99-26038. Business Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meetings and Agenda

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54358]
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[FR Doc No: 99-26038]


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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 27 and 28, 1999. 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 
officials from American business and industry.
    The schedule and agenda for the meetings are as follows:

Wednesday, October 27, 1999--Meeting Rooms 9 and 10

10:00-11:30 a.m.--Committee on Employment Projections

1. Status report on 1998-2008 Projections
2. Major program plans for FY 2000
3. A new approach to evaluating the Office of Employment Projections
4. Discussion of agenda items for the Spring 2000 meeting

1:00-2:30 p.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions

1. Update on Stock Options Phase 1 test results and Phase 2 plans
2. Discussion of Stock Options
3. Planning for the Spring 2000 meeting: Was today's meeting format 
successful? Should we do this again?

3:00-4:30 p.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics

1. Consumer Expenditures Survey (CES):
    a. Impact of North American Industry Classification System 
(NAICS) implementation on CES
    b. Discussion of time series breaks
2. Current Population Survey (CPS):
    a. Impact of new race/ethnic, industry and occupation 
classifications on CPS
    b. Discussion of time series breaks
3. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS):
    a. Discussion of definitions of job openings, hires, and 
separations, and availability of these data
    b. Discussion of upcoming Response Analysis Survey
4. Discussion of agenda items for the Spring 2000 meeting

Thursday, October 28, 1999--Meeting Rooms 9 and 10

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

1. Activities of the Division of International Technical Cooperation
2. Report on the new set of measures of unit labor costs
3. Report on comparisons of international labor force measures
4. Discussion of agenda items for the Spring 2000 meeting

10:30 a.m.--Council Meeting

1. Chairperson's opening remarks
2. Commissioner's address and discussion
3. BLS data collection issues

1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Price Indexes

1. Consumer Price Index
    a. Quality adjustment and new goods
    b. Report on CPI research series
2. International Prices: proposed program improvements
3. Producer Price Index
    a. Effects of the PPI of deregulation in the utilities 
industries
    b. Efforts to minimize new product bias in the PPI
4. Discussion of agenda items for the Spring 2000 meeting

1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health 
Statistics (Concurrent Session, Meeting Room 8)

1. Review of the worker demographic and circumstances data from the 
1997 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illness
2. Review of the 1998 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries results
3. Presentation of data on fatal injuries and non-fatal injuries and 
illnesses to workers aged 17 and under
4. Discussion of the impact of OSHA recordkeeping changes on the BLS 
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
5. Status of Fiscal Year 2000 Budget for the BLS Occupational Safety 
and Health Statistics program
6. Discussion of agenda items for the Spring 2000 meeting

    The meeting are open to the public. Persons with disabilities 
wishing to attend these meetings as observers should contact Tracy 
A. Jack, Liaison, Business Research Advisory Council, at (202) 606-
5869, for appropriate accommodations.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. the 29th day of September 1999.
Katherine G. Abraham,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 99-26038 Filed 10-5-99; 8:45 am]
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