2017-06204. 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 the ongoing challenges of measuring prices in the 21st century and address upcoming plans for the national economic accounts.

DATES:

Friday, May 12, 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:

Dondi Staunton, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Suitland, MD 20746; telephone number: [phone].

Public Participation: This meeting is open to the public. Because of security procedures, anyone planning to attend the meeting must contact Dondi Staunton 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 Dondi Staunton at [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 twenty-ninth meeting.

Dated: March 20, 2017.

Brian C. Moyer,

Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis.