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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), a unit of the United States Department of Labor, is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS is an independent national statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor representatives. The BLS also serves as a statistical resource to the Department of Labor.
The BLS data must satisfy a number of criteria, including relevance to current social and economic issues, timeliness in reflecting today’s rapidly changing economic conditions, accuracy and consistently high statistical quality, and impartiality in both subject matter and presentation.
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Structure
- 3 Statistical reporting
- 4 Publications
- 5 See also
- 6 External links
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History
The Bureau of Labor was established in the
Department of the Interior by the Bureau of Labor Act (23 Stat. 60), June 27, 1884, to collect information about employment and labor. It became an independent (sub-Cabinet) department by the Department of Labor Act (25 Stat. 182), June 13, 1888. It was incorporated, as the Bureau of Labor, into the
Department of Commerce and Labor by the Department of Commerce Act (32 Stat. 827), February 14, 1903. Finally, it was transferred to the
Department of Labor in 1913 where it resides today. The BLS is now headquartered in the
Postal Square Building near the
Capitol and
Union Station. The Acting Commissioner of the BLS is Phil Rones.
Structure
Statistical reporting
Indices and statistics produced by the BLS include:
Publications
Selected BLS publications include:
See also
