A few days ago, former GE CEO Jack Welch made a contreversial accusation/claim that the September 2012 jobs report was manipulated by the Obama administration in an attempt to portray the economy in a good light for the upcoming election. Here is the actual quote:

"Unbelievable jobs numbers…these Chicago guys will do anything…can't debate so change numbers,"

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/05/us-usa-economy-jackwelch-idUSBRE8941CR20121005

After this claim was made, right wing pundits started to report it as fact as well and further contributed to the claim.

While proving this either way may be difficult, is at least plausible that any member of the executive branch could have manipulated these job reports in anyway?