95-24669. Business Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meetings and Agenda

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 192 (Wednesday, October 4, 1995)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics


Business Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meetings and Agenda

    The regular Fall meetings of the Business Research Advisory Council 
and its Committees will be held on October 25 and 26, 1995. All of the 
meetings will be held in the Conference Center of the Postal Square 
Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC.
    The Business Research Advisory Council and its committees advise 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics with respect to technical matters 
associated with the Bureau's programs. Membership consists of technical 
officers from American business and industry.
    The schedule and agenda for the meetings are as follows:

Wednesday, October 25, 1995

8:30-10:00 a.m.--Committee on Price Indexes

1. Consumer Price Index
    a. Current measurement issues
    b. CPI Revision
2. Producer Price Indexes
3. Other committee business

10:30-12:00 p.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions

1. Update on COMP2000
2. Highlights from the Temporary Help Services Workers News Release
3. Highlights from the Employee Benefits Surveys of Small 
Establishments and State and Local Governments
4. Other business

1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health 
Statistics

1. 1994 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries report
2. How to access BLS safety and health data
3. Report on the Fiscal Year 1996 budget for the program
4. Election of Vice-chairperson
5. Status of the Survey of Employer-Provided Training

3:30-5:00 p.m.--Committee on Employment Projections

1. Status of on-going work
2. Publication plans for the 1994-2005 projections
3. Plans for research and analysis in Fiscal Year 1996
4. Proposal for scenario building

Thursday, October 26, 1995

8:30-10:00 a.m.--Committee on Productivity and Foreign Labor 
Statistics

1. Report on recent developments in the Office of Productivity and 
Technology
2. Measurement of productivity growth in U.S. manufacturing
3. Comparison of multifactor productivity growth in manufacturing in 
the U.S., Germany, and France
4. International comparisons of unemployment indicators: trends and 
levels

10:30-12:30 p.m.--Council Meeting

1. Chairperson's opening remarks
2. Commissioner Abraham's address and discussion
3. BLS data on the Internet
4. Chairperson's closing remarks

2:00-3:30 p.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics

Discussion

1. Current Employment Survey redesign issues
2. BLS and the new workforce legislation

Updates

1. New directions in the Mass Layoff Statistics program
2. The National Wage Record Database

    The meetings are open to the public. Persons with disabilities 
wishing to attend should contact Constance B. DiCesare, Liaison, 
Business Research Advisory Council, at [phone], for appropriate 
accommodations.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. the 26th day of September 1995.
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 95-24669 Filed 10-3-95; 8:45 am]
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