Funds proposed in the House LHHS approps bill will help BLS-Labor Statistics regain purchasing power & take full advantage of advances in statistical methods to produce the high-quality statistics required for a thriving, 21st-century economy. Thank you Rosa DeLauro! bit.ly/2VPBpmr

While the C-CPI-U is a more accurate cost-of-living index, the poor may have less ability to substitute. We showed in bls.gov/opub/mlr/1996/… that the poor have less substation bias, hence, a C-CPI-U for the poor may not be less than the overall CPI-U.

How the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Ditching Hand-coding Data nextgov.com/emerging-tech/… via @Nextgov Friends of BLS BLS-Labor Statistics #EconTwitter

American Time Use Survey -- BLS requests comments by July 29 bit.ly/2WHPDHl Friends of BLS

House Passes New Democrat Coalition-Led Amendment to Modernize Workforce Trend Data Collection bit.ly/2WICWMi

How the Producer Price Index is Used for Contract Adjustment youtube.com/watch?v=t8aIfz… #PPI #BLSdata

Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Respondent Follow-Up Survey go.usa.gov/xwNjX #JobSafety #BLSdata

Please join us in supporting BLS budget by signing letter to Congressional appropriators. Organizational and individual sign-ons welcome. Signatures due Friday, June 19th. tinyurl.com/y99afzjg

Hey, #BLSdata users, please read & sign this request for funding to support the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It's fast and easy to do, just click on the link. And share! This is the kind of communication that legislators notice. #EconTwitter #datainfrastructure #JobsReport

Catch up on all the new #BLSdata and publications that came out this week! go.usa.gov/xnBg3

Reminder: Deadline is tomorrow, Fri. 6/19 Please join us in supporting BLS budget by signing this letter to Congressional appropriators. Organizational and individual sign-ons welcome. This is how to influence the Hill! #EconTwitter docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Sign-on Opportunity! Friends of BLS are currently accepting sign-ons for their FY22 Appropriation Recommendation for BLS-Labor Statistics. Read letter and sign-on at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Help improve #jobs, #poverty & #earnings #data with more demographic info. Sign a letter to Hill appropriators. 1. Read, sign via link 2. Have your organization sign 3. RT & share docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We can & should improve our #labor market stats! Stat agencies (esp. BLS!) need have access to #Unemployment Insurance wage & claims data, enhanced by good curation and added info on hours, worksite, job title & demographics. ilr.cornell.edu/work-and-coron…