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Sanford Bishop: “ERS, as I understand it, removing it from Research, Education, and Economics and putting it under the Chief Economist…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
ERS, as I understand it, removing it from Research, Education, and Economics and putting it under the Chief Economist would appear to reduce assurances of the scientific integrity and the objectivity of the ERS statistics and research, and perhaps would threaten the accuracy of its statistical products.
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Sanford Bishop
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

Bishop expresses concern about the potential loss of scientific integrity in ERS statistics due to organizational changes.

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