EXECUTIVE SUMMARY REPORT
INTRODUCTION TO THE PIA
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the primary source of
information to the Federal Government in the area of labor economics and
statistics. BLS, a federal statistical agency, collects, processes, analyzes,
and distributes the statistical information to the American public, U.S.
Congress, Federal Government, State and Local Government, business and
labor
LABSTAT is the central repository of data for the Bureau of Labor
Statistics and is considered the agency's database of record. The data
collected is gathered from various surveys, some of the most popular being the
Consumer Price Index, National Employment Hours and Earnings, and Labor Force
Statistics. Users access the database from various points through the LABSTAT
Public Access System including the World Wide Web (WWW) and File Transfer
Protocol (FTP). Frequent users of BLS are able to use the FTP site to download
LABSTAT data in the form of flat file partitioned according to program
specifications
Department of Labor, BLS, Division of Data Dissemination Systems, within
the Office of Technology and Survey Processing (DDDS/OTSP), provides primary
Automated Information System (AIS) support for LABSTAT which is located in
Washington, D.C.
PIA Approach
The Privacy Impact Assessment for the LABSTAT Public Access System was
conducted by the Data Dissemination Systems Project Manager, and Server
Administration Branch Supervisor/Application Security Officer by reviewing the
PIA Questionnaire.
PIA Results
The LABSTAT Public Access System does collect some personally
identifiable information. This information is restricted to a person's name,
email address and optionally the phone number. This information is used for
sending news releases to the person or persons who has subscribed to receive
it.
Summary
No action needs to be taken ensure PII security.
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