Labor Department to audit BLS’s data collection and reporting
10 September (UPI) – The US Department of Labor General Inspector Office said on Wednesday that the Office of the Working Statistics Bureau for Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index will conduct an investigation on collection and reporting activities.
Inside a letter William Wiatrowski, BLS’s acting director, OIG announced intent Review the department.
Laura Nicolosi, Deputy General Inspector of the Audit, “Our focus point, (1) will be related to the collection of PPI and CPI data and (2) to revise, to collect and report monthly employment data, and the relevant challenges and reduction strategies.” He said.
The announcement came only weeks after President Donald Trump Bls fired the manager Erika Mcentarfer after a weak monthly job report in August. HE nominated In order to replace the conservative economist Ej Antoni, the candidacy has not yet been approved by the Senate.
The letter said that BLS has recently released “a big downward revision in the new business estimation” in the monthly employment status report.
In a preliminary report on Tuesday, the Ministry of Labor sharply reviewed the job data for the year ending in March 2025 – 911,000 drops The first estimates. Revisions have been the largest for more than 20 years.
New York Times, BLS’nin longer lower survey response rates and other trends make it difficult to measure the status of the US economy, he said. However, experts inside and outside the agency say that lack of resources slows down their efforts to reduce these difficulties.
