94-6687. Business Research Advisory Council; Meetings and Agenda

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Business Research Advisory Council; Meetings and Agenda

    The regular Spring meetings of the Board and Committees of the 
Business Research Advisory Council will be held on April 13 and 14, 
1994. 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 Board 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, April 13, 1994

10-11:30 a.m.--Committee on Economic Growth

1. Complete Delphi exercise.
2. Recent development of alternative projections on health care and 
infrastructure.

1-2:30 p.m.--Committee on Prices

1. Discussion of articles on measurement issues in the CPI published in 
the December 1993 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.
2. Other business.

3-4:30 p.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions

1. Discussion of 1995 budget for the Compensation and Working 
Conditions program.
2. Report of the Business and Labor Research Advisory Subcommittee on 
Employer-Provided Training.
3. Update on the Survey of Employer-Provided Training.
4. Results from the Health Expenditures Survey.
5. Other business.

Thursday, April 14, 1994

8:30-10 a.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics

1. Economic Classification Revision--update.
2. Current Population Survey Redesign--lessons learned.
3. American Statistical Association Report on a research agenda for the 
Current Employment Statistics Program--discussion.
4. Dislocated Worker Job Search Assistance Project--update.
5. Election of vice chair.
6. Other business.

10:30-12 p.m.--Committee on Productivity and Foreign Labor Statistics

1. Review of recent program developments in the Office of Productivity 
and Technology.
2. Report on BLS international cooperation activities.
3. Use of superlative index numbers in productivity measurement in the 
Office of Productivity and Technology.

1:30-2 p.m.--Council Meeting--Business Session 2-3:30 p.m.--Council 
Meeting

1. Chairperson's opening remarks.
2. Discussion: The Delphi technique and BLS projections.
3. Chairperson's closing remarks.

    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, DC the 14th day of March 1994.
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 94-6687 Filed 3-21-94; 8:45 am]
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