The Trump administration is interviewing candidates to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after President Donald Trump fired the agency’s commissioner earlier this month, following a weaker-than-expected July jobs report.

One contender is E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation and a frequent critic of how the BLS collects and revises employment data, a senior administration official told The Wall Street Journal on Sunday. Antoni has argued the agency needs “better ways to collect, process, and disseminate data” to restore public trust.

Trump has not yet named his pick, and interviews with multiple candidates are ongoing. A White House spokeswoman said the president “will announce the next BLS Commissioner when he has made a decision.” Antoni declined to comment.

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