZ, and more. Version 4 also includes updated documentation on how to get started, sample analyses, system requirements, FAQs, and other information. OnTheMap is also supported by the Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor and the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics partnership with the Census Bureau. OnTheMap Version 4 can be accessed by selecting "Local Employment Dynamics" at http://www.census.gov and then OnTheMap under Quick Links, or directly at http://lehd.did.census.gov. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. December 10, 2009: Deadline Extended for Call for Presentations Because of complications with the on-line form for submission of proposals for posters or presentations for the LED Partnership Workshop, the deadline for submissions has been extended to December 23. Please e-mail the information required in the form to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov or FAX a copy of the completed form to 301-763-6831, attention LED Workshop. October 28, 2009: Call for Proposals for 2010 LED Workshop The 2010 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership Annual Workshop will be held in the Washington, D.C. area on March 10-12, 2010. A Call for Proposals has been issued to seek presentations and posters about practical applications using LED data in the workshop. An application form [PDF; File Size: 62KB] with detailed information is located at the What's New section at http://lehd.did.census.gov. Submission deadline for presentations and posters is December 2, 2009. Selected presenters will be featured in targeted break out sessions during prime time of the 2010 workshop. The Census Bureau will provide paid travel and two nights lodging for the selected presenters to attend the workshop. Questions and comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. October 19, 2009: Mark Your Calendar for 2010 LED Annual Workshop The next Local Employment Dynamics (LED) annual workshop will be held on March 10-12, 2010 in the Washington area. Additional information about the workshop will become available in the coming weeks. Contact CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov if you have immediate questions. September 30, 2009: Job Gains and Losses Private sector net job gains/losses and net job growth rates derived from the Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) are now available at the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) website located at http://lehd.did.census.gov. They measure the year-over-year change from 2007Q4 to 2008Q4 for 46 LED partner states, and cover detailed tabulations by gender, age, and industry sectors according to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). These tables and descriptions of the computation methodology, as well as a presentation to the Association of Public Data Users, can be viewed and downloaded. Visit the section under What's New at http://lehd.did.census.gov for more details. July 28, 2009: OnTheMap Version 3.4 Released The Census Bureau released Version 3.4 of OnTheMap today. This maintenance release updates Workforce Investment Areas (WIAs) for Alabama. Version 3.4 also corrects several geography bugs. See OnTheMap's Resolved Bugs page for more information. May 28, 2009: OnTheMap Version 3.3.1 Released The Census Bureau released Version 3.3.1 of OnTheMap today. This maintenance release corrects a bug that caused users to receive an error when performing a Shed Analysis with only one rollup layer selected. May 8, 2009: OnTheMapTM Version 3.3 Released The Census Bureau released Version 3.3 of OnTheMap today. This maintenance release covers several patches for the application's user interface. The first patch corrects the dynamic text in Step 4 of the Analysis Tab for Paired Shed Analyses. The second patch corrects a labeling bug in the Shed Reports that caused some areas with duplicate names to be combined in the Shed Report for several Rollup Layers. This patch completely corrected the issue for Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZ) and State Legislative Districts (Upper and Lower), while significantly reduced the problem for County Subdivisions and Unified/Elementary School Districts. OnTheMap Version 3.4, expected to be released in July, will complete the corrections for Cities/Towns, County Subdivisions, and Unified/Elementary School Districts. May 8, 2009: Server Maintenance - May 10, 8AM-Noon EDT On Sunday, May 10, from 8AM to noon EDT, maintenance will be performed on the LEHD/LED web servers. During this window OnTheMap, QWI Online, Industry Focus, and web-based applications will not be available. We apologize for any inconvenience. April 29, 2009: Ohio QWI Data on LED Website Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) for the state of Ohio have been posted on the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) website. They are available through the QWI Online and Industry Focus. Ohio becomes the 47th state to post its QWI data on the LED website. April 3, 2009: New OnTheMap e-Learning Module Available The OnTheMap e-learning tool has been updated for the current version at http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/datatools/elearning/OnTheMap/player.html. In 22 minutes, it demonstrates how to do basic analyses using OnTheMap with five years of employment and segmented age, earnings and industry data for local and regional areas in 46 partner states. OnTheMap allows users to define custom areas for detailed analyses; illustrate flows of workers across state borders; produce and export reports and maps; view time-series animation over the five available years of data; and perform Area Profile and Shed Analyses for work and home areas in both local and regional geographies. Comments should be sent to CES.Local.Employment.Dynamics@census.gov. March 3, 2009: Server Maintenance - March 10, 6-8PM EST - for OnTheMap, QWI Online, and Industry Focus On Tuesday, March 10, from 6PM to 8PM EST, maintenance will be performed on some of the Census Bureau's web servers. During this 2-hour window OnTheMap, QWI Online, and Industry Focus will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience. February 26, 2009: OnTheMap Version 3.2 Data Available on VirtualRDC The complete set of OnTheMap Version 3.2 data is now available from the Cornell VirtualRDC for download by registered users. To register for access to the OnTheMap data. please request a login by sending an email to virtualrdc@cornell.edu. These files are the same files currently used for the OnTheMap tool located at http://lehd.did.census.gov The compressed file size for the entire collection is about 19GB. For more information about the Local Employment Dynamics Partnerships and related tools, please visit http://lehd.did.census.gov. February 10, 2009: Nevada Profile of Older Workers Released The Census Bureau, under the federal-state Local Employment Dynamics (LED) partnership, has been releasing a series of reports on workers 55 and older for individual states. Nevada is the thirtieth and last state to be released in the series today. The Nevada report can be accessed at http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/ledow04nv.pdf [PDF; File Size: 384KB]. The report and additional tables may also be found at http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/profiles.html. For additional information about the LED partnership, please visit http://lehd.did.census.gov. February 6, 2009: Connecticut Joins LED Connecticut has joined the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership as one of 51 partners including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. LED is a voluntary federal-state partnership that integrates data on employees and data on employers with multiple other data sources to produce new and improved labor market information about the dynamics of the local economy and society, while strictly protecting the confidentiality of individuals and firms that provide the data January 29, 2009: Alabama Profile of Older Workers Released The Census Bureau, under the federal-state Local Employment Dynamics (LED) partnership, has launched a series of reports on workers 55 and older for more than 30 states. Alabama is the twenty-ninth state to be released in the series today, to be followed by Nevada. The Alabama report can be accessed at http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/ledow04al.pdf [PDF; File Size: 1.00MB]. The report and additional tables may also be found at http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/profiles.html. For additional information about the LED partnership, please visit http://lehd.did.census.gov. January 26, 2009: California Profile of Older Workers Released The Census Bureau, under the federal-state Local Employment Dynamics (LED) partnership, has launched a series of reports on workers 55 and older for more than 30 states. California is the twenty-eighth state to be released in the series today, to be followed by Alabama and Nevada. The California report can be accessed at http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/ledow04ca.pdf [PDF; File Size: 1.09MB]. The report and additional tables may also be found at http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/profiles.html. For additional information about the LED partnership, please visit http://lehd.did.census.gov. 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