Is there a document that explains the difference between the new and old classification systems and (ideally) demonstrates a crosswalk? Peter Richardson_D wrote: > BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1999 > > Under the new industrial classification system devised by the federal > government, about 114,000 information services businesses employed more than > 3 million people and had receipts totaling $623 billion in 1997, according > to figures released by the Census Bureau. Employment in the four broadest > categories of information services industries was greatest in broadcasting > and telecommunications, with a total of 1.4 million in 1997. There were > about 1 million people working in publishing industries, 349,500 employed in > information services and data processing services, and nearly 276,000 in > motion picture and sound recording industries. Census compiled the > estimates from its 1997 economic census of the information services > industries, using for the first time the new North American Industry > Classification System (NAICS). ... All federal agencies are in the process > of implementing the NAICS. Last March, Census released its first report > using the new system, finding evidence about the importance of technology in > the U.S. economy. ... (Daily Labor Report, page A-7).
