[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 13175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5917]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics


Business Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meetings and Agenda

    The regular Spring meetings of the Business Research Advisory 
Council and its Committees will be held on March 29 and 30, 1995. 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 
officers from American business and industry.
    The schedule and agenda for the meetings are as follows:

Wednesday, March 29, 1995

10:00-11:30 a.m.--Committee on Price Indexes
    1. Current CPI issues and plans
    2. Other business
1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Productivity and Foreign Labor
    1. Proposed change in name of the committee
    2. Review of recent developments in the Office of Productivity and 
Technology
    3. New index number method for industry labor productivity data
    4. New index number method for major sector labor productivity data
    5. Chartbook on international labor statistics comparisons
3:30-5:00 p.m.--Committee on Employment Projections
    1. Defense expenditures
    2. Plans for further research on college graduates
    3. Analysis of the implications of employment changes for the 
characteristics of jobs: the good jobs/bad jobs issue

Thursday, March 30, 1995

8:30-10:00 a.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics
    1. The National Wage Record Database
    2. America's Labor Market Information System (ALMIS)
    3. Restart of the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program
    4. Plans for establishing a longitudinal database of ES-202 program 
establishments
    5. American Statistical Association's recommendations for the 
improvement of the CES and ES-202 programs
    6. Duration of unemployment
    7. Elect Vice chairperson
10:30-12:00 p.m.--Council Meeting
    1. Chairperson's opening remarks
    2. Commissioner Abraham's address and discussion
    3. Business session
    4. Chairperson's closing remarks
1:30-3:30 p.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions
    1. An initiative to redesign compensation statistics
    2. Current and future changes to the Occupational Compensation 
Survey Program (OCSP) job list
    3. The recent Employee Benefits Survey bulletin: a general overview
    4. Surveys of Employer-Provided Training: an update

    The meetings are open to the public. persons with disabilities 
wishing to attend should contact Constance B. DiCesare, Liaison, 
Business Research Advisory Council, at (202) 606-5887, for appropriate 
accommodations.

    Signed at Washington, DC the 3rd day of March 1995.
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 95-5917 Filed 3-9-95; 8:45 am]
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