The agency argued that it had no better way to handle a challenging patchwork of missing data caused by the recent government shutdown.

The Labor Department’s internal watchdog says it is initiating a review of how the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles economic data. In a letter dated Wednesday, Laura Nicolosi, an assistant ...

The processes used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to collect data for the jobs report have been under scrutiny after last week's disappointing jobs report, and one of the agency's former ...

President Trump's surprise firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner has raised concerns about potential political interference in labor data. William Beach, former BLS commissioner ...

The Department of Labor’s inspector general on Wednesday announced it is probing the data collection practices that undergird federal jobs reports amid growing concerns the government is relying on ...

Statisticians railed against President Trump on Friday following his decision to fire Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) commissioner Erika McEntarfer for “inaccuracies” and “incompetence” after ...

President Donald Trump ordered the firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Friday following a weak jobs report showing that hiring was stalling nationwide, with the exception of the ...

Budget constraints and workforce cuts have taken a toll on the Labor Department’s production of economic data. And that was before President Donald Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor ...