<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE></STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=MailContainerBody style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; PADDING-TOP: 15px; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; TEXT-DECORATION: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 acc_role="text" CanvasTabStop="true" name="Compose message area"><?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /> <DIV> <DIV>The BLS folks are friendly and competent.  I did some consulting for an attorney whose client was suing a dentist.  I needed a price index for dental services.  BLS sent it out right away.  BLS staffer Dave Richardson who used to post on these lists was always very cooperative and wrote a good article at my request for the Rev. of Rad. Pol. Econ.  I am sure they operate under duress.  Bush and co. are no friends of good data.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Michael Yates</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:dhenwood@panix.com">Doug Henwood</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org">lbo-talk@lbo-talk.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 08, 2004 3:57 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [lbo-talk] Does God Work at the BLS?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Brad Mayer wrote:<BR><BR>>"The nearly three-week delay for the January report is<BR>>unheard of in the government's statistics system."<BR>><BR>>But we will have producer prices "someday, God willing".<BR><BR>Did you ever call the BLS guy to talk to him about the delay? Or do <BR>you just prefer circulating innuendo? He's Gary Steinberg, <BR>202-691-5902, and like I said, he probably answers his own phone.<BR><BR>Doug<BR>___________________________________<BR><A href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>