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New USDA Personnel Data Spurs ASA to Reiterate Call for Congress to Block USDA Move

September 13, 2018 by Emerald Media Group Leave a Comment

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In August, the USDA announced it would move the Economic Research Service outside Washington, DC, and from the research arm of the USDA to the Office of the Chief Economist. They claimed a need to better attract and retain highly qualified staff, citing in a media callAugust 9 the high attrition rates at ERS. Upon follow-up by the ASA, a USDA spokesperson specified, “Over the past five years, attrition at ERS has averaged 16.5% annually compared to 12.0% for USDA as a whole (excluding firefighters).”Newly available USDA attrition rate data—broken down by all employees and all permanent employees—tell a different story. The former category includes summer interns, a large program for the ERS and one that has a 100% attrition rate. It appears the USDA used the all-employee category in justifying their proposal. Looking at the more relevant data for only permanent employees, the ERS attrition rate averages about 8% compared to 7% for USDA.

Considering the new data, American Statistical Association Executive Director Ron Wasserstein issued the following statement:

The apparent willingness of the USDA to use interns to inflate attrition statistics speaks to our concern for Economic Research Service being placed under the USDA Office of the Chief Economist. The products of the ERS must be viewed by producers and consumers everywhere as objective and neutral. ERS should remain in the information-providing arm of the USDA and not move to the policy-supporting Office of the Chief Economist. The new data also undermine USDA’s justification for moving ERS outside of Washington, DC. We call on congressional appropriators and authorizers to stop these illogical and unfounded moves.

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