[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 59 (Friday, March 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 14970]
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[FR Doc No: 98-8023]



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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 April 8, 9, and 30, 1998. 
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, April 8, 1998--Meeting Rooms 9 & 10

10-11:30 a.m.--Committee on Employment Projections
1. Graphic presentation of 1996-2006 projections
2. The OEP Internet: Some new information
3. Open discussion of ways to improve OEP's projections publications
4. Ongoing OEP projections
5. Discussion of items for Fall 1998 meeting
1:30-2:30 p.m.--Committee on Price Indexes
1. Update on program developments
    a. Producer Price Indexes
    b. The Consumer Price Index
2. Other business
3-4:30 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 unit labor costs
3. Recent trends in productivity measures for major sectors of the U.S. 
economy
4. The new BLS industry productivity data set

Thursday, April 9, 1998--Meeting Rooms 9 & 10

8:30-11:30 a.m.--Committee on Employment and Unemployment Statistics
1. Update on program developments
2. Other business
10:30-12:30 p.m. Council Meeting
1. Chairperson's opening remarks
3. Discussion with the Associate Commissioner, Office of Publications
4. Chairperson's closing remarks
1:30-3 p.m. Committee on Compensation and Working Conditions
1. Factors explaining wage variation in the National Compensation 
Survey
2. OCWC Compensation Data on the Internet
3. Benefits in the National Compensation Survey

Thursday, April 30, 1998--Meeting Room 4

1:30-3 p.m.--Committee on Occupational Safety and Health Statistics
1. Review of industry summary news release for the 1996 Survey of 
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
2. Review of the worker demographics and case characteristics news 
release for the 1996 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
3. Update on Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans for 
revising its recordkeeping guidelines.
    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 23rd day of March 1998.
William G. Barron, Jr.,
Deputy Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 98-8023 Filed 3-26-98; 8:45 am]
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