[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 182 (Friday, September 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49257-49258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24976]


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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 15, 16, and 23, 1997. 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 
officials from American business and industry.
    The schedule and agenda for the meetings are as follows:

Wednesday, October 15, 1997--Meeting Rooms 7 and 8

10:00-11:30 a.m.--Committee on Employment Projections

1. Update on status of 1996-2006 projections and publication schedule
2. Discussion of the employment impact of key developments to be 
reflected in the next set of BLS projections

1:00-2:30 p.m.--Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions

1. Update on status of the National Compensation Survey (NCS)
2. Integrating and aligning BLS wage and compensation data series
3. Factors explaining wage variation in the NCS

3:00-4:30 p.m.--Committee on Productivity and Foreign Labor Statistics

1. Report on recent developments in the Office of Productivity and 
Technology
2. International comparisons of hourly compensation in manufacturing:

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possibilities of expanding country coverage
3. The BLS program of international technical assistance in labor 
statistics: recent developments
4. Measuring capital inputs for use in multifactor productivity 
computations

Thursday, October 16, 1997--Meeting Rooms 7 and 8

8:30-10:00 a.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics

1. Current Employment Statistics sample redesign and production test
2. Expansion of Occupational Employment Survey to include wages by 
occupation
3. Update on progress in development and implementation of the North 
American Industrial Classification System and the Standard Occupational 
Classification System

10:30-12:30 p.m.--Council Meeting

1. Chairperson's opening remarks
2. Commissioner's address and discussion
3. Chairperson's closing remarks

1:30-3:00 p.m.--Committee on Price Indexes

1. Update on program developments
    a. Producer Price Indexes
    b. The Consumer Price Index
2. Other business

Thursday, October 23, 1997--Meeting Room 6

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

1. Report on the 1996 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
2. Update on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
recordkeeping revision plan and its impact on the BLS Survey of 
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
3. Report on the case circumstances and work demographic information 
from the 1995 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
4. Report on other new releases of BLS occupational safety and health 
information
5. Accessing BLS occupational safety and health data on the INTERNET

    The meetings are open to the public. Persons with disabilities and 
those wishing to attend these meetings as observers should contact 
Nancy Sullivan, Bureau of Labor Statistics, at (202) 606-5903, for 
appropriate accommodations.

    Signed at Washington, DC the 11th day of September 1997.
Katharine G. Abraham,
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 97-24976 Filed 9-18-97; 8:45 am]
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