WASHINGTON--Federal government offices are opening with a two-hour delay Friday because of winter weather. As a result, the government will cancel the planned media release of economic data.

Instead, the Labor Department's February jobs report and the Commerce Department's January trade data will be released on agency websites at 8:30 a.m. EST.

This change could slightly delay the reporting of the data.

Typically for these and other reports, the government shares the data with media organizations, including Dow Jones Newswires, shortly before the public release. These closed briefings, called lockups, allow reporters to prepare headlines and stories to be released concurrently with the public disclosure of the data.

Friday's lockups, which would have been held at the Labor Department, have been canceled.

Write to Eric Morath at eric.morath@wsj.com

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