Web Handout

Producer Price Index

Web Account Setup – Multi-Program Reporters
www.bls.gov/ppi

February 2019

Thank you for participating in the Producer Price Index (PPI) program. This handout is intended to assist you in
adding the Producer Price Index to your existing BLS web account, which you currently use to provide data for
another BLS survey. You will be providing data online using the BLS Internet Data Collection Facility.
Follow these steps:
1. You will receive two emails from [email protected], one containing a temporary account number and
another containing a temporary password. Click on the link in either email to access the BLS Internet Data
Collection Facility website.
2. Log on to the site by entering the temporary account number in the User ID field and the temporary
password in the Password field. The temporary account number and temporary password should only be
used the first time you log on for the PPI. Do not use your existing User ID and/or password used to log on
when reporting for another BLS survey. Click
.

3. Enter your email address. Be sure to use the same email address that you use to log on for other BLS
surveys. Click
.

4. Enter the password you currently use to log on for other BLS survey(s). The other surveys to which you
report will be listed on this screen. Click
.

5. Confirm that your contact information is correct. Make any necessary changes. Click

.

6. Your permanent account number will be displayed. For subsequent log on attempts, you may use this
account number or your email address in the User ID field. Click
.

7. On the “Welcome to the Internet Data Collection Facility” screen, select “Producer Price Index” from the
drop-down menu and click
to begin reporting data to the PPI.

If you have any problems setting up your account, send an email to [email protected] or click the
link at the bottom of any screen.