BLS Data Collection Challenges & Mitigation
BLS faces data collection challenges due to resource restrictions and budget cuts, impacting CPI, PPI, and payroll reporting. An audit is underway. Mitigation strategies are needed.
Shipping firm to pay $400K to settle claims it helped Chinese companies smuggle fentanyl into US
An investigation determined the packages were shipped to the US from China, then transported to Texas and were intended to pass across the US-Mexico border, where they would be used to manufacture illicit fentanyl, officials said.