[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 212 (Thursday, October 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56249-56250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27983]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics


Labor Research Advisory Council; Notice of Meetings and Agenda

    The Fall meetings of committees of the Labor Research Advisory 
Council will be held on November 14, 19, and 20. All of the meetings 
will be held in the Conference Center of the Postal Square Building 
(PSB), 2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C.
    The Labor 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 union research 
directors and staff members. The schedule and agenda of the meetings 
are as follows:

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Thursday, November 14, 1996

10:00 a.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics--
Meeting Room 2, PSB
    1. Budget overview--FY 1996, 1997
    2. Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, sample 
redesign
    3. Occupational safety and health data available on the internet
    4. 1993 and 1994 Bulletins--discussion of format changes
    5. Review of 1995 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

Tuesday, November 19, 1996

9:30 a.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics--
Meeting Room 3, PSB
    Agenda to be announced.
1:30 p.m.--Committee on Wages and Industrial Relations--Meeting Room 
3, PSB
    1. Comp2000 update
    2. Research in progress
    a. Wage calculator
    b. Relating generic occupations to Federal grades
    3. Completed research
    a. Alternate index methodologies for the Employment Cost Index 
(ECI)
    b. Reconciliation of differences between Employer Costs for 
Employee Compensation (ECEC) series and the ECI

Wednesday, November 20, 1996

9:30 a.m.--Committee on Productivity, Technology and Growth--Meeting 
Room 3, PSB
    1. Improvements in the BLS multifactor productivity measurement 
program
    2. Other items to be announced
Committee on Foreign Labor Statistics--Meeting Room 3, PSB
    1. Recent trends in international comparisons of labor 
productivity in manufacturing
    2. Recent developments in BLS international technical 
cooperation activities
1:30 p.m.--Committee on Prices and Living Conditions--Meeting Room 
3, PSB
    1. Update on program developments
    a. Consumer Price Index
    b. Producer Price Indexes
    2. Other business
    The meetings are open to the public. Persons planning to attend 
these meetings as observers may want to contact Wilhelmina Abner on 
(Area Code 202) 606-5970.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of October 1996.
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 96-27983 Filed 10-30-96; 8:45 am]
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