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In July, I attended and spoke at a conference sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics called “Putting it All Together.” The conference was billed as being for education data users and pre‐parers. Nearly 700 people with interests in datasys‐tems such as IPEDS, CCD, SPEEDX, FSCS, and a lot of other acronymns attended. There were lots of interesting topics discussed and sessions dealing with financial issues were among the most well‐attended.