🚨It's finally here!🚨 AAPOR's Taskforce on 2024 Pre-Election Polling report is out! Full report: /https://aapor.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/AAPOR-Task-Force-on-2024-Pre-Election-Polling_Report.pdf Executive summary: aapor.org/wp-content/u...

On Oct 23, the #FriendsofBLS hosted a webinar featuring @ericagroshen.bsky.social, @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social and Bill Beach giving an update on BLS and #FriendsofBLS activities as well as issuing a call to action. www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

Dont forget to register for the #FriendsofBLS webinar this Thursday at 12p!

The #FriendsofBLS will hold a webinar on Oct 23 at noon. Former Commissioners Erica Groshen, William Beach, and Erika McEntarfer will offer updates, describe strategies, and offer a menu of concrete ways for interested members to engage with Friends of BLS. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Great opinion piece in #thehill: 'Now is not the time to stop measuring food insecurity'. "By not collecting data, we will lack a systematic understanding of the size and distribution of food insecurity in 2025 and efforts to address the need will be less effective." thehill.com/opinion/fina...

#BLS announced this morning that the September 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) will be released at 8:30AM on Friday, Oct 24. No other releases will be scheduled until the federal government shutdown is over. www.bls.gov/bls/092025-c...

#BLS has delayed the 2024 Consumer Expenditures Survey annual release. This is likely due to the severe understaffing in the agency. Staff losses and hiring freeze are taking their toll. www.bls.gov/cex/notices/... #econsky

TODAY at 2p ET: The Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee Fall Meeting. www.censusscientific.org/meetings/fal...

3 ways to honor the fearless Bureau of Labor Statistics staff -JOIN Friends of BLS & invite others www.friendsofbls.org -LEARN and reassure yourself & others that BLS data are good AND could be better w/ adequate support from Congress & White House -PARTICIPATE in BLS surveys--you & your employer

Friends of BLS Statement of Support for the BLS Mission and its Staff. "The [benchmark data] revision reflects BLS doing its job: providing accurate, objective information regardless of political consequences." www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

COPAFS Statement on the Administration's Reaction to BLS Benchmark Data Revisions "Today’s claims regarding BLS are groundless and may cause further harm to the Bureau’s ability to carry out its work." copafs.org/copafs-state...

Have questions about BLS and the monthly jobs report? The Friends of BLS have you covered with insightful answers to FAQs. www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

@popassocamerica.bsky.social invites you to an in-person congressional briefing, "U.S. Birth Rate Trends: Patterns, Drivers, and Implications for American Families", on Wednesday, October 8, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 2075 Rayburn House Office Building. www.populationassociation.org/events/event...

Georgiou got his PhD is econ at UMich. When he did his job as leader of Greece's statistical agency, he told inconvenient economic truths. For that, politicians had him sued & criminally prosecuted. Read to find out where it led and implications for the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...

John Cassidy of the @newyorker.com makes the case for an independent BLS. @ericagroshen.bsky.social and Bill Beach weigh in. #econsky #friendsofbls www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

#EconSky #NumbersDay

Friends of BLS Statement on the Nomination of E.J. Antoni to Serve as the 17th Commissioner of BLS www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

"The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall also collect, collate, report and publish at least once per month full and complete statistics on the volume of and changes in employment, as indicated by the number of people employed, the total wages paid, and the total hours of employment." US law--1913, 1930

Two former BLS commissioners, @ericagroshen.bsky.social appointed by Obama and William Beach by Trump, lay out the principles and standards against which any BLS commissioner nominee, such as Dr. E.J. Antoni, should be measured. www.linkedin.com/posts/erica-...

“Losing trust in government statistics wouldn’t be the end of the world, but it would be the end of the world as we know it.” Sobering thoughts for investors and others from Jeff Sommer. What if You Can’t Believe the Official Numbers? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/b... #econsky @aaronsojourner.org

Frauke Kreuter giving a deeply informed and rousing defense of the U.S. federal statistical agencies and community at #user2025, with a clear-eyed view of its challenges user2025.r-project.org/program/in-p...

"Private companies are not in the business of creating public goods, which is what economic statistics from the government are." says @claudia-sahm.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... #econsky

Statement on Safeguarding the Integrity of Federal Statistics from the National Academies www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/08...

