The U.S. Department of Labor acknowledges the error in the employment data released on August 21

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Labor stated that last week, due to a technical failure, the U.S. government failed to timely share key non-farm (revised) data. At the same time, he acknowledged that staff had provided this data to callers before its official release. In the future, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which is overseen by the Department of Labor, will release data through multiple platforms, including social media, to ensure that the data is available at the time of publication. The Department of Labor spokesperson stated in an email that the department has implemented a new policy requiring employees handling data inquiries to share data with clients only after senior officials at the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirm that the public can access the data widely. The spokesperson mentioned that on August 21 local time, the preliminary benchmark revision of the non-farm data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was delayed by more than half an hour, forcing staff to manually upload the data. According to the spokesperson, although these figures were visible to Bureau of Labor Statistics employees internally on the website at 10:10 AM Washington time, the data was not available to external network users until around 10:32 AM. The spokesperson also indicated that the situation became more complicated due to a lack of communication within the bureau on how to respond to public inquiries. Because the 10 AM embargo had already passed, some Bureau of Labor Statistics employees provided the information to those who requested the data.