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The LMI Institute extends heartfelt thanks to all speakers, attendees, and guests who joined us in Sacramento last month. It was an exceptional week of shared learning, collaboration, and leadership. We are especially grateful to the federal statistical leaders who participated and reaffirmed their commitment to delivering secure, accurate, and reliable public data.
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- Erika McEntarfer, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Ron Jarmin, Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau
- Vipin Arora, Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis
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We’ll see you all next year in Memphis, TN!
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The FY 2026 Budget Appendix makes major changes to the Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The biggest change is that the budget would move the BLS from the Department of Labor, instead the three agencies would be under one Undersecretary at the Department of Commerce. This would require legislative as well as budget changes as the legal statutes governing the agency and its data management systems are distinct from those at Commerce.
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Staffing cuts further complicate the outlook. The BLS staff faces a decline of 8%, while the BEA is facing a 17% drop in staff. While Census could see a slight gain (3%) in staff, the staff working on the periodic surveys would decline by 2%, with more positions shifting to reimbursable funding.
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Actual staffing may fall further due to retirements, voluntary separations, and a hiring freeze. Since late 2024, the three agencies have already lost 10–20% of their workforce.
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Insider View – Be in the Know
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Celebrating Excellence: Meet the 2025 Award Winners!
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Thank you to everyone who attended our record-breaking conference in Sacramento! A special congratulations to our LMI Award winners—your contributions truly stand out!
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- Best State LMI Focus or Collaboration on Regional Resilience – Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation, Research & Analysis Bureau – Employment at Abated Companies, Analyzed by Residence in State Legislative Districts
- Best State LMI Product or Collaboration Supporting Workforce System or Jobseekers – Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity – WIOA Title 1 Training Program Effectiveness Evaluation (High-Impact Training Review)
- Best State LMI Product or Collaboration Supporting Workforce System or Jobseekers – Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development – Graduate Earnings and Cost Calculator Tool
- Best State LMI Focus or Collaboration on Access to Opportunity – California Employment Development Department – California Workforce Supply & Demand Dashboard
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Congratulations again! We can’t wait to see what projects everyone has in store for the coming year.
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Featured Reports and Tools
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Top Jobs Indiana goes beyond a simple list of in demand jobs. It is a database that is filterable and sortable by demand outlook, education level, salary, career cluster, and location in Indiana. Each job has a link to job postings, one to training opportunities in the state, and a video explaining more about the profession. Further, you can select each job title to get even more information: job description, essential skills, top duties and responsibilities, and related certifications or licenses.
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North Carolina’s Common Follow-up System (CFS) is a provides longitudinal information on employment outcomes of participants in NC’s educational systems. There are reports on the operations and evaluative efforts of the survey as well. The system also contains employment and wage data through the UI system over the last 25 years.
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Does your state have a projections dashboard?
Share it with us! We’d love to see it and feature it in the monthly LMI Insider.
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We welcome your feedback on this edition, and for content suggestions in future editions, of The LMI Insider. Please direct comments, questions, or for more information on the LMI Institute to Marty Romitti, CREC Senior Vice President, at mromitti@crec.net
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