The Carolina Journal, published by the Raleigh-based John Locke Foundation (for which I’ve given paid speeches on occasion) reports that staffers in North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue’s office have been getting advance word on monthly unemployment statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is highly illegal under federal law and violates what I have understood to be a strong tradition in the BLS and other government statistics that no one—no one at all, not even in the White House—gets advanced word ahead of the public announcement of government statistics.
Carolina Journal
Perdue Media Team Used Confidential Data To Spin Jobs Reports – Federal officials question legality of getting employment info before official release
http://www.carolinajournal.com/exclusives/display_exclusive.html?id=8578
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