Shayla Battle

Shayla Battle supports the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management within the Department of Labor’s Cas Division 5 Procurement, where she plays a critical role in executing acquisitions that enable data-driven labor market research and policy analysis. Her work centers on securing professional, scientific, and technical services essential to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of national employment and economic statistics. She manages a portfolio of acquisitions focused on research services, survey methodology, data systems development, and analytical consulting, ensuring that the agency’s operational infrastructure aligns with federal standards for rigor, transparency, and scalability in public data collection. While specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, her procurement patterns indicate consistent engagement with firms offering marketing research, public opinion polling, and specialized technical consulting services. These partnerships typically involve firms with demonstrated expertise in longitudinal survey design, statistical modeling, and large-scale data processing, often requiring compliance with OMB Circular A-11 and federal data quality guidelines. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous vendor evaluation, and adherence to competitive acquisition procedures under the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Shayla’s contracting activity reflects a strong preference for open competition, with 100% of awards issued under non-set-aside categories. This indicates a focus on selecting the most qualified providers based on technical merit and past performance rather than socioeconomic designations, though small business participation remains possible through unrestricted competitions. Her approach prioritizes capability over socioeconomic status, consistent with the agency’s need for high-complexity, mission-critical services. Her primary procurement focus lies in NAICS 541910 (Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling) and 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services), reflecting deep specialization in survey instrumentation, data validation, and analytical consulting for federal statistical programs. She routinely procures services related to census-style data collection, weighting and imputation methodologies, and secure data management systems supporting the Department’s evidence-based policy mission.