[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 179 (Friday, September 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48511-48512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23533]


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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 9 and 10, 1996. 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 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, October 9, 1996

10:00-11:30 a.m.--Committee on Employment Projections
1. Plans for the 1996-2006 projections
2. New developments in data and methodology
3. An update on the employment and earnings outlook for college 
graduates
1:00-2:30 p.m.--Committee on compensation and Working Conditions
1. Comp2000 update
2. Research in progress
    a. Wage calculator
    b. Relating generic occupations to Federal grades
3. Completed research
    a. Alternative index methodologies for the Employment Cost Index 
(ECI)
    b. Reconciliation of differences between the Employer Costs for 
Employee Compensation (ECEC) series and the ECI
3:00-4:30 p.m.--Committee on Price Indexes
1. Update on program developments
    a. Consumer Price Index
    b. Producer Price Indexes
2. Other business

Thursday, October 10, 1996

8:30-10:00 a.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics
1. Welcome/introductions
2. Update on the industrial classification revision
3. New Occupational Employment Wage Survey
4. Other business
10:30-12:30 p.m.--Council Meeting
1. Chairperson's opening remarks
2. Election of vice chair
3. Commissioner Abraham's address and discussion
4. Report on the Survey of Employer-Provided Training
5. Chairperson's closing remarks
1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Productivity and Foreign Labor Statistics
1. Improvements in the BLS multifactor productivity measurement program
2. Recent trends in international comparisons of labor productivity in 
manufacturing
3. Recent developments in BLS international technical cooperation 
activities

1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics

1. Update on the Occupational Safety and Health Statistics (OSHS) 
budget
2. Release of 1994 case and demographic data
3. Results of the 1995 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI)
4. Update on OSHS/CFOI data on the Internet
5. National Safety Council Congress and Exposition

    The meetings are open to the public. Persons with disabilities and 
those wishing to attend these meetings as observers should contact 
Constance B. DiCesare, Liaison, Business Research Advisory Council, at 
(202) 606-5903, for appropriate accommodations.


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    Signed at Washington, D.C. the 9th day of September 1996.
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 96-23533 Filed 9-12-96; 8:45 am]
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