Visioning a Nationwide Infrastructure for Community Statistics Community Statistical Systems Network May 27, 2004 (1OV)
Participant Profile (1OW)
Name(s): Tom Kingsley (1OX)
Organization: Urban Institute (1OY)
Title or Subject of Initiative, Project, Program, or Other Effort Relevant to Meeting: (1OZ)
National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (1P0)
Nature of Effort: (1P1)
___ system for on-line delivery of nationwide local area data to individual users ___ tabular data ___ mapped data geographic units (e.g., states, counties, places) include: primary data sets include: (1P2)
___ tool to assist national and local data intermediaries in accessing and organizing data sets for inclusion in on-line statistical systems (1P3)
___ development of applications, technologies, or standards to aid in the above (1P4)
_X__ other: (1P5)
Network to develop and assist local data intermediaries in accessing and organizing data sets for inclusion in statistical systems (1P6)
Current Status: __X_ in operation ___ under construction ___ in planning, in conceptual development, under consideration (1P7)
URL (if relevant): www.urban.org/NNIP (1P8)
Purpose and Audience (Ends): (1P9)
Purpose: further the development and use of neighborhood information systems in local policy making and community building Audience: local and national groups with interest in indicators systems and using data for policy and program development (1PA)
Brief Description (Means): (1PB)
Conduct cross-site policy research; prepare tools and guides; assemble information on innovations in the field; operate many mechanisms for dissemination (web site; email listserve; conferences and workshops); promote the development of new local data intermediaries and help them get started. (1PC)
Brief Narrative of History, Current Status, Plans: Started in 1995. See http://www.urban.org/NNIP for details (1PD)
Relevant Background Documents (with URLs, if available): See http://www.urban.org/NNIP (1PE)
Contact information: Address: The Urban Institute, 2100 M. St. NW, Washington, DC 20037 Telephone: 202-261-5586 E-mail: tkingsle@ui.urban.org (1PF)