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Federal Register: September 21, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 182)NoticesPage 50255-50256From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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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 7 and 8, 1998. All of the meetings will be held in the Conference Center of the Postal Square Building, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C.

The Business Research Advisory Council and its committees advise the

[Page 50256]Bureau of Labor Statistics with respect to technical matters associated with the Bureau's programs. Membership consists of technical officials from American business an industry.

The schedule and agenda for the meetings are as follows:

Wednesday, October 7, 1998--Meeting Rooms 9 & 10, 10:00-11:30 a.m.-- Committee on Employment Projections

1. Overview of the Office of Employment Projections program for Fiscal Year 1999 (Neal Rosenthal)

2. How technological change is accounted for in the development of employment projections

a. Industry projections (Arthur Andreassen)

b. Occupational projections (Neal Rosenthal)

3. Discussion of items for Spring 1999 meeting (Committee members)

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

1. Consumer Price Index: Report on initiative to review our treatment of anti-pollution devices

2. Producer Price Index: Report on plans to develop new aggregate indexes encompassing goods and services

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

1. Election of chair and vice-chair

2. Updates on employment and unemployment statistics programs

Thursday, October 8, 1998--Meeting Rooms 9 & 10, 8:30-10:00 a.m.-- Committee on Productivity and Foreign Labor Statistics

1. Election of vice-chair

2. Summary of new activities in Office of Productivity and Technology

3. Results from the expanded industry database

4. Recent developments in international labor markets

5. BLS international technical cooperation activities

10:30 a.m.--Council Meeting

1. Chairperson's opening remarks

2. Commissioner's address and discussion

3. Discussion of Year 2000 issues with BLS Director of Survey Processing

1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions

1. Compensation inequality (Brooks Pierce)

2. Reducing the number of officially published ECI series (Phil Doyle)

3. Davis-Bacon benefits data tests (William Wiatrowski)

4. Other business

Thursday, October 8, 1998--Meeting Room 8, 1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics

1. Report on the 1997 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

2. Status of the 1997 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

3. Status of the Fiscal Year 1999 budget

The meetings are open to the public. Persons with disabilities and those wishing to attend these meetings as an observer should contact Nancy Sullivan, Bureau of Labor Statistics, at (202) 606-5905, for appropriate accommodations.

Signed at Washington, D.C. the 14th day of September 1998. Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner.

FR Doc. 98-25182Filed9-18-98; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 4510-24-M

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