2017-20970. Meeting of Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee

AGENCY:

Bureau of Economic Analysis, Economics and Statistics Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY:

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463 as amended by Pub. L. 94-409, Pub. L. 96-523, Pub. L. 97-375 and Pub. L. 105-153), we are announcing a meeting of the Bureau of Economic Analysis Advisory Committee. The meeting will focus on current work and future plans for measuring quality adjusted prices for medical care and high tech goods and services; and provide an update on seasonal adjustment work in the national accounts.

DATES:

Friday, November 3, 2017. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and adjourn at 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will take place at the Suitland Federal Center, which is located at 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Virginia Henriksen, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Suitland, MD 20746; telephone number: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Committee was established September 2, 1999. The Committee advises the Director of BEA on matters related to the development and improvement of BEA's national, regional, industry, and international economic accounts, especially in areas of new and rapidly growing economic activities arising from innovative and advancing technologies, and provides recommendations from the perspectives of the economics profession, business, and government. This will be the Committee's thirtieth meeting.

Public participation: This meeting is open to the public. Because of security procedures, anyone planning to attend the meeting must contact Virginia Henriksen of BEA at [phone] in advance. The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for foreign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Virginia Henriksen at [phone].

Dated: September 22, 2017.

Brian C. Moyer,

Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis.