UPDATE: The Conference Board, a global, independent research association working in the public interest, announced on June 27, 2013 that it will continue the International Labor Comparisons (ILC) Program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics that was terminated as of July 1 by the federal government due to across-the-board spending cuts termed "sequestration." The Conference Board will continue the ILC program on its current basis and make the data available to the public at no cost. The transition will be implemented over the summer. "By continuing the high-quality International Labor Comparison statistical program, we are safeguarding an important data source on labor market performance and competitiveness that is widely used for business analysis as well as research purposes," said Bart van Ark, Executive Vice-President and Chief Economist of The Conference Board. For further information, see the link to The Conference Board News Release in the right hand column.
Previous petition to the Congress follows:
The International Labor Comparisons Program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is proposed for elimination in the President's FY-2011 budget. For just $2 million annually and with 50 years of experience, the BLS International Labor Comparisons Program produces timely, high-quality international comparisons of labor force, productivity, hourly compensation, and prices for many industrialized countries. The program has pioneered in the development of comparative data for emerging economies, notably China and Brazil and with work in progress on India and others. This program provides the only data available that ensure comparisons are "apples to apples" and not "apples to oranges”; that is, they permit valid comparisons of the U.S. labor market with labor markets abroad and reliable assessments of U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
To preserve these widely used and vital comparisons in our increasingly global economy, the undersigned appeal to the Congress to restore funding for the BLS Program of International Labor Comparisons.
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THE CONFERENCE BOARD IS DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE. LETS KEEP THIS DATA PUBLIC
This data is actually useful for my job. Good to see someone is picking up the slack since the govt decided to cut it.
thanks for keeping this around. very helpful for my research.
smart move. cant imagine why they thought killing this was a good idea to begin with.
Ridiculous that they cut this in the first place. Glad to see it stays free for the public though.
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UPDATE: The Conference Board, a global, independent research association working in the public interest, announced on June 27, 2013 that it will continue the International Labor Comparisons (ILC) Program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics that was terminated as of July 1 by the federal government due to across-the-board spending cuts termed "sequestration." The Conference Board will continue the ILC program on its current basis and make the data available to the public at no cost. The transition will be implemented over the summer. "By continuing the high-quality International Labor Comparison statistical program, we are safeguarding an important data source on labor market performance and competitiveness that is widely used for business analysis as well as research purposes," said Bart van Ark, Executive Vice-President and Chief Economist of The Conference Board. For further information, see the link to The Conference Board News Release in the right hand column.
Previous petition to the Congress follows:
The International Labor Comparisons Program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics is proposed for elimination in the President's FY-2011 budget. For just $2 million annually and with 50 years of experience, the BLS International Labor Comparisons Program produces timely, high-quality international comparisons of labor force, productivity, hourly compensation, and prices for many industrialized countries. The program has pioneered in the development of comparative data for emerging economies, notably China and Brazil and with work in progress on India and others. This program provides the only data available that ensure comparisons are "apples to apples" and not "apples to oranges”; that is, they permit valid comparisons of the U.S. labor market with labor markets abroad and reliable assessments of U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
To preserve these widely used and vital comparisons in our increasingly global economy, the undersigned appeal to the Congress to restore funding for the BLS Program of International Labor Comparisons.
NOTICE:
You may wish to donate to assist this useful Internet service. If you sign, a screen will appear offering you that opportunity. Donation is not necessary for your petition to be recorded, however, and you may simply exit the site when the donation screen appears.
International supporters: Please enter a proxy State and Zip of Maryland 21045. Then put your city and country at the beginning of the comments section.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 1, 2010
May 31, 2010
We are approaching 250 signatures and need to meet this threshold before the upcoming transition meetings. Please direct your professional networks to the petition link today to ensure our final count demonstrates sufficient public demand for the data continuity project.
Reached 100 supporters
March 5, 2010
6 Comments
finally some good news. economists rely on these numbers to track how we are doing compared to other countries
THE CONFERENCE BOARD IS DOING THE RIGHT THING HERE. LETS KEEP THIS DATA PUBLIC
This data is actually useful for my job. Good to see someone is picking up the slack since the govt decided to cut it.
thanks for keeping this around. very helpful for my research.
smart move. cant imagine why they thought killing this was a good idea to begin with.
Ridiculous that they cut this in the first place. Glad to see it stays free for the public though.
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finally some good news. economists rely on these numbers to track how we are doing compared to other countries