Vacancy rate for #BLS top leaders=33%. --35 top positions --11 positions are vacant www.bls.gov/bls/senior_s... Including the Commissioner adds 1 to both counts. Vacancy rate=12/36 BLS soldiers on, despite early retirements, deferred resignations, and the hiring freeze. #econsky #economy

Trump announces new rules for college admissions data, revamping IPEDS data collection and reporting. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

AAPOR Statement on the Removal of BLS Commissioner McEntarfer. Read the complete statement here: aapor.org/statements/a...

Good summary of reactions from the statistical community on the firing of Commissioner McEntarfer. fedscoop.com/statistics-p...

AEA Statement on Dismissal of BLS Comm. "The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions."

BLS does amazing work to create timely, accurate info about America's working families, a huge public good. They are there for us & we need to show up for them. If you are a labor economist or care about workers & employment, follow & join Friends of BLS. www.friendsofbls.org/join

It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.

Statement from Friends of BLS on Commissioner McEntarfer’s Removal. “This escalates the President’s unprecedented attacks on the independence and integrity of the federal statistical system.” www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...

This is an outrageous claim by President Trump. COPAFS stands firmly behind the BLS Commissioner and the data BLS produces.

This was a great event put on by STAC and featured prominent Members advocating for science. We were happy to attend and share in the mission STAC promotes so dutifully.

USDA has announced plans for relocation for up to 2,600 DC employees. This includes NASS moving to one of 5 "hubs". “They are concentrating power and want fewer witnesses to what they are doing," said one USDA employee. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

UPDATE: A GOP-controlled House Appropriations subcommittee voted 9-6 along party lines to advance a funding bill that calls for excluding people living in the states without legal status from #2030Census results that the 14th Amendment says must include the “whole number of persons in each state”

If you want to improve pubic safety, measurement is key.

Thank you, Dr. Karin Orvis, for your dedication and persistence in advancing excellence in federal statistics. We look forward to continuing our partnership with you and OMB. We welcome Dr. Mark Calabria as the nation's new Chief Statistician. copafs.org/mark-calabri...

In her own words: Peggy Carr's last days at NCES.

Looks like we have a new Chief Statistician of the US...

Get ready for some fun coming at you this Fourth of July weekend?! DRP has teamed up with some awesome UMN librarians and @safeguardingdata.bsky.social to #SaveOurSigns Read more, spread the word, and get to taking those pics! www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...

As Jerome Powell warned last month, the quality of federal economic data is headed in wrong direction. Without stronger investments of resources and expertise we are headed towards larger MOEs for some estimates on which macro economic decisions are based. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The Jobs report is out today (First Friday is a holiday) and shows a stronger than expected job market despite uncertainty and trepidation in many sectors. Unemployment is at 4.1%, as America added 147,000 new jobs in June. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

NEW: The Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget request's appendix says with no details: "The President's Budget proposes to reorganize the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau at the Department of Commerce" www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

#federaldata #GDP #productivity #BEA #Census #monetarypolicy #markets #BLS @apduorg.bsky.social @copafs.bsky.social @nabe-econ.bsky.social @cossa.bsky.social @asa-scipol.bsky.social @c2er.bsky.social @michaelrstrain.bsky.social @bencasselman.bsky.social @chrisrugaber.bsky.social

OMB has extended the deadline to June 7. Take action today and support federal employee protections.

This is a disturbing development, to say the least.

The deadline has been extended! Please take a moment to sign on and encourage other orgs to do so. Thank you!

It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that John Thompson, COPAFS Executive Director from 2017 to 2019, passed away on May 9th. Prior to his stint at COPAFS, John was Director of the Census Bureau and the CEO and President of @norc.org. copafs.org/copafs-remem...

Some of the biggest names in education research, including AERA, are now united in their desire to fight the cuts to data and scientific studies at the U.S. Department of Education. Via @jillbarshay.bsky.social and @hechingerreport.org. hechingerreport.org/proof-points...

SIGN-ON: We are asking organizations to sign-on to the EIA FY26 Recommendation Letter led by COPAFS and @asa-scipol.bsky.social. The deadline is Fri, May 16. The letter requests $150M for the Energy Information Administration. Thank you for your consideration! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...