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=== Department of Labor ===

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The Department of Labor handles issues relating to the labor force in America, such as announcing the unemployment rate on the first Friday morning of each month. This created enormous attention last Friday, October 5th, because the number decreased unexpectedly from 8.2% to 7.8%.

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Why was that significant? Because the lower the unemployment rate, the easier it is for the incumbent (President Obama) to win reelection. Mitt Romney and his supporters were not pleased by Friday'a announcement.

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There is a federal minimum wage, which the Department of Labor publicizes and requires compliance with by employers.

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The Department of Labor, like many other federal agencies, also compiles and produces enormous amounts of data about who does and does not have a job in the United States.

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