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How to Know When to Freak Out about Data Manipulation at BLS
Victoria Guida is an economics correspondent at POLITICO and author of Capital Letter, a reported column that probes policies ...
Trump’s Firing of BLS Chief Prompts Democrats to Propose Bill Protecting Stats-Agency Heads
The bill’s path forward is doubtful given that it would need to earn at least some Republican support in the House and Senate ...
White House searches for a new BLS chief with 'credibility' and 'experience'
Trump fired the previous head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after he was unhappy with a weaker-than-expected July jobs ...
White House searches for new BLS Chief with ‘credibility,’ ‘experience’
President Trump has said he will choose a new Commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics within the next three to four ...
Help Wanted: A $195,000 Economist With More Than a Ph.D. to Run the BLS
The top job at the Bureau of Labor Statistics typically goes to an economist experienced in government or academia. Now it ...
Nebraska Republican faces rowdy town hall with questions about Epstein files and fired BLS chief
In between, the Nebraska Republican was consistently heckled while responding to questions about releasing more information ...
‘Not possible’ for commissioner to have ‘influence’ over labor data: Fmr. BLS Chief William Beach
Former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner William Beach joins Meet the Press NOW to react to President Trump’s decision ...
Obama Treasury Sec Eviscerates Trump for Firing Numbers Chief: ‘Really Scary Stuff’
The president fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency published a negative jobs report.