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Data Management, Dissemination and Frustrations: The Non-profit Perspective

Explore the challenges faced by non-profit organizations in managing and disseminating data, presented by Jeff Blodgett, Vice President of Research at Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Inc. Topics include data content/standards, resource requirements, frustrations, and potential value of the National Integrated Data System (NICS). Learn how NICS can improve data sharing, reduce redundancy, and strengthen community analysis.

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Data Management, Dissemination and Frustrations: The Non-profit Perspective

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  1. Data Management, Dissemination and Frustrations:The Non-profit Perspective Presented by: Jeff Blodgett Vice President, Research Connecticut Economic Resource Center, Inc.

  2. Presentation Overview • About CERC • Transition from public to private non-profit • The Public Experience • Data content/standards • Resource requirements & other issues • Potential NICS Value

  3. CERC Background • Private, non-profit company • Incorporated in 1993 • Utility funded • Initial focus: • Marketing • Business Response Center • Site Finder

  4. The Early Years • Automation & Research • Products • CEIS • Market Data • Town Profiles • Ad hoc reports • Affiliations • BIDC • State Data Center • University

  5. The Early Years • Constituents • Agency Staff • Legislators & Staff • Other state agencies

  6. Data Resources • Demographic • Economic • Business • Spatial • Fiscal

  7. Analytic Tools: CERC DataFinder • Most comprehensive set of national & Connecticut-specific demographic, business & municipal data • Members select, compare & analyze information • Create custom maps & reports on demand • Unique data estimating capabilities for drive times or radii from any given location in the country.

  8. Town Profiles

  9. MAC Index • The MAC Index 2003: The fourth annual Connecticut manufacturing competitiveness index. • The MAC Index is a critical tool for measuring the competitiveness of Connecticut manufacturers versus their counterparts in other states. The MAC Index compares Connecticut’s position to all other states in the areas of productivity, manufacturing costs, economic structure, physical infrastructure, quality of life, and technology for the years 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. The presentation of multiple years allows this report to address issues associated with the changes in Connecticut’s economy over time. 

  10. The State of Data in Connecticut • State Census Data Center unmanned for 18 months. • No funding for position • Sporadic statewide GIS initiatives • No champions or natural leaders on the public side. • Many disconnected players • Redundant efforts

  11. Data Coverages (1 of 3) • Demographic • Labor force • Leading employers • Companies: New & Expanded • Military Bases & Personnel • R&D Presence- Companies, Labs, Univ. • Higher Education: 2- and 4-year • Vocational-Technical Schools

  12. Data Coverages (2 of 3) • Payroll by Industry • Occupational Wages • Workers comp. & unemp. Insurance • Labor-Management relations • Transportation • Taxation • Real Estate: Total & Available

  13. Data Coverages (3 of 3) • Utilities • Environmental • Government: City, Region, State/Province • International Resources • Quality of Life • Available Office Buildings & Profiles • Available Industrial Buildings & Profiles

  14. Why Should I Care? • Support business recruitment/retention • Increased understanding of local economy • Increased visibility for organization • Establish personal credentials

  15. Data Value • A comprehensive data set such as this can also: • Support local/regional planning • Form the basis for benchmarking • Understand regional strengths/weaknesses • Complement occupational information system • Help with industry targeting • Assist business start-ups/expansions

  16. Related Issues • Measurement • time series • moving averages • index • comparisons • seasonal adjustment • re-benchmarking • Data sources • Resource requirements

  17. How NICS might make our work more effective. • Provide consistent, comparable data across community and state boundaries. • Reduce staff time on data compilation and updating. • Expand data coverage, both topical and geographic. • Strengthen community and neighborhood analysis

  18. Getting the most value from NICS • Fill information gaps, particularly at the community level. • Work with data producers to reduce redundancy and promote more data sharing. • Develop national metadata standards.

  19. Caveats on the state govt. side • How do you identify right set of actors? • Establish national NICS user advisory board with representation for each topical area. • What if NICS duplicates efforts underway or in the planning stage? • Overcoming turf issues among agencies with overlapping interests/data. • How do you leverage existing capacity at both the state and sub-state level?

  20. Closing Thought • “Without good statistics, we don’t know whether what we are doing is working. Better economic data will mean better economic policymaking by government, better decisions by investors and corporations and, ultimately, a higher standard of living for everyone--and we’ll even be able to measure it.” Business Week 11/7/94

  21. www.cerc.com

